[TCS]BlackMamba 0 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Sapphire 128Mb ATI Radeon 9800 Pro RTL Lite 256Mb ATI Radeon 9600XT Connect 3D 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600XT XFX 128MB XFX GeForce FX5700 Ultra 128Mb XFX Geforce FX 5900XT Gainward 256MB FX PowerPack ultra/780 TV-DVI (FX 5600) Gigabyte 128MB nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT Any other recomendation of cards around the same price range as these (£100 - £200) respectivly will be gratefully recieved Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 BlackMamba,Mar 17 2004, 10:54 ] Sapphire 128Mb ATI Radeon 9800 Pro RTL Lite This one. If not, then one of the 5900's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brass 0 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I agree with crimson on the FX the later fx cards are better you may want to look at fx5950 heard a lot of great reviews on tomshardware.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brass 0 Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 oh forgot to post this the fx5600 basicly is software not performance related Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteKnight77 1 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 If you get a GF FX card, make sure it is an Ultra card and not an XT (the GF FX XT cards are not as fast as the ATI XT cards). Both ATI's and nVidia's latest cards run so close together it is hard to say which one is actually better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 If you get a GF FX card, make sure it is an Ultra card and not an XT IF you can fork over the money. An FX 5900NU (non-Ultra) will out perform an FX 5200U, 5600U, and a 5700U. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRP 56 92 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 If you get a GF FX card, make sure it is an Ultra card and not an XT (the GF FX XT cards are not as fast as the ATI XT cards). Both ATI's and nVidia's latest cards run so close together it is hard to say which one is actually better. I agree go with the Ultra series the extra performance is worth a few extra bucks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 with ATI lite and SE are bad IE neutured, with Nvidia XT are the lower models. if u want to go with an FX then atleast a 5700 ultra to make it more future proof Quote Link to post Share on other sites
[TCS]BlackMamba 0 Posted March 21, 2004 Author Share Posted March 21, 2004 Ive come into some money so ive decided on an ATI Hercules 9800XT Ive heard its the best around am i right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRP 56 92 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 BlackMamba,Mar 21 2004, 15:24 ] Ive come into some money so ive decided on an ATI Hercules 9800XT Ive heard its the best around am i right? Depends on what tests you read. No matter the best card or cards today don't last more than a few months before there replaced with better and faster. Any high end cards should allow you to play for a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 actualy a 9800 pro for half the money is only a max of 5% slower, the diference is in game with max detail high resolutions and AA and AF i personaly dont think u can beat the 9800pro or xt simple as that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 i am not familiar with the Herculies brand i prefer built by ATI and Saphire which also builds most of the BBA cards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 actualy a 9800 pro for half the money is only a max of 5% slower, the diference is in game with max detail high resolutions and AA and AF I agree with Snakebite that the extra you pay for the 9800XT is not worth it, unless you plan on overclocking your card. I'd get a 9800 Pro and save a few bucks. Also, you guys are all right that Nvidia's "XT" cards are lower end, but take note that the 5900XT appears to always beat out a 5700 Ultra in benchmarks, and costs nearly the same. Refer to here: http://www.digital-daily.com/video/nvidia-...ga-roundup2003/ Thus if you're on a budget, the 5900XT is a better buy (just ask Rocky). You can also likely o/c it to standard 5900 speeds without much probs (o/c at your own risk of course). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 BlackMamba,Mar 21 2004, 20:24 ] Ive come into some money so ive decided on an ATI Hercules 9800XT BTW, the company making Hercules is getting out of the graphics card business (not enough profit). I'd get a made by ATI card personally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snakebite1967 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 from what i read they are already out of the industry as of one month ago so this is probaly old stock, it is a shame becasue they had a good name , but id be nervous buying a card from a defunct company product line, tho u do still have ATI's 3 year warranty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CR6 0 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 (edited) Just for my own interest, I looked more into the 5700 Ultra vs. 5900XT. Here's a table that may explain why the 5900XT outperforms the 5700U despite a lower clocked core: http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/nvvsati.shtml 5700 Ultra vs. 5900XT Pixels per Clock 4 vs. 8 Pixel Fillrate 1.9 billion pixels/sec vs 3.2 billion pixels/sec Memory Interface 128-bit vs 256-bit Benches start here: http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/nvvsati(5).shtml Snippet of conclusion: "For overall price-to-performance considerations, we wanted to find which card would give us the most for the money. We started setting in around the "magic" sub-$200 range, as it's here that we feel most buyers will be budgeting their expenses. When we went back over the benchmarks, the card that we settled on was the e-VGA GeForce FX 5900XT. It really has the power of the 5900 series, but in the price range of a 5700 Ultra. In fact, while checking out prices, the 5900XT was actually $10 cheaper than one of their competitor's 5700 models, the Chaintech AA5700U." Edited March 31, 2004 by CR6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocky 1,224 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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