ATI or Nvidia ?

[Richard Jønvåg]

Which one should i choose ?

MSI GeForce FX5900 128MB DDR
AGP, FX5900-SPVTD128, VIVO/DVI-I, Retail

or

Asus Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR
AGP, ATI 9600XT, DVI-I, VIVO, Retail

Both cards sells at about $285 here in Norway (Asus about $35 cheaper)
The MSI lacks svhs-in feature (i guess i can live with that)

My system is p4-2.4 at the Asus p4s800 mainboard (1024 mb pc2700 ram)

I enjoy games like:
- CC Generals
- Prince of Percia
- Age Of Mythology
- Rise of Nations

I have the fx 5600 non ultra now, and wants a better card for the oncoming
games.....

Richard

 

[Tod]

My ATI 9600 PRO All in Wonder plays CC Generals just fine.

 

[Lee]

you may find this article at tomshardware useful
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

 

[Zulu]

Which one should i choose ?

MSI GeForce FX5900 128MB DDR
AGP, FX5900-SPVTD128, VIVO/DVI-I, Retail

or

Asus Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR
AGP, ATI 9600XT, DVI-I, VIVO, Retail

Have a look here:
http://www.nordichardware.com/reviews/graphiccard/2003/Last_2003/

Zulu

 

[Ben Pope]

Which one should i choose ?

MSI GeForce FX5900 128MB DDR
AGP, FX5900-SPVTD128, VIVO/DVI-I, Retail

or

Asus Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR
AGP, ATI 9600XT, DVI-I, VIVO, Retail

Both cards sells at about $285 here in Norway (Asus about $35 cheaper)
The MSI lacks svhs-in feature (i guess i can live with that)

My system is p4-2.4 at the Asus p4s800 mainboard (1024 mb pc2700 ram)

I enjoy games like:
- CC Generals
- Prince of Percia
- Age Of Mythology
- Rise of Nations

I have the fx 5600 non ultra now, and wants a better card for the oncoming
games.....

Well my 9800 Pro flies in the first two games. I've seen a 9200 play prince
of persia too, and it's fine until it crashes, not sure why that is but the
system it's running on was pretty virus-ridden and has recently been
reinstalled from what I know... off to that guys house now.

I'd say go ATI - for similar money you'll get higher performance with the
ATI when you utilise DX9 features such as pixel shaders and effects like AA
and AF than on a nVidia card.

Ben

 

[Darthy]

Have a look here:
http://www.nordichardware.com/reviews/graphiccard/2003/Last_2003/

That one doesnt seem to have the 5900XT card...

Check this one out... a few more cards...

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

 

[Darthy]

Which one should i choose ?

MSI GeForce FX5900 128MB DDR
AGP, FX5900-SPVTD128, VIVO/DVI-I, Retail

or

Asus Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR
AGP, ATI 9600XT, DVI-I, VIVO, Retail

Both cards sells at about $285 here in Norway (Asus about $35 cheaper)
The MSI lacks svhs-in feature (i guess i can live with that)

I'd get the FX 5900 over the ATI 9600XT in a heartbeat... unless the
ATi is really cheaper... but its not where you're at.

But the ATI9800Pro over any FX5900Ultra...

 

[John Hall]

I would get the 9600XT over the FX5900 simply because the DirectX 9
performance of the ATI card is better. Check Tom's Hardware for the latest
Video card review.

JK

 

[Darthy]

I would get the 9600XT over the FX5900 simply because the DirectX 9
performance of the ATI card is better. Check Tom's Hardware for the latest
Video card review.

UH.... I just *INCLUDED* a link to Toms latest hardware review? Here
it is below... Check out Call of Duty and UT2003 with FSAA

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

The NEW 3D war is about to begin...

As I see it, looking at performance and price:

$70~100 = GeForceTi4200 - If possible.
$75~100 = fx5200 (over 9200, just as crappy as 9600se)

$130~150 = ATI 9600Pro/XT (When XT comes lower)

$185~220 = FX5900 (Xt) or ATI9800

$250~325 = ATI 9800Pro

The fx5600 & fx5700 are NOW overpriced compared to the 5900, now
online for about $190!! Its easily faster than the ATI9600XT.

BUT NOTE: If the standard ATI9800 can be be had for under $200, then
its a toss up between it and the FX5900.