FX 5600 128bit & DOOM III

[lik]

Will a FX 5600 run doom 3 800*600? with medium detail? I didn't found any benchies on that card with doom 3! Thanks!

P4-2800->FSB800, Asus P4P800, 512DDR-400, Creative GeForce DDR (the first one lol)

 

[cleeve]

Yeah, it should be able to handle that. Barely...

But if you're buying a new card, there are much better cards out there for the price. You can get 9600 PRO's for about $110 now, and that'll absolutely destroy the 5600 in everything.

Hell, the $65 128-bit Radeon 9550 is probably better than a 5600. The GeforceFX series is a colossal dissapointment, they have very weak shaders... if you want to play newer games like Doom3, steer clear of them.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[lik]

This was a present... I'm buying a new card, probably a 6600Gt or a 9800Pro. Didn't decided yet...

P4-2800->FSB800, Asus P4P800, 512DDR-400, Creative GeForce DDR (the first one lol)

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

In Doom3 I wouldn't be surprised if the FX5600 outperforms the R9550. It'd be just about the only thing on earth where that's the case, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Has someone checked the Digit-Life mega-list?

No time at work to check right now (eaty Spicy Korean Chicken on Rice).


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[cleeve]

I don't know if that's the case anymore, might have been the case if Carmack hadn't removed the FX-specific codepath when they finally released the game...

Off to the megalist!

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[cleeve]

Strange Days...

DigitLife's tests show the 128-bit 9550 ahead of the GeforceFX 5600 XT 64-bit (XT? no plain 5600's on the chart), 0.8 frames per second slower than the GeforceFX 5800 128-bit (!!!!), and 2.6 fps slower than the 5600XT 128-bit (!!!!!!!)

What the hell? The 9550 is on par with the FX5800 and slower than the FX 5600XT?

Well, assuming the 5600XT is a regular 5600, then, yes, it's 2.6 fps faster than the 9550 128-bit in Doom3. However the 9550 is still the better card, because in any other game under the sun it'll beat the 5600...

The most surprising thing is how much the FX5800 sucks. Good lord, Nvidia's great hope for the 9700 PRO war can't beat a lowly Radeon 9550.

My god, they sure bought a knife to that gunfight, didn't they?

[EDIT] I screwed up... the plain-jane 5600 (non-XT) does indeed exist on the charts, and does a passable job with doom3, respectably ahead of the 9550 and FX5800.
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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[RX8]

the fx5600 will be fine at medium detail. but it will drop big time at bust screens full of action.

 

[davemar14]

Will be good for the meantime, but the 6600GT will totally destroy it. If you want to play Doom3 the 6600GT will beat the 9800 Pro.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Actually Carmack never 'removed' it, he just folded the optimizations into the ARB2 path from what I've read.

I wasn't surprised about the FX5600 beating the R9550 in just this since the FXs still have the partial precisions shadow advantages, and a few other tweaks. But it is surprising that with the stonking pipeline and speed advanatages the FX5800 is lagging behind the 5600!
But like we said, in any other situation, the FX5600 will suck.

I think the XT 128bit is like the LX or ELV or some other of the 50 names for the FX series cast offs.


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[pauldh]

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5600 does easily take D3 it seems. Didn't check driver versions though. But it wins one battle and loses all the others.



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