Guillemot Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro 128 MB

[pixartist]

what do u think about that card? it's about 320 € and i really consider to buy it!

-> my system
P4 2,66 Ghz
512 mb DDR SDRAM
GeForce 4 Ti 4200
Windows XP

 

[rec]

Well at the moment, your GF4 would definately be your bottle neck. The rest of your rig seems in tip-top shape.

Hercules is a fantastic brand. Reliable, polished, and generally has some nice features and software bundles. However, you might want to do one of the following.

1. Wait for the 9800XT and purchase that or
2. Wait for the 9800XT so the 9800 Pro prices drop (it probably won't be a big drop, however).

 

[pixartist]

1. thx for ur answer
2. when will 9800xt be out
3. i don't think the 9800 pro will be <400 €...and thats 2 much

 

[Asus]

I can get the 9800Pro retail currently for just over 300$ USD

 

[chu]

newegg has the Hercules 9800 Pro 128mb for around $395 USD, not sure what that is in funny money

 

[Asus]

Heh yeah funny money.
But newegg has a Sapphire 9800Pro OEM @ 301$
and
CONNECT3D ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB DDR 8X TV/DVI RETAIL @ 329$
hell you can get a 9800Pro ATI OEM for 291$ here
But I would not buy these as they are the cheapest of the 9800pro's and may reflect that in the product.

 

[pixartist]

yeah..thats the problem... so i really would like to buy a 3d prophet ...

i see that u really cannot buy the 9700 in europe ^^ didn't find any shop

newegg:

Guillemot Hercules ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out 8X AGP- RETAIL

$395.00

do they sell in europe 2?

 

[Asus]

newegg? no, just US
Hercules? im pretty sure they do

 

[pixartist]

hmm ill havo to wait till the 9800 price drops...when will this happen? ^^

 

[Asus]

When 9800XT hits the store shelves in good supply you should see prices going down. Then again 9800XT is 256mb and the 9800Pro is 128mb so they may not decrease prices that much as they are aimed at different price ranges. If they lower 9800Pro 128mb..what will they have at ~400$ range...9800 pro 256mb DDR2? who knows

 

[pixartist]

yeah but i need something about 300 €/$

 

[crabcakes66]

the 9800pro 128 is only 300$(us) now anyways......


i doubt it will be droping below that any time soon.

 

[pixartist]

WTF?!?!? where can i get the 9800 pro for 300 bucks?
i thought it's bout 400-450 ?

ok i looked for the 3d prophet 9800 pro ... 550 €

 

[pixartist]

ok i found some for about 370 €

 

[crabcakes66]

just check www.pricewatch.com

saphire OEM 300$

saphire is as good a brand as any other.

 

[Sideshow]

Hercules in not all good, i have heard that the blue pcb is causing signalproblems :\

 

[crabcakes66]

i find it hard to believe it being blue has anything to do with it.......

 

[Maxi]

Um no he means that the blue version is causing signal problems, and i can agree with that, it has some problems with my a7v8x, but i RMA'd it and got a new one, thats also blue... my 3dmarks scores are lower then what they should be.

 

[Willber123]

Guillemot Hercules ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out 8X AGP- RETAIL

yeh u can get that card in europe cos i got it in england, its cost about £250 excluding vat which boosted it up to £300. i should imagin that card is available anywhere around the world. well, except maybe those crappy countries like france.