Which card is superior -- 9800GTX or HD5770?

[abstractions]

Which card is superior -- 9800GTX or HD5770?

Monitors native resolution is 2560x1600.

 

[anonymousdude]

The 5770, but neither will be able to handle new games at your resolution

 

[D3LTA09]

+1, 5770 is similar to a 4870 which in turn is generally better than a 9800gtx. Gona need much more than a 5770 to game at decent settings and fps at 25x16 though.

 

[Herr_Koos]

5770 is much faster, but not enough for that resolution, as the other posters stated.

 

[abstractions]

Thanks for the responses. I went ahead and purchased the 5770. I should mention I wasn't planning on playing anything at that res... well maybe civ 4, but generally I stick to the monitors other native res of 1280x800. Regardless, its good to know that it will be somewhat of a step up.

I am still curious, how is the "image quality" on the 5770, is there any note worthy difference between it and my crispy 9800gtx? I remember this being an issue way back when the geforce 3 came out compared to the radeons of the time.

Thanks.

 

[Herr_Koos]

Image quality has been identical for the past few generations. In fact, ATi claims their latest driver release (Catalyst 10.6) has better image quality than the competition.

 

[sabot00]

Image quality has been a dead issue since like the GF6000/x1000 series.