-=DoW=- MauryMac
June 6th, 2003, 08:38
Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/radeon9800pro256.jpg
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/radeon9800pro256back.jpg
For those of you who absolutely must play your games in resolutions that are higher than 1600 x 1200 with 4x FSAA, the 256-MB card is sure to be welcome. Other users can take comfort in sparing themselves the extra $100 and be happy with their solid 128-MB version.
GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 256MB
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/geforcefx5900.jpg
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/geforcefx5900back.jpg
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/geforcefx5900close.jpg
Today, NVIDIA is once again proving that it is a company that can learn from its mistakes. A mere three months after the troubled launch of the FX 5800 Ultra, we are seeing the introduction of a successor that addresses and fixes all of the weaknesses of the original part. The memory bus has been widened to 256 bits and the GPU has been treated to a number of refinements. Although NV35 runs 50 MHz slower than its older sibling, this is virtually unnoticeable. The fact is that the enormous bandwidth of the improved 256-bit memory interface can easily pick up the slack and then some. Now, the FX 5900 is able to outpace the Radeon 9800 PRO in all relevant benchmarks and can reclaim the performance throne for NVIDIA. The card offers unrivaled FSAA speed combined with very good anisotropic filtering image quality and performance, thanks to the new Detonator FX driver, giving it a comfortable lead over its rival. Only the quality of its ordered-grid FSAA implementation remains inferior to that of ATi's card, a disadvantage it can more than make up for in sheer speed.
You could say that the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra is everything the original FX 5800 Ultra should have been or, to use NVIDIA's slogan, it's "the way the FX is meant to be played!" Thanks to the numerous tweaks, improvements and refinements, the card is finally able to beat the Radeon 9800 PRO. Power users and enthusiasts will have a hard time finding a better alternative. We were also pleased to hear that NVIDIA will offer value versions of the FX 5900 as well. This will close the performance gap to the FX 5600, an idea that is reminiscent of the immensely popular GeForce4 Ti4200.
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http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/radeon9800pro256.jpg
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/radeon9800pro256back.jpg
For those of you who absolutely must play your games in resolutions that are higher than 1600 x 1200 with 4x FSAA, the 256-MB card is sure to be welcome. Other users can take comfort in sparing themselves the extra $100 and be happy with their solid 128-MB version.
GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 256MB
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/geforcefx5900.jpg
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/geforcefx5900back.jpg
http://dogsofwar.serveftp.com/maurymac/geforcefx5900close.jpg
Today, NVIDIA is once again proving that it is a company that can learn from its mistakes. A mere three months after the troubled launch of the FX 5800 Ultra, we are seeing the introduction of a successor that addresses and fixes all of the weaknesses of the original part. The memory bus has been widened to 256 bits and the GPU has been treated to a number of refinements. Although NV35 runs 50 MHz slower than its older sibling, this is virtually unnoticeable. The fact is that the enormous bandwidth of the improved 256-bit memory interface can easily pick up the slack and then some. Now, the FX 5900 is able to outpace the Radeon 9800 PRO in all relevant benchmarks and can reclaim the performance throne for NVIDIA. The card offers unrivaled FSAA speed combined with very good anisotropic filtering image quality and performance, thanks to the new Detonator FX driver, giving it a comfortable lead over its rival. Only the quality of its ordered-grid FSAA implementation remains inferior to that of ATi's card, a disadvantage it can more than make up for in sheer speed.
You could say that the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra is everything the original FX 5800 Ultra should have been or, to use NVIDIA's slogan, it's "the way the FX is meant to be played!" Thanks to the numerous tweaks, improvements and refinements, the card is finally able to beat the Radeon 9800 PRO. Power users and enthusiasts will have a hard time finding a better alternative. We were also pleased to hear that NVIDIA will offer value versions of the FX 5900 as well. This will close the performance gap to the FX 5600, an idea that is reminiscent of the immensely popular GeForce4 Ti4200.
:icon_dro: