Tiny opened this issue on Jan 09, 2009 ยท 27 posts
svdl posted Sun, 11 January 2009 at 1:03 PM
The 9800GT isn't that old - the 9xxx series is the one before the GX260/280. It's DirectX 10.1 compatible. As of this date.
The current nVidia situation at the high end:
GX280>GX260>9800GX2>9800GTX>9800GT. So that 9800GT ranks fifth from the top in nVidias current lineup - which consists of 20 or so models, excluding the onboard varieties.
Four nVidia cards are faster than the 9800GT. So are four ATI cards: the 4870X2, 4850X2, 4870 and 4850 (and I'm not too sure about the latter).
I'd advise to keep that 9800GT. It's new enough to support the latest in DirectX and OpenGL, it's new enough to be pretty fast, and it's old enough to have its kinks worked out and have stable drivers.
The mainboard looks good. And Gareee is completely right about the quad core - a Q6600 is only $20 or so more expensive than the CPU you mention, and for 3D work it's a far, far better performer.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter