Gfx Card Advise Urgent!!!

Post by **ROCK** » 21 Dec 2003 15:56

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Hey all,

Ok I just got meself a new card. Now the problem is I couldnt decide on what card to get so the suppler gave me both to take home.

The one I paid for was the:

WinFast A380 Ultra TDH with MyVivo (GForce FX 5950 Ultra)

The card I have to test is:

GeXcube Radeon 9800 XT

So what do you guys think? I realy want to do some Video Editing so Im leaning towards the GForce FX 5950 Ultra due to the MyVivo.

FPS I think 9800XT is just a little better. Hmmmmm Help please as I have to return 1 by Mon afternoon.

Post by **kAoS-DIISKO** » 21 Dec 2003 20:35

the xt is better for gamming but honestly wen your talking top end cards the difference is negligable. I have a 9800pro myself and couldnt be happier.

With really only a small performance difference in those 2 cards gamming wise your only consideration is with the video editing capabilities of the cards....................therefor i would choose the Nvidia

Post by **SoNIc** » 21 Dec 2003 20:49

CHOOSE THE TOP END card...........

I have FX 5800 (OVERCLOCKED SHES SWEET)

wat a way to watercool

Post by **ROCK** » 22 Dec 2003 01:15

Well after testing both in UT2003 I found NO difference!!!

So after all that I will be keeping the WinFast A380 Ultra TDH with MyVivo (GForce FX 5950 Ultra). It’s a better looking card and is also built a lot better. Value for money the GForce FX 5950 Ultra wins hand down!!!

PC Details:
- P4 2.7gig
- 2 X 512M PC3200 DDR400(Kingston)
- ASUS P4G8X Motherboard
- 550 Power Supply

WinFast A380 Ultra TDH with MyVivo (GForce FX 5950 Ultra) =<span style='color:yellow'>$680</span>

GeXcube Radeon 9800 XT = <span style='color:yellow'>$735</span>

Thanks for all your help and I hope this helps someone else

P.S. Another thing I noticed was that you could cook food on the 9800XT! Man it was like red hot after 1hrs use!

Post by **BLUUDTH|RSTA** » 22 Dec 2003 09:29

Glad you sorted you Card issue out.

Tell us about how you tested both cards in UT2003. Bench? Or playing?

Post by **SoNIc** » 22 Dec 2003 09:33

If ur going for looks, I would always choose ati, they always look better

Post by **kAoS-DIISKO** » 22 Dec 2003 14:07

I was just flicking through a copy of PC Authority magazine and found a benchtest comparison done by them .

The results are quite interesting/surprising.

The bench test machine they use is-
p4 3.2c 800fsb
512mb dual channel DDR400 ram
ABIT IC7-G motherboard
seagate 60gb 7200rpm HD
XP pro

RESULTS-
3D mark01se 1024 x 768 res:

POWERCOLOR 9800 XT = 20,243

Smart VGA 9800 XT = 20,159

Leadtek A380 FX 5950 = 18,390

Gigabyte FX 5950 =18,355

3D mark03 1024 x 768 res:

Smart VGA 9800 XT = 6,448

POWERCOLOR 9800 XT = 6,443

Leadtek A380 FX 5950 = 5,273

Gigabyte FX 5950 = 5,272

Seems the XT has quite a big performance advantage over the 5950
The XT out performs the 5950 by a massive 2000 3Dmark01 and by 1000 3Dmark03 points