Radeon 9800 OR Radeon Sapphire 9550

rensu · Oct 23, 2006, 10:44 AM

Hey guys i know there both very old cards but i was given a R S 9550 256 meg card the other day and cant see that much of a difference in games....Just wondering which card is better the 9800 128 meg or the 9550?

CDsDontBurn · Oct 23, 2006, 10:59 AM

welcome to DriverHeaven rensu

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as for your question, the 9800 is a far better card any day than the 9550. just because the 9550 has more video memory, doesn't mean that it is better. even the 9800se (the worst 9800 card of all the 9800s that were made) is still significantly better than the 9550. the reason being is because the 9800 has faster memory, faster clock speeds, and if the one you were given was a standard 9800 or better, it will have a 256bit memory bus. having a larger memroy bus means that data can travel faster, faster data travel means better performance

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well, if you didn't read my whole rant up there, just know that the 9800 is better than the 9550

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H3X4D3C1M4L · Oct 23, 2006, 03:12 PM

Yeah...the 9800 will kill the 9550 in everything

The_Neon_Cowboy · Oct 25, 2006, 05:28 PM

9800

Leekay07 · Oct 25, 2006, 05:55 PM

9550 is the most overclock able video card there is out there

SpudNuts · Oct 25, 2006, 06:14 PM

I had a 9800 pro and love it since the day I installed it. The other day it died and as a temp I went out and got a 9550. What a joke, doesn't even compare to the 9800. I wasted my money because the 9800 spoiled me and now i'm going to have to buy another one but this time i'm fronting the money for a good card. Just to show ya, I ran a bench on my 9800 and it came out around around 800fps, the 9550 came out at 335fps. That's right out of the box.I think i'm going for an X800, that should be a good, not too expensive jump from the 9800.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Oct 25, 2006, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Leekay07

9550 is the most overclock able video card there is out there

Yeah but its still a turd... no matter what kind of stuff you do with it, its still a turd.

Even an uber OC'ed 9550 will get beat by a stock 9800 Pro

Oct 23, 2006, 10:44 AM	#1
rensu DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Radeon 9800 OR Radeon Sapphire 9550 Hey guys i know there both very old cards but i was given a R S 9550 256 meg card the other day and cant see that much of a difference in games....Just wondering which card is better the 9800 128 meg or the 9550?

Oct 23, 2006, 10:59 AM	#2
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,754 Rep Power: 231 System Specs	welcome to DriverHeaven rensu . as for your question, the 9800 is a far better card any day than the 9550. just because the 9550 has more video memory, doesn't mean that it is better. even the 9800se (the worst 9800 card of all the 9800s that were made) is still significantly better than the 9550. the reason being is because the 9800 has faster memory, faster clock speeds, and if the one you were given was a standard 9800 or better, it will have a 256bit memory bus. having a larger memroy bus means that data can travel faster, faster data travel means better performance . well, if you didn't read my whole rant up there, just know that the 9800 is better than the 9550 . __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 25, 2006, 05:28 PM	#4
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	9800 __________________

Oct 25, 2006, 05:55 PM	#5
Leekay07 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180 Rep Power: 0	9550 is the most overclock able video card there is out there __________________ [COLOR=black]Cooler Master Stacker Case, 600Watt OCZ Powerstream PSU,Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi Ed. Bios 1042, Intel E6700 Core 2 Duo, X1950XTX + Crossfire, Plextor 755 DVD/RW (sata)[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]320GB Seagate Drive, 2x 150GB WD Raptors, Liteon DVD/RW, Mitsumi Floppy with card reader, Creative X-Fi Soundcard Xtreme Gamer, Asus Silent Square CPU Cooler, Realtek 3 port USB card, 2x1GB Geil 1Ghz 4-4-4-5[/COLOR]

Oct 23, 2006, 03:12 PM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Yeah...the 9800 will kill the 9550 in everything

Oct 25, 2006, 06:14 PM	#6
SpudNuts DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Midwest City, Oklahoma Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	I had a 9800 pro and love it since the day I installed it. The other day it died and as a temp I went out and got a 9550. What a joke, doesn't even compare to the 9800. I wasted my money because the 9800 spoiled me and now i'm going to have to buy another one but this time i'm fronting the money for a good card. Just to show ya, I ran a bench on my 9800 and it came out around around 800fps, the 9550 came out at 335fps. That's right out of the box.I think i'm going for an X800, that should be a good, not too expensive jump from the 9800.