Radeon or nVidia

[Radicus]

Hi all, thinking about getting a new Vid card for my second rig. How does the 9600 pro compare to a FX 5700u?

[Slartibartfast]

all I'm saying is that I just went from my old faithfull Ti4200 to a 9600XT (2.5ns) and it KICKS ASS :laugh:

[Beefy]

They perform much the same, with possibly the GF edging ahead.

[JSN]

all I'm saying is that I just went from my old faithfull Ti4200 to a 9600XT (2.5ns) and it KICKS ASS :laugh:

my jump was from a 4400ti to a 9800XT

[Black Rain]

The FX 5700 ultra is way faster than the 9600 pro, at least with AA/AF turned off. See this test-

https://www.digit-life.com/video.html

Warning- this is really slow for 56k users. This test is also done with AA/AF disabled, and the results with AA/AF could be quite diffrent. But for raw power, the 5700 ultra is faster than a 9600 pro.

[G13man]

if you are going to do anything linux get nvidia....they are offering support directly.... i got a 9800xt so i would be compatible with my friends, so we could help each other in times of trouble.

[Mista K6]

the 5700u is faster with AA/AF off. If you're just looking for FPS, get that. If you like image quality and AA/AF on, then get the 9600XT, as it performs better with them on. : peace2: Mista K6

[joedemagio]

Go with the Radeon. I love mine and its not even in the really good Radeon league *EDITED BY ADMIN*

[AsianBatman]

I had a ti4400, played bf1942 with no problems, but once i switched to the 9800 i got instability problems when i went back to the main menu then back to the game, i get image distortion. Since nvidia and bf1942 are linked due to the "nvidia, the way it meant to be played" i think nvidia would be more stable with bf.

I would go for 9700 since it is not more more then the cards your looking at. Also i would go with 9600xt if your looking for image quailty in AA and AF. But if you want fps then go with 5700u.

[gar187er]

im an ATI guy....down with GF.....but anyway, people have problmes, from either thier last video card leaving traces, or thier mobo......plain and simpe, not all mobos, like gf/ati....

[AsianBatman]

im an ATI guy....down with GF.....but anyway, people have problmes, from either thier last video card leaving traces, or thier mobo......plain and simpe, not all mobos, like gf/ati....

I understood everything until "not all mobos."
:roll: I am a nividia Fan boy but i use whatever is the best.

[gar187er]

not all mobos like g-force or ati.....

yea i accidently threw a comma in there... :oops:

[minibubba]

not all mobos like g-force or ati...

it's not the motherboards that don't get along with the video cards, it's just that people swap video cards on a dusty OS install and don't completely clean out the old drivers, which in turn causes problems.

[G13man]

move ur 5700 from ur 1st sys to ur 2nd sys

now buy something really good! !

[FLaCo]

not all mobos like g-force or ati...

it's not the motherboards that don't get along with the video cards, it's just that people swap video cards on a dusty OS install and don't completely clean out the old drivers, which in turn causes problems.

yup thats the true problem..overlooked things like this