i am about to buy a 9000pro 128mb

EcPercy · Nov 8, 2002, 10:51 PM

i was reading about how the OEM card has no heatsink/fan... is this also true for the retail built by ati card? i dont want to get in a flame war about how the 8500 is better... cause i have a good reason for getting the 9000.... i currently have a 7500... and i think that since the 9000 pro 128mb card has some of the same technology as the 9700 Pro that it will be better in DX9.... thats only my opinion, but i want a card that will be able to last about 1 1/2 years.... and not pay 299.00-399.99

so if anyone could answer my question i would appreciate it...as i am about to go get it in like 1 hour! thanks

EcPercy · Nov 8, 2002, 11:45 PM

no one? i hope that it has a heatsink/fan of some kind...my 7500 has one lol...but i read that the 9000 supposedly didnt need one...

skastel · Nov 9, 2002, 12:09 AM

I have seen 9000's without fans, but never without a heatsink. Thats all I know.

EcPercy · Nov 9, 2002, 03:24 AM

well i got it... it is a nice improvement over the 750064mb card i will say that much... alot more options are avaliable in the cp... ar at least they work... and it has a basic hs/fan... its the retail model
thanks for the reply!

Starscream · Nov 9, 2002, 03:29 AM

I'd just like to point out that the 9000 does not support direct x 9. http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/ra...pro/index.html

Nov 9, 2002, 06:29 PM

all video cards will... just the radeon 9700 is built for it...

RIV@NVX · Nov 9, 2002, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EcPercy
i was reading about how the OEM card has no heatsink/fan... is this also true for the retail built by ati card? i dont want to get in a flame war about how the 8500 is better... cause i have a good reason for getting the 9000.... i currently have a 7500... and i think that since the 9000 pro 128mb card has some of the same technology as the 9700 Pro that it will be better in DX9.... thats only my opinion, but i want a card that will be able to last about 1 1/2 years.... and not pay 299.00-399.99

so if anyone could answer my question i would appreciate it...as i am about to go get it in like 1 hour! thanks

I don't want to start flame war - but with same drivers and DirectX 9 games, 8500 will outpreform 9000 (because they will both emulate DX9 features). 9000 is made to be cheap, just smaller version of 8500 chip with less heat and only one texture unit.

EcPercy · Nov 10, 2002, 04:12 PM

hey i respect that...i wasnt trying to start a flame war... and i read about the 8500 being better than the 9000, but i still got the 9000.. i got the 9000 Pro128mb and i believe that its a major improvement over the 750064mb... now i would have went out on a limb maybe and gotten the 9700, but i didnt have 399.99 but the 150.00 pricetag on the 9000 Pro was reasonable! thanks for the input!

Zardon · Nov 10, 2002, 05:32 PM

the 9000 is a good card, and a good price.

amirk999 · Nov 10, 2002, 07:57 PM

the PRO BBA has a FAN, Non-Pro's don't have fans.

Also, 9000 VS and PS is better than 8500's VS and PS, and 9000 has the video de-blocking from the 9700, so it isn't so bad.

RIV@NVX · Nov 11, 2002, 10:00 PM

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Originally posted by amirk999
the PRO BBA has a FAN, Non-Pro's don't have fans.

Also, 9000 VS and PS is better than 8500's VS and PS, and 9000 has the video de-blocking from the 9700, so it isn't so bad.

I haven't said it is bad. It is OK for it's price, good mid-end card (Pro).

EcPercy · Nov 13, 2002, 11:32 AM

one thing i have noticed is that it runs extremely nicely with Battlefield 1942....before i had to have all the grafx settings at lowest settings and 800x600 and i still got major lag... so once the 9000 was in i set it back to 1024x768 and grafx to max and it still was doing nicely!

Nov 8, 2002, 10:51 PM	#1
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	i am about to buy a 9000pro 128mb i was reading about how the OEM card has no heatsink/fan... is this also true for the retail built by ati card? i dont want to get in a flame war about how the 8500 is better... cause i have a good reason for getting the 9000.... i currently have a 7500... and i think that since the 9000 pro 128mb card has some of the same technology as the 9700 Pro that it will be better in DX9.... thats only my opinion, but i want a card that will be able to last about 1 1/2 years.... and not pay 299.00-399.99 so if anyone could answer my question i would appreciate it...as i am about to go get it in like 1 hour! thanks

Nov 9, 2002, 12:09 AM	#3
skastel Massive Happiness Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 238 Rep Power: 0	I have seen 9000's without fans, but never without a heatsink. Thats all I know. __________________ Barton 2800+ @ 1998Mhz (12x166) Radeon 9700 Pro ASUS A7N 1 GB Corsair Low Latency PC3200 (2-2-2-5) SBLive! 5.1 WD 80GB JB Samsung DVD 16x+/12x-/2.4x Dual Layer Lite-On CD-R/RW 48x12x48x

Nov 9, 2002, 03:29 AM	#5
Starscream King of the Decepticons! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cybertron Posts: 117 Rep Power: 0	I'd just like to point out that the 9000 does not support direct x 9. http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/ra...pro/index.html __________________ Over and outie...

Nov 8, 2002, 11:45 PM	Thread Starter #2
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	no one? i hope that it has a heatsink/fan of some kind...my 7500 has one lol...but i read that the 9000 supposedly didnt need one...

Nov 9, 2002, 03:24 AM	Thread Starter #4
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	well i got it... it is a nice improvement over the 750064mb card i will say that much... alot more options are avaliable in the cp... ar at least they work... and it has a basic hs/fan... its the retail model thanks for the reply!

Nov 9, 2002, 06:29 PM	#6
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	all video cards will... just the radeon 9700 is built for it...

Nov 10, 2002, 04:12 PM	Thread Starter #8
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	hey i respect that...i wasnt trying to start a flame war... and i read about the 8500 being better than the 9000, but i still got the 9000.. i got the 9000 Pro128mb and i believe that its a major improvement over the 750064mb... now i would have went out on a limb maybe and gotten the 9700, but i didnt have 399.99 but the 150.00 pricetag on the 9000 Pro was reasonable! thanks for the input!

Nov 10, 2002, 05:32 PM	#9
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	the 9000 is a good card, and a good price.

Nov 10, 2002, 07:57 PM	#10
amirk999 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 24 Rep Power: 0	the PRO BBA has a FAN, Non-Pro's don't have fans. Also, 9000 VS and PS is better than 8500's VS and PS, and 9000 has the video de-blocking from the 9700, so it isn't so bad.

Nov 13, 2002, 11:32 AM	Thread Starter #12
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	one thing i have noticed is that it runs extremely nicely with Battlefield 1942....before i had to have all the grafx settings at lowest settings and 800x600 and i still got major lag... so once the 9000 was in i set it back to 1024x768 and grafx to max and it still was doing nicely!