which is better

Gravemind123

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I'd say you can't really game on either, but a ti 4*00 could probably outperform and FX5600, because of how poor the FX series was. The FX series when running a vertex shader also loses hardware units of other types, making it have less hardware units and thus a lower fillrate then a TI 4*00 would. The advantage is that an FX5600 is DirectX 9 compliant, but even so, it isn't good for gaming.
 

jjblanche

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Ehh...we're talking ancient history. I had a 4800 by Albatron (are they even in business anymore?), which was actually a pretty sweet card for the time...must have been five or six years ago now that I bought that. By my recollection, it was just able to squeak by with Doom 3 (everything to low, 800x600).

In any case, cards in that performance bracket might get you playable frame rates on games that are 3-4 years old (ie: doom 3/half life 2 era). I would say now is more the time to upgrade, if you can swing it. I passed my Ti on in early '04, and the new owner got rid of it two years later. All things considered, it really gave a lot of use for the dollar, but the age of Ti/FX is long gone.
 

jjblanche

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Man, reading those benchmarks, and the doom3 article that was attached to it, gave me some nostalgia. I remember when the 6800 Ultra was the card to have.

Doom 3 was, without a doubt, the game I looked forward to the most, and had the highest expectations for. Although it was a great game for what it was, and really introduced us into the current graphical era, it was a letdown in many ways for me. It didn't at all capture the "feeling" of the original.

Sorry for hijacking the thread, lol. I just never vented my Doom 3 letdown, and we all know it's not good to keep those things bottled up.
 

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By the way...do any of you remember a Ti 4800? I remember I was about two clicks away from ordering a 4600, and went with a 4800 because I got news of the release. Apparently it performed better than the 4600 (probably just higher clocks), but I don't remember much about it. Good card, though, for its time.
 

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4200ti AGP 128mb - played DOOM3 at medium quality 1024*768 with no lag; same for HL2, San Andreas, Silent Hunter 3.. would take it over an FX anyday.

 

cleeve

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If memory serves, the 9600 XT was cheaper and did better in Dx9 titles. The 5900XT was better in Dx8 stuff tho, but had terrible Dx9 shader power.
 
Cleeve when I bought my 5900XT it was because of the first game that required dx9 and had no backwards support, the second Splinter Cell game, it was about a month before the launch of the 6 series there was very little price difference between the 5900XT 9600XT and 5700Ultra less than 5% at that point the 5900XT was a great buy. I did not replace it until I needed sm3, Splinter Cell again!
 

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I remember the Geforce 5900XT card that I was using with my last system. Not a terrible card, managed doom 3 on low settings.
Going back even further...I remember when I was using a Geforce 2 MX-400, good value in it's day.
 

cleeve

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Not saying it was a bad buy, I'm sure it served you well.

All I'm saying is that the 9600 XT had far more powerful shaders, in advanced Dx9 stuff the 5900 XT would often be bested by it - by a decent margin.
 

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LOL, ok so there are a few out there that rembers old things whitch is good sence i am how bout 8088@4mhz in turbo and larry 1 :)
P.S. thanks for the help the funny thing was nivida said the fx was better ?? think about that some!