nvidea vs ati?

WAC JR · Post by **WAC JR** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:32 pm

What card would be better for gaming 9600XT with 128 mb ram or fx5200 with 256 ram. 9600 has almost twice the proc speed but half the ram?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:09 pm

WAC JR wrote:What card would be better for gaming 9600XT with 128 mb ram or fx5200 with 256 ram. 9600 has almost twice the proc speed but half the ram?

the fx5200... more ram more stable.. better overclocking ability but thats a old card?? why not just find a cheap 6600?

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:48 pm

Don't listen to this Noob. 9600 hands down. The FX series blows goats.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:23 pm

ScottE wrote:Don't listen to this Noob. 9600 hands down. The FX series blows goats.

I was talking about lookin more at the 6600 not that fx5700
I had a 4600 before and it did pretty good.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:21 am

Sava700 wrote: I was talking about lookin more at the 6600 not that fx5700
I had a 4600 before and it did pretty good.

Nub you said to get the FX5200. The FX series Blows.

Yeah a 6600GT or a 6800NU would smoke both of those cards.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:58 am

whichever card has a 256bit memory interface....which is NOT the AMOUNT of ram.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:19 am

I'd go with what Scott said..stay away from the FX's. I had one (it was free, only reason) but I would of been better off with my older card at the time which was the Radeon 8500.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:55 am

I never had a issue with my FX cards... therefore I picked that one.. but I would go with a 6600 for just a slight step up in costs...but Nvidia all the way..they have surpassed the competition in every way! New 7800's for example!

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:17 am

The only FXs worth anything are the 5700s, deffinately get the 9600XT.

Mr. Wilson · Post by **Mr. Wilson** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 10:54 am

6600gt's rock....best power for value imho

Here's a great review/article on the various 6600's
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphi ... index.html

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:25 pm

Sava700 wrote:I never had a issue with my FX cards... therefore I picked that one.. but I would go with a 6600 for just a slight step up in costs...but Nvidia all the way..they have surpassed the competition in every way! New 7800's for example!

Never played a game with it that needed Pixel Shader then did you?

WAC JR · Post by **WAC JR** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:08 pm

I have the FX5200 now but was looking at the All in wonder 9600Xt because of the tuner and capture ability, but the ram concerned me a bit. The specs show the 9600 at almost twice the proc speed as the 5200. What I'm hoping for is better game play for BF2 with higher settings.

xPosEd-NuB · Post by **xPosEd-NuB** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:31 pm

I've always been a serious ATI fan since the voodoo card days...but a friend of mine talked me into a Geforce 6800gt....awesome card, a lil spendy but well worth the money. The ATI 9200 through 9800 cards are also well worth the money and plenty of power for most of ur gaming pleasure. Good luck and happy gaming!!!!

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:27 pm

The best bang for the buck right now is the 6600GT. Its crazy cheap nowadays but still holds its own in the new games (via 8 pipelines and 128bit memory). The FX series was terrible, slow as HELL. the 9600's werent any good either though, both of those are basically too slow for any gaming nowadays.

xPosEd-NuB · Post by **xPosEd-NuB** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 11:55 am

I totally agree with wee96

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 12:04 pm

the best bang for the buck is actually the 6800 GS right now

and

at anyone who recommends any of the FX series, stay AWAY from that line

aeonblue11 · Post by **aeonblue11** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:07 pm

i've got an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro. $50 if you want it? it's in perfect working order.