Upgrade from 9600xt to 9800xt.

[eQUIV]

I have an Ati Radeon 9600xt right now, i'm thinking about upgrading to the 9800xt... how dramatic of an improvement should I expect? Or would you recommend i upgrade to another card. Keep in mind I dont want to spend anymore than $500 CDN.

 

[Killing2Live]

If your willing to spend that money I would go with a newer generation card for the same amount.

 

[diluted]

Go for the X800, if you can afford it. I have a 9600xt too, I'm gonna try and wait till the summer till I upgrade. Right now the X800 Pro is $500-550, the X800xt is $600-650 (Canadian) ;(. Kinda out of my range.

 

[eQUIV]

hmmm.. also wondering if now is a good time to upgrade? I mean are we expecting anything new from ati or nvidia anytime soon? Because that will obviously drop prices on these cards if something better come out yes?

 

[destrukt]

the x850 will be out very shortly along with the releases of various 512mb cards.