Get a 9700pro or the 9800pro. I have a 9700pro on my system and have never
been more happy with a video card. I run everything at 4xFSAA and max Aniso
and have FPS around 50 - 80. This is on a AMD 2200+ system with a meg of
ram.

Vintook

"V "fnugen"" > wrote in message
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>I had purchased a card unknowing it was an ATI partner card. Turns out it
>is an Alastor 9550 256m card. Well...........the damned thing never worked
>for more than 5 mins. It froze on at least 3 of my games. It even froze
>doing a benchmark on it. Went back to my built by ATI 9000 pro for now. I
>now have an almost $200 store credit to replace the card with. This would
>be CDN dollars. I am thinking either the 9600pro, 9600XT or the 9800pro,
>9800XT. Other than the fact the 9800 will run me more money, are the
>differences too subtle for a more casual gamer to notice to warrant a
>bigger price tag?? I'd really rather not sink another $200 into the card,
>BUT..........if it can keep up to present games and offer some eye candy
>and fluid movement, I'm up for it. Other than online I haven't been able to
>actually hold any of these cards side by side to compare.....including
>price. Can some really nice CDNs out there give me some ideas on the
>purchase price of any of these?? Sorry for being longwinded, but this card
>will have to last me for some time now. $200 initial cost was not out of my
>budget, another $200 may well be and I'd like to make a wise choice.
>Thanks all
>
> V