Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: 9800 gtx and gx2
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from what I hear the Geforce 8 series cards give people some minor problems, what I want to know is do these problems exist in the 9 series? specifically the 98 gtx and gx2

  • 06.16.2008 1:00 PM PDT

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I have two 9600gt in sli, I have never had a problem .

  • 06.16.2008 2:44 PM PDT
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thats great to hear, even with decals on does it still perform flawlessly?

btw what resolution do you play it at?

  • 06.16.2008 5:34 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

the 9 series is nothing more than the 8 series with a new name.

  • 06.16.2008 8:07 PM PDT
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that may be true with the 9800gx2 but the gtx uses newer architecture

  • 06.16.2008 9:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

No it doesn't. It's more or less an overclocked 8800 GTS 512.

  • 06.17.2008 1:07 AM PDT
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I may be missinformed, I thought that the 8 series, the 96, and the 98gx2 use G80 and the 98gtx uses g92.

But im still unimpressed with the answers, I want someone who has a 9800 (any kind) to confirm that the game runs flawlessly from a graphical standpoint.

  • 06.17.2008 8:03 AM PDT

If you want a good graphics card, you're better off waiting for the NVIDIA GTX 260. The GTX 280 is available at Newegg.com, but it's $650.00. If you want to stay in the 8000-9000 series, they all are pretty much the same.

  • 06.17.2008 8:58 AM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

The bungie.net community is the halo PC community that is renowned for being unbelieveably sucky.

Will the 9800s run Halo flawlessly? Dunno, but take into consideration that people with 8xxx cards have reported issues under Vista with Halo. I myself had graphics corruption using 7900gtx cards running Halo under Vista. Others had no problems whatsoever.

And before people start running out and buying the new GTX280 and 260, the ATI 4870 and 4850 will be more or less equal in performance for half the price.

The GTX200 chips are in low supply due to poor yields and nVidia has to charge big bucks to be profitable. Remember how expensive the 7800 GTX 512mb cards were, and how quickly they were eclipsed?

BTW, the 9xxx and 8xxx cards use the same chipset, but the 9xxx have some improvements here and there that are almost entirely offset by the fact that the 9xxx series uses a slightly more crippled memory bus. So basically they are equals. Back in the day, they would have called the 9xxx series the 8850 or 8900s.



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  • 06.17.2008 10:28 AM PDT
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I just want to chime in here and remind you that decals are not the be all and end all of Halo PC. Yes, it's odd and a bit frustrating that such a simple feature can bring some of the latest hardware to its knees, but really, do you NEED to see those bullet holes and the red/blue symbols on the bases? I don't think so.

I upgraded from a 7900 GS KO to an 8800 GTX and yeah, for the first few days it was annoying but now I couldn't care less.

  • 06.17.2008 5:45 PM PDT
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I kinda was wondering the same thing today when I was looking at them on newegg.

Anybody want to grab one and test it out?

  • 06.17.2008 9:47 PM PDT

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Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

8800 GTS 640/320=g80
8800 GTX=g80
8800 Ultra=g80

8800 GT=g92
8800 GTS 512=g92
9800 GX2=g92
9800 GTX=g92

9600 GT=g94

8800 GTX>9800 GTX

  • 06.18.2008 2:41 PM PDT