This card any good?

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Gainward GeForce FX5900 128MB DDR 2.8ns AGP, "Ultra/1100TV-DVI

Am i correct, is the GPU interface only 128bit?

 

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> Gainward GeForce FX5900 128MB DDR 2.8ns AGP, "Ultra/1100TV-DVI
>
> Am i correct, is the GPU interface only 128bit?

That's the highest available. You must be thinking of total memory. There
are 256 MB versions available, but it doesn't make much difference.

 

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No, you are reading it incorrectly. 128 MB of RAM, not 128-bit wide data
path.

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"Richard Dower" <richarddower@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Gainward GeForce FX5900 128MB DDR 2.8ns AGP, "Ultra/1100TV-DVI
>
> Am i correct, is the GPU interface only 128bit?
>
>

 

[teqguy]

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Some FX cards do offer a 128-bit memory architecture, be cautious.


Research everything you can about the specific card you want to buy
even before you enter the store.


Packaging (especially the video card boxes) are very appealing, but
they can also mess with your head.


Read up on forums about what people are getting for overclock speeds
and performance.


Check www.futuremark.com in the Project Browser area, it shows other
people's benchmarks with specific cards and computer configurations.






First of One wrote:

> No, you are reading it incorrectly. 128 MB of RAM, not 128-bit wide
> data path.

 

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"teqguy" <teqguy@techie.com> wrote in message
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> Some FX cards do offer a 128-bit memory architecture, be cautious.
>
>
> Research everything you can about the specific card you want to buy
> even before you enter the store.
>
>
> Packaging (especially the video card boxes) are very appealing, but
> they can also mess with your head.
>
>
> Read up on forums about what people are getting for overclock speeds
> and performance.
>
>
> Check www.futuremark.com in the Project Browser area, it shows other
> people's benchmarks with specific cards and computer configurations.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> First of One wrote:
>
> > No, you are reading it incorrectly. 128 MB of RAM, not 128-bit wide
> > data path.
>

Got one for some months, and no, it's a 265bit card. That model and
Creative's 5900 both with shorter pcb and 400/700 came out back in September
when there was no xt designation and are recognized as regular 5900 with
temp control. It's a nice xt with good cooling on mems and weights a lot
lol.