buy graphic card

[tsobd]

what is the real diference between a radeon 9700, a 9800 and a fx5900??? to program any graphics aplication, with vertex and pixel shader what are the differences??? and what about athlon64, i must wait for it or buy a athlonXP without worry about it comes obsolete very soon. thanks...

 

[cleeve]

- The 9700 PROis the first 256 bit, 8 pipe, DirectX 9 video card. It still rocks.

- The 9800 is a slightly optimized and overclockled 9700 PRO. It rocks harder, but if you have a 9700 PRO it isn't worth the upgrade.

- The GeforceFX 5900 ULTRA is Nvidia's 4-pipe, 256 bit video card. It's DirectX 9 shaders are weaker than the 9700 and 9800 video cards, so it does very well in DirectX 7/8 titles (most of todays games), but does relatively poorly in DirectX 9 titles (upcoming games like Half Life 2) compared to the 9700/9800

- The AthlonXP still offers decent performance for the money if you're upgrading from, say, a CPU below 2 Ghz. But if you currently have a CPU above 2 Ghz, I wouldn't bother with the AthlonXP. It's quickly becoming an obsolete platform and won't have any cpu's above 3200+ I reckon... not to mention the AthlonXP 3200+ is overrated.

You're better off getting an Athlon64, or better yet an AthlonFX because the Athlon64 platform will be changed to a different socket soon, but the AthlonFX socket should be in use for some time yet, as it's the same as the opteron socket. (I think)

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9500 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(hardmodded 9500, o/c 322/322)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>2600+</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 2400+ w/143Mhz fsb)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>4,055</b></font color=red>

 

[Crashman]

Everything is obsolete. Athlon XP is obsolete, and most of the boards supporting the Athlon 64 will be obsolete in a few months.

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[mrface]

good post and good point man

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Exactly.

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[tsobd]

thanks for the information, specialy to cleever, and i have another question, what about the instability of the radeon 9000 series cards on windowsXP?

 

[HardWareBoss]

Nice of them A64 what 2 to 3 months old bye bye.

 

[cleeve]

I've built 2 computers for friends using the Radeon 9000 and 9000 PRO with win XP and I have never seen any problems with them.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9500 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(hardmodded 9500, o/c 322/322)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>2600+</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 2400+ w/143Mhz fsb)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>4,055</b></font color=red>

 

[mrface]

agreed i helped a friedn put a 9000p in his computer last month and he has cpomplained about any problems yet(he is running xp btw)

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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by PhukFace on 12/02/03 04:36 PM.</EM></FONT></P>