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nobby
02-02-06, 00:37
Hello, someone wants to swap my Geforce FX 5950 Ultra for his ati radeon 9600XT.

Please tell me which one is better!
-FN-
02-02-06, 00:56
Name Core clock (MHz) Pixel pipelines Peak fill rate (Mpixels/s) Texture units per pixel pipeline Textures per clock Peak fill rate (Mtexels/s) Memory clock (MHz) Memory bus width (bits) Peak memory bandwidth (GB/s)
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 475 4 1900 2 8 3800 950 256 30.4
ATI Radeon 9600 XT 500 4 2000 1 4 2000 600 128 9.6

Judging by that, I'd say the Nvidia card. 256-bit memory vs 128-bit alone is a lot better. You're going to get a lot of 'opinion' answers on this (Nvidia fans vs ATI fans) - but those are the facts :)
cRazy-
02-02-06, 00:58
The Nvidia card by a very large amount.
Terayon
02-02-06, 01:10
Definitly the 5950, but not as much as you would think in the more modern games.
Dead Bodies
02-02-06, 02:19
the 5950 would run better higher fps but radeon will look better, You may not want to down grade . why dont u just sell it to him for $120 and go buy a radeon 9800 xp or better :) (radeon rocks my sox)
Terayon
02-02-06, 07:59
or just a 6600gt.... :)

Get just under 4k 3dmarks 05 with mine on my socket a system with generic ram and everything. Oh and i can actualy play fear with good fps on medium settings.
landofcake
02-02-06, 10:47
That's not worth the swap.

Only thing that the FX series lacked really was shader performance (not a great deal of that in NC2).

Just try not to go too close to Half Life 2 ;)
rob444
02-02-06, 11:10
Oh and i can actualy play fear with good fps on medium settings.

lol :lol:

fear got pretty bad performance in general :p
Besides, not much graphics difference between low and highest settings, not what I can tell ^^
nobby
02-02-06, 13:22
Ok, I'll tell him to sling his hook !
calim
02-02-06, 14:49
It's important to think about the noise too. There are some good 6600GT's fanless !
Terayon
02-02-06, 22:50
lol :lol:

fear got pretty bad performance in general :p
Besides, not much graphics difference between low and highest settings, not what I can tell ^^

I notice a big diffrence, though not a big as in BF2. Weird thing is i get half the fps when my cpu is clocked 200 mhertz lower. mmmm....

If your saving money though you can turn a reg 6600 into a nearly full 6600gt, by modding it. Think it might need a small volt mod though.