Difference Between These 2 Cards

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What's the difference between these 2 cards?
1.GeForce FX 5500oc Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR ($130)
2.Verto GeForce FX 5700 LE Optima Video Card, 8x AGP, 128MB DDR ($150)

Thanks

 

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On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:09:04 -0400, Tarkus <tarkus@comcast.net> wrote:

>What's the difference between these 2 cards?
>1.GeForce FX 5500oc Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR ($130)
>2.Verto GeForce FX 5700 LE Optima Video Card, 8x AGP, 128MB DDR ($150)
>
>Thanks


The FX5500 OC seems to be an overclocked FX5500. Instead of
the standard 270Mhz core clock, it's raised to 290Mhz. I couldn't find
any info. on it's memory clock though. The FX5700LE has a core clock
of 250Mhz, and memory clock of 500Mhz.
Whether the FX5500 can beat out an FX5700LE is hard to say.
However, you can get a 128bit 6600 standard for $140.00, or a 6600GT
for $165.00 which will blow away either of those cards. If your
willing to pay $150.00 for an FX5700LE, I'd save $15.00 more, and get
a 6600GT. If your only willing to go only $130.00 for the FX5500 OC,
I'd go for either a $120.00 6200, and if it is one of the NV43 GPUs,
then you could unlock the 4 extra pipes to get a full 6600, or just
get a 128bit 6600 for $10.00 more.

 

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They are both slower than the EVGA FX5900 AGP 8x 128M that I'm selling for
$125.

"Tarkus" <tarkus@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> What's the difference between these 2 cards?
> 1.GeForce FX 5500oc Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR ($130)
> 2.Verto GeForce FX 5700 LE Optima Video Card, 8x AGP, 128MB DDR ($150)
>
> Thanks

 

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"Tarkus" wrote:

> What's the difference between these 2 cards?
> 1.GeForce FX 5500oc Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR ($130)
> 2.Verto GeForce FX 5700 LE Optima Video Card, 8x AGP, 128MB DDR ($150)

Since the differences between these two cards have previously been
graciously explained, please allow me to say that I am SO happy I had the
shop that built my computer pull the Verto GeForce FX 5700 LE Optima they
wanted to put in there, knock a few bucks off the for the card ($170), and
bought a BFG nVidia GeForce 6800GT OC from CompUSA on sale for under $200.

Shop around, and you can get something better than either of the two cards
you listed. I highly recommend the BFG nVidia GeForce 6800GT OC.

Sometimes it is hard to pull together another $10 - let alone $150 - but if
you're gonna do it right, you have to wait for it sometimes.

Mark