Hi everybody,
I hope you people can help me with following question, cause I can't decide. I would really appreciate it! Here it is:
I am gonna buy a new Pentium 4 and since I am only gonna play EASports games like FIFA 2004, NBA Live, I was wondering if there is much performance difference with a Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 non-pro 128Mb compared to a Hercules 3D Prophet 9600 Pro 128Mb with those games. In other words, is it worth getting the 9800 non-pro over the 9600 pro for those EASports games, or are those games not so demanding and will they run perfectly smooth with all options on with a 9600 pro?!
Or don't you recommend an ATI card with these games and would you recomend an NVIDIA card instead?!
The thing is I have absolutely no idea how demanding FIFA and NBA Live are compared to high-demanding games that you see in benchmarks all the time, etc.. because those EASports games never seem to turn up in benchmarks (despite being very popular I thought). I want to be able to play FIFA and NBA smoothly with all options on, just wondering if a 9600 pro is already more then enough for that or will I get much better framerates, etc with the 9800 NP?! Will I really notice a difference or not?! Perhaps somebody who upgraded from 9600 to 9800 can tell from experience if it makes much of a difference with those EASports games and how do NVIDIA cards compare, etc..?!
PS: if anybody knows any videocard benchmarks with EASports games in, please mention it!
PS2: I am looking for a silent card, since I also want to make music with my PC, so please mention this too.
Thanks very much for all good feedback!
Mike.
I hope you people can help me with following question, cause I can't decide. I would really appreciate it! Here it is:
I am gonna buy a new Pentium 4 and since I am only gonna play EASports games like FIFA 2004, NBA Live, I was wondering if there is much performance difference with a Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 non-pro 128Mb compared to a Hercules 3D Prophet 9600 Pro 128Mb with those games. In other words, is it worth getting the 9800 non-pro over the 9600 pro for those EASports games, or are those games not so demanding and will they run perfectly smooth with all options on with a 9600 pro?!
Or don't you recommend an ATI card with these games and would you recomend an NVIDIA card instead?!
The thing is I have absolutely no idea how demanding FIFA and NBA Live are compared to high-demanding games that you see in benchmarks all the time, etc.. because those EASports games never seem to turn up in benchmarks (despite being very popular I thought). I want to be able to play FIFA and NBA smoothly with all options on, just wondering if a 9600 pro is already more then enough for that or will I get much better framerates, etc with the 9800 NP?! Will I really notice a difference or not?! Perhaps somebody who upgraded from 9600 to 9800 can tell from experience if it makes much of a difference with those EASports games and how do NVIDIA cards compare, etc..?!
PS: if anybody knows any videocard benchmarks with EASports games in, please mention it!
PS2: I am looking for a silent card, since I also want to make music with my PC, so please mention this too.
Thanks very much for all good feedback!
Mike.