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Lex

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Tagrineth said:
Apparently according to Anand, the Radeon 9600 NON-pro is faster than a GFFX 5900 Ultra 256MB in Half-Life 2.
In half-life 2, but every other benchmark or game proofs that the fx 5900 ultra is faster then a radeon 9800
 

joel_029

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Actually it was the 9600 Pro used in the benchmarks. And the one that shoes the 9600 Pro being so much better than everything else was the "best frame rate for the dollar" test.

I'm not saying that it's not good, but bluntly saying it's totally better than the 5900 Ultra 256 is quite unfounded. It may be, but other be a quality card, there is no other test pitting the 9600 Pro against anything else.
 

pandamoan

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vampireuk said:
No it doesnt

actually, you n00bs, the current ati generation is TROUNCING everything by nvidia, across the board, and not just in the price/performance catagory.

let's face it, nvidia has lost contracts in many important areas, because they shirked R&D to do some overheated leafblower thing.

i'm not a fan of either company, based on their track records, but currently the ati chips/cards are superior, and a smarter buy, almost regardless of that superiority.

and nvidia was recently caught CHEATING on benchmarks, which is an obvious act of corporate desperation, while ati leaked doom 3, so they could point out ANOTHER reason their technology is superior.

maybe after this fx crap dies, nvidia will have a new product line to compete, until then, sorry nvidia fans....

not that any of this is relevant when the best card for n64 emulation is glide compatible... LOL

jamie
 

Tagrineth

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Lex said:
In half-life 2, but every other benchmark or game proofs that the fx 5900 ultra is faster then a radeon 9800

Wrong.

The only other Pixel Shaders 2.0-heavy game, Tomb Raider: AOD, tends to be about 2.5x faster on Radeons than on GFFX's with equal game settings. Only when you use "Recommended" settings (i.e. lower settings a lot for GFFX line, even turning PS2.0 off for the 5200) is the FX line comparable.
 
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Allnatural

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Blah, blah, blah. I should never have started this thread; I should have known it would turn into a "my card is better than your card" pissing contest.

None of it matters now. I have my new card and I'm happy, and when I'm happy the world is happy.

Right? :blink:
 

pandamoan

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Allnatural said:
Blah, blah, blah. I should never have started this thread; I should have known it would turn into a "my card is better than your card" pissing contest.

None of it matters now. I have my new card and I'm happy, and when I'm happy the world is happy.

Right? :blink:

no. i don't have either card. i currently have a geforce 3 with a blown fan. and it was a great card till *i* blew the fan. so that's that.

however, you can't ignore nvidia's latest acts of desperation, regardless of any card pissing contests.

jamie
 

AlphaWolf

I prey, not pray.
Allnatural said:
Yeah, I've been thinking of going back to ATi (used to own the original Radeon). The experience wasn't entirely positive though. Numerous little glitches with games and so forth disappeared when I swapped it out for my GF3. Everyone claims that such issues are a thing of the past, but I dunno...

They are lieing, the little glitches are still there, just these guys probably have never owned an nvidia card so they think those glitches are "normal" :D. When I bought my radeon, those glitches appeared plain as day. Thing is though, this card offers me far to many advantages for a laptop that make switching to any geforce not worth it. If I had a desktop system, I would think very hard before getting a radeon (but I wouldn't necessarily refuse to get one either).

If you ask me, I think both of these companies suck. What we need is a third vendor to step in and set a new standard.
 
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