FX 5900 V FX 5800
I have an oportunity to purchace a FX 5900 (128mb version) I already have a FX 5800, would I see any major increase in speed/quality?
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I'm glad you decided to pick one up. There *is* a noticeable difference between the 5800 and the 5900 (I have both). First, naturally, is the noise level of the card. Second, run your suite of benchmarks before with the 5800 and then after with the 5900, and you'll see what I'm talking about. :)
I would of got a ATi 9800 pro mate........... :beer:
I would have got the radeon too. Do I lose my job? :)
Either way a 9700Pro is more than enough for today. I don't see why people come asking if their new PC's will take HL2 and Doom3. If you wanna play those 2 games then buy the PC when they come out. Should be simple.
A big difference between the two cards is the strenth of the cards. Especially when you set the AA + FSAA, you see a advantage in display quality and 3D filters in games.
The second big advantage is the extreme soundlvel of the 5800 is gone. The 5900 is a quite still vga card.
OC possibilities compared with the 2 ones:
The FX 5800[ 400 / 800 ] was possible to OC to the same speed as the Ultra [ 500 / 1000 ]
Someone says in this topic, it is the same as an upgrade from a TI 4200 to a TI 4400, really not the same.
I am testing this stuff the whole day by an importing company, so i see the differences between all excisting vga cards
Testsetup :
Albatron PX 865 PE Pro II
Pentium 4 3ghz 800mhz FSB
2 x Adata 256mb Dual channel PC 3200 450mhz
Windows XP Home Sp1
DirectX 9.0b
Forceware 51.90 / 52.16 / 52.70 / 53.03
Rivatuner
Highest score in 3Dmark03 build 340 :
FX 5950 [ 550 / 1040 = 7230 ]
The second big advantage is the extreme soundlvel of the 5800 is gone. The 5900 is a quite still vga card.
OC possibilities compared with the 2 ones:
The FX 5800[ 400 / 800 ] was possible to OC to the same speed as the Ultra [ 500 / 1000 ]
Someone says in this topic, it is the same as an upgrade from a TI 4200 to a TI 4400, really not the same.
I am testing this stuff the whole day by an importing company, so i see the differences between all excisting vga cards
Testsetup :
Albatron PX 865 PE Pro II
Pentium 4 3ghz 800mhz FSB
2 x Adata 256mb Dual channel PC 3200 450mhz
Windows XP Home Sp1
DirectX 9.0b
Forceware 51.90 / 52.16 / 52.70 / 53.03
Rivatuner
Highest score in 3Dmark03 build 340 :
FX 5950 [ 550 / 1040 = 7230 ]
