9600pro vs. 5600U vs. Ti4200 review

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Short but interesting.
<A HREF="http://www.digital-daily.com/video/fx5600ultra-vs-radeon9600pro/" target="_new">http://www.digital-daily.com/video/fx5600ultra-vs-radeon9600pro/</A>

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I think that if you have a Ti4200 already, you'd do better to save or waite a little longer.
The Otes card and the Sapphire card sure looks sweet though:)

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phial

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AF and AA on those cards make them superior in my opinion to the TI4200

ever play with Bi-Linear texture filtering?

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OMG Phial...your like a broken record!
You are right though, the cards are superior, but not for the $150 dollar price difference.
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phial

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yes i am like a broken record because you keep posting the same thing =)


btw, this is what my post was supposed to be, but the forum software wont let me edit it.. i get an error

AF and AA on those cards make them superior in my opinion to the TI4200

ever play with Bi-Linear texture filtering?

the IQ difference is the thing you have to look at. as far as im concerned the GF4TI's IQ is quite bad, and probably accounts for its good performance in 3dmark2001. once you turn the mipmap detail up things change, as well as when you change the texture filtering options

dont take 3dmark01 for granted.. its NOT a real representation of performnace. sure my TI4200 scores 20% higher on my system (1900+ athlon with 512m/ram, TI4200 (290/540), win2kpro) than my old 8500le but in games i have this isnt always true. Especially if you enable Ansiotropic filtering which is needed in some games to get acceptable IQ... i lose over 30% performance in Battlefield 1942 by enabling 2xAF, meanwhile you can enable 16xAF on ATI cards with nearly zero loss in performance..




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i think your quite biased baout your TI4200 cause of its bloated 3dmark/cokstroke score =)

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Yeah I saw that review at work and bookmarked it. I think it's not a really even review with the UE being used for the R9600Pro, but since they didn't overclock it doesn't end up making much of a difference.

I like the number of cards used, but I'm getting a little bored of the same old review standards.

The thing that surprised me was the performance of the R9600P in GunMetal. Most reviews only show the performance at max, where the FXs excel. I always was under the impression that GM made ATI look real bad in comparison, this is one of the first examples that show them in a good light due to the number of res. run.

Anywhoo, another review to stroke my ego and make me think, yeah an ok choice for the meantime. :wink:

And yes 'dem der Ultimate Editions look awesome, and they perform OK as long as you don't overclock them. Even with the same memory, the heatpipe seems to restrict the overhead of the memory, and doesn't really give any advantage over stock for the core. However it's probably pretty silent, as long as you don't play for TOO long (then you'd likely need a good fan [even a whisper] on it). I think one of those and a Hauppauge card would be a good choice for a multimedia center, imagine a nice AIW version, that would be a nice add to a self-made PVR.

Runs alot cooler than the R9800UE though, That's supposedly VERY hot and also a TERRIBLE overclocker. 0.13 core to the rescue. :cool:

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i think your quite biased baout your TI4200 cause of its bloated 3dmark/cokstroke score =)
Phial, my 4200 only gets 11,000 something 3DMark scores silly.
My oppinion about the Ti4200's performance is based on playing games like UT2K3 and Desert Combat. Dont forget I had an 8500LE for a long time too. It was the fastest LE I know of as a matter of fact.
We'll just have to disagree on which card we believe is the better one =)


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I love my Ti4200, except i burnt it and i'm still waiting for the RMA from PNY

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