[godspeeed]

ATI 9800 PRO 256MB vs GeForce 5700

I have to choose one of these two.

 

[ebackhus]

9800Pro, no contest.

 

[godspeeed]

Even tough the 5700 is OC?

 

[UncleMacro]

The most overclocked 5700 ultra will be crushed like a bug by a plain old 9800 Pro. A 5700 is a 4 pixel pipe card with 128 bit RAM and the 9800 Pro is an 8 pixel pipe card with 256 bit RAM. This is a very one-sided comparison.

 

[manic]

The 5700, 5200 I think it was, were not and are not the crown jewels of
the nvidia line. Thats coming from a avid nvidia fan. Be better off with a
ti4200, or a ti4600, those cards are work horses even today. Imho.

 

[Compumaniac12]

the Geforce 5 series compare terrible to anything, they just have abilitys that other cards dont, the 4Ti series was aton better, but didnt have that extra capability bf2 needs. if you want a good card get the 9800 or look into a geforce 6...
when you compare the price.... the 9800 XT costs about 2x of the price of the 5700 if not more then that.

 

[manic]

The 5700ultra was a little better than the plain jane 5700. Ive seen real
good performance with the 5900ultra, and I think it was the 5950ultra.
I running a gainward 5900xt ultra, runs great for me, slightly overclocked,
Doom3, halo,splinter cell,,smooth as silk., and the new area51 flawless.
But Im eyeballing the 6800ultra. Its about ugrade time for me,,lol

 

[Compumaniac12]

they dont make those anymore tho

 

[manic]

They may not make them anymore,,but you can still purchase them.

 

[mgoldb2]

The radeon 9800PRO/XT was the king of video cards for there generations. A 9800 pro only cost about $120 these days. If you want a nvidia that matches or exceeds the 9800 then the cheapest you can go is about $150 for a geforce 6600GT.