9600 Or 5700?

[Amarjit]

Which is the superior: ATI Radeon 9600 Pro or nVidia GeForce FX 5700 (not Ultra).

Furthermore, what dissimilarities are apparent between "Data Width" and "Memory Interface" - as both are often advertised as being either 128/256-Bit.

[atiVidia]

depends:

for inage quality, pick up the pro

for online gaming pick up the 5700



or just wait for a few weeks and pick up the 6800 (non ultra)

[neevakee]

http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=99637

that should give you the specs i dont know about the details

[neevakee]

Originally posted by atiVidia@1 May 2004 - 10:00
depends:

for inage quality, pick up the pro

for online gaming pick up the 5700



or just wait for a few weeks and pick up the 6800 (non ultra)
yes the 6800 is going to kill any graphics card on the market. Or so i think

[bigdawgfoxx]

I would get the 9600Pro for sure.

Atividia, why do you say the 5700 is better for online gaming?

[tesco]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@1 May 2004 - 11:40
I would get the 9600Pro for sure.

Atividia, why do you say the 5700 is better for online gaming?
cause in online gaming you dont need such good quality graphics, cause u want the game to go really fast so u arent killed...and with the low settings the 5700 beats teh 9600 doesnt it?

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@1 May 2004 - 11:40
I would get the 9600Pro for sure.

Atividia, why do you say the 5700 is better for online gaming?


from benchies :-) of course i havent seen the non ultra in too many places so.....

[bigdawgfoxx]

on normal settings on my guide...no aa or af, the 9600Pro wins by a lot

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@1 May 2004 - 11:44
on normal settings on my guide...no aa or af, the 9600Pro wins by a lot
shut up!

lol screw ur guide&#33; <_<

oh well just wait til later and get a 6800

[Amarjit]

:rolleyes: No thanks - I lack interest in the 6800, principally due to its outrageous price tag.

Nevertheless, research at http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030416/index.html, witnesses the fact that the 9600 Pro is often defeated by its counterpart, the 9500 Pro or even 5600 Ultra.

[abu_has_the_power]

toms hardware licks abu&#39;s balls. get the 9600 pro, or u&#39;ll be sory&#33; lol
the 5700 isn&#39;t that good

[neevakee]

Originally posted by Amarjit@1 May 2004 - 14:00
:rolleyes: No thanks - I lack interest in the 6800, principally due to its outrageous price tag.

Nevertheless, research at http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030416/index.html, witnesses the fact that the 9600 Pro is often defeated by its counterpart, the 9500 Pro or even 5600 Ultra.
although it maybe overpriced, when new graphics cards come out the older ones go down in price. Normally it is about 10-25%

[atiVidia]

5700 then... rofl mind as well :P

[reignking]

if you have the money, 9800 pro&#39;s have dropped in price quite a lot. you can pick them up for just under 200 dollars on sale on newegg or many other outlets. and that will last you for at least a year or more to come for the latest games.

but between the two... 9600 pro all the way.

rk

[Keikan]

if u really want to get a 5700 get a 5900xt instead same price

[Dray_04]

Originally posted by Keikan@2 May 2004 - 19:19
if u really want to get a 5700 get a 5900xt instead same price
doesnt the 5700 perform better than those crappy 5900XT&#39;s

[bigdawgfoxx]

5900XTs are great for their price. Like &#036;180 last time I saw. I think its because they still have 8 Pipes so they run really fast. The 9700Pro is &#036;180 also, I would go with that.

[Amarjit]

I have a preference of opting for a GPU that features 256MB of RAM. In my research, I stumbled upon the term "Data Width" on numerous occasions - what does it signify? In addition, I found it to be existent in two variants: 128/256-bit.

Furthermore, is Data Width of any significance, as I am now subsequently making a selection from either the GeForce FX 5700 and the Radeon 9600 XT - which does not possess the feature of a Data Width of 256-bit.

[Mad Cat]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@1 May 2004 - 16:44
on normal settings on my guide...no aa or af, the 9600Pro wins by a lot
Your guide? Its a list of graphics cards with some benchies ripposed from Tom&#39;s Hardware&#33; :P :P

EDIT: Forgot the obligatory "tongue-out" smilies.

[bigdawgfoxx]

whatever the fuck that means...still took 4 hours to put together so stfu

Go with the 9600Pro