PowerColor RADEON 9800 Platinum Edition

Danhill · Sep 21, 2004, 07:49 AM

[color=white]Today we are looking at the [/color][color=white]PowerColor RADEON 9800 Platinum Edition[/color][color=white]. For those that don't know, [/color][color=white]Tul[/color][color=white] owns the [/color][color=white]PowerColor[/color][color=white] brand and is the third largest provider of ATI-based graphic cards. The company makes very competitive products that are known all over the world. Although the RADEON 9800 has been around for some time now, this card is something totally different -- and I do mean it.[/color]

The Review: Bjorn3D

Paladine · Sep 21, 2004, 08:23 AM

Interesting. Pretty plain looking in comparison to other competitors making ATI cards. IMHO!

Geminiwave · Sep 21, 2004, 08:52 AM

wtf is up with that? its only 128bit! it actually looks rather lame.

BWX · Sep 21, 2004, 01:00 PM

Those things shouldn't even be on the market- They definitely shouldn't be called 9800pro's or "platinum" or anything else that confuses it with the 256bit 9800pro...

Lame card, waste of money for whoever buys it. They'd be better off with a used 9700pro or 9800pro...

Geminiwave · Sep 21, 2004, 06:10 PM

yeah and the ram needs heatsinks because they push the speed on them, but it would have been better if they made it 256bit and cut corners on the speed ratings. jeez!

BWX · Sep 22, 2004, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Geminiwave

yeah and the ram needs heatsinks because they push the speed on them, but it would have been better if they made it 256bit and cut corners on the speed ratings. jeez!

yeah, ANYTHING but 128bit- man, that really is weak.. Even for 160 bucks..

Sep 21, 2004, 07:49 AM	#1
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	PowerColor RADEON 9800 Platinum Edition [color=white]Today we are looking at the [/color][color=white]PowerColor RADEON 9800 Platinum Edition[/color][color=white]. For those that don't know, [/color][color=white]Tul[/color][color=white] owns the [/color][color=white]PowerColor[/color][color=white] brand and is the third largest provider of ATI-based graphic cards. The company makes very competitive products that are known all over the world. Although the RADEON 9800 has been around for some time now, this card is something totally different -- and I do mean it.[/color] The Review: Bjorn3D __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Sep 21, 2004, 08:23 AM	#2
Paladine DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	Interesting. Pretty plain looking in comparison to other competitors making ATI cards. IMHO! __________________

Sep 21, 2004, 08:52 AM	#3
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 62	wtf is up with that? its only 128bit! it actually looks rather lame. __________________

Sep 21, 2004, 01:00 PM	#4
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Those things shouldn't even be on the market- They definitely shouldn't be called 9800pro's or "platinum" or anything else that confuses it with the 256bit 9800pro... Lame card, waste of money for whoever buys it. They'd be better off with a used 9700pro or 9800pro... __________________ Last edited by BWX; Sep 21, 2004 at 01:05 PM.

Sep 21, 2004, 06:10 PM	#5
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 62	yeah and the ram needs heatsinks because they push the speed on them, but it would have been better if they made it 256bit and cut corners on the speed ratings. jeez! __________________