XPerties Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 Ok I'm 2 days away from picking up my new nvidia fx 5600 PNy...Here are the specs....PNY Verto GeForce FX 5600 AGP 256MB high-speed DDR 2 memory (256-bit) with DVI, VGA + S-video (TV-out) outputs - Retailwhich is costing me $210Now I picked the new Maximum PC magizine up and was reading on the new ATI Radeon 9600 Pro which is in my price range.Now this is my question. Which card in your opinion do you think I should get for perfomance. Do not let your likes and dislikes interfere, which one for the performance and money is what Im looking for.The PNY has the new DDR 2 on it with 256 of it slapped on this botch. What you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 I would check out the 3DMark website to see which scores better, but if I had the money and that same choice I would have gone with the ATi card, but that's just coz I haven't had a Nvidia card for a long time and good experience with ATi's...Either Way you'll have a good card but the Radeon 9600 beats the Geforce in all of the benchmarks, check out the reviews..Here's some review's I found on Google,Geforce 5600 Ultra @ IGNRadeon 9600 @ HardOCP | Radeon 9600 @ HardOCP - Comparing against the Geforce 5600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 I would check out that PNY card really close. I bought a PNT Ti 4600 and found that PNY really cuts back on the extras that most card makers give as an incentive to buy there card. Check all the features of each, you may surprise yourself as to your selection.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Looks to me that the Radeon (128mb) is beating the FX (256mb)...Now wtf is happening there?! lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted June 1, 2003 Author Share Posted June 1, 2003 well I unfortantly got the PNY...Long story why but I guess it is ok. I still have some tweaking to do. Only getting around 2300 points in 3dmark 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Looks to me that the Radeon (128mb) is beating the FX (256mb)...Now wtf is happening there?! lol...The 256mb is only gonna help you allot if you have either very slow ram on your mainboard or less then 256mb ram since most games use more then 200mb and the other 56mb can easily be taken my XP and other apps running.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted June 2, 2003 Author Share Posted June 2, 2003 this confuses me to no end. If I compare your 3d mark scores and look at the core and memory speeds it shows this in 3dmark 2003Core Clock===========54 MHz 331 MHz Memory Clock======== 100 MHz 304 MHz Mine being the first table, see a big bug there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 Lol, something there is making them very un-even, either a possibly hardware fault or your comp lying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy Posted June 2, 2003 Share Posted June 2, 2003 well I unfortantly got the PNY...Long story why but I guess it is ok. I still have some tweaking to do. Only getting around 2300 points in 3dmark 2003. Im getting around 5300 with my Radeon 9500 ... It cost me ~200$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadatkarim Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 i would've gone with the trustwothy ATI Radeons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Yeah, im really looking into the Radeon's... Wanna see their new 9900 range which is coming out soon aint it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadatkarim Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 hmm...i dont know about the 9900's yet..but the 9800's are really good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 I've been an Nvidia fan for a long time but the new Radeons Rock! And regardless of the 3D Mark 2003 scores...from what I've seen using Unreal II as a test, the ATI graphics are just amazing both on the 9700's and 9800's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.PsychoMerc. Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 I got the NVIDIA GeForceFX 256 MB 5600 or whatever and my 3D mark score sucks!Should I take it back or do you guys know any tweaks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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