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x300SE vs 9800xt
Dell is giving me a system exchange.. FINALLY
I currently have an ATI 9800xt 256mb AGP card...
They are telling me they are going to replace it with the x300se 128mb
Which card will perform better? They kept assuring me the x300SE will out perform the 9800xt
but looking at comparison charts.. the clock speed on 9800xt is 412/421 and the x300 is 300/325
any ideas on which card will REALLY provide the best performance??
(im hoping the supervisor is wrong.. and they are gonna put the x300se 256mb card in the system)
But give me some feedback please
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Posted August 26th, 2005 10:00
The 9800 Has 8 pixel piplines whil the X300 only has 4319
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Posted August 26th, 2005 13:00
exactly what i told the supervisor,,, im hoping the people building my new 8400... realize that the x300se is a downgrade from my 8300 system with the 9800xt....
if curious as to why the exchange,,,, see
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_other&message.id=246950#M246950
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Posted August 26th, 2005 16:00
The x850xt is the new top-of-the-line card like the 9800 use to be. that's what they should give you. Or at least a 6800. What type of system are you replacing and what are they replacing it with?Message Edited by drew-and-not-u on 08-26-2005 02:06 PM
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Posted August 26th, 2005 16:00
Also, you can't compare clock speeds alone. That's meaningless. You would need an x800se to have roughly similar performance to your current card, I think.320
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Posted August 26th, 2005 16:00
Well, but realistically IMO they should give something with roughly the same performance, minimum. I mean I can totally understand if they're not going to give away a current top of the line part, but passing off an x300se as a replacement for a 9800XT? Not so much :D320
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Posted August 26th, 2005 19:00
x300se is a bog standard card...you might be able to play 5 year old games on this but just about...do not accept..x800se is the equivelant to the 9800, just a slight bit faster320
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Posted August 31st, 2005 15:00
My question is this, from June of 2004 to December 2004, the system was fine. It seems odd that it ran fine for 7 months then, out of the blue, eight items of hardware would fail in 8 months. Typically this kind of hardware failure is due to some outside influence, a power surge or strike. Regardless, the replacement system is based on stock in the Dell Outlet:
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/dimen?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&~ck=mn
DELL-Chris M (old account)
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Posted September 1st, 2005 06:00
doesn't matter what's in stock in the factory outlet...you're legally obliged to replace like with like..and a x300se 128mb is not the same at a 9800pro 256....like comparing a skoda to a mercedes..119
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Posted September 1st, 2005 08:00
precisely my point.. BASED ON ... those systems .. in order to beequal to .. if not better than my current system would need to have a 256mb video card.. 3.0ghz CPU and a 250gb HDD .. dvd burner.. dvd-rom... 2gb ram... and a 5.1 digital surround capable card.The "supervisor" on the phone was telling me all sorts of garbage.. about how to trust him.. and that the x300 is equal to or better than my 9800xt. So i will see what happens... I've gotten a call every other day so far stating it will be another 5-7 days till i get the system.Who knows.. maybe the problem is.. the 8300 system is no designed to work in the summer!! lolEveryone knows the case has a air-flow problem. Point is.. I paid for it.. + a 3yr extended warranty on PARTS and labor.. with in-home tech installs if needed.So far.. I wish I would have bought a comcrapp .. i mean compaq instead.This has been the worse head-ache I've ever had out of a computer.I'm going to strongly recomend to my company this year... to NOT purchase dell computer when we update the 350 systems in our call center.
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Posted August 26th, 2005 08:00