Anyone make this change, and if so was the performance increase worth it? I
see you can buy the PNY FX 5900 new online for $192. It's not the se or
whatever version either. Any comments welcome.
Jeff
I just went from a gf 4400 to a leadtek fx 5950 ultra 256mb. The difference
is massive :). Every single game ive tried i can run at 1600x1200 with very
high fps. Most fx cards are very overclockable too, soo you can push them a
bit ( my clock speeds are now 550/1050). Im not sure how it copes with AA
and anistropy cause i dont really use them.
Id say definitly do it, the latest drivers that are coming out now are
basically written for fx cards and any of them that are after 5x.xx work
great.
hope that helps
dan
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> Anyone make this change, and if so was the performance increase worth it?I
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> see you can buy the PNY FX 5900 new online for $192. It's not the se or > whatever version either. Any comments welcome. > > > > Jeff > >This is a pretty good deal. You might look at the memory used on the card,
the ones with faster rated memory (like $220) or so will overclock to
5900ultra levels pretty easily.
My question still is about the shader performance of the 5900 cards. A
friend and I compared a FX5900 and my 9700pro on the same speed system in
3dmark2001, and while his 5900 had a higher fillrate, the 9700p was nearly
twice the speed in shader performance. I'd like to see actual games
comparisons between these two cards.
rms
Interesting. What CPU?
I have a Ti 4400/XP1800 and just recently tried the release 53.04whql
drivers (W98SE; yes, I know). NR2003 dropped 10FPS at the same settings
from the 45.23whql's and GPL went into serious stutter mode; so back to
square one, or rather 45.23. FPS back to normal.
Since we're on the subject of Graphics, is anyone else getting stuttering in
LFS? Even when my FPS is reading in the 80's I'm still getting graphic
stutters. Especially when you're looking to the side, you can see the
scenery going by in stop-start fashion. It's enough to make me ill! Tried
messing with the pre-render settings, etc., but no luck. Too bad; the new
MRT5 Formula SAE car is a hoot. Most fun LFS car to drive so far.
"Dan_Leach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I just went from a gf 4400 to a leadtek fx 5950 ultra 256mb. Thedifference
> is massive :). Every single game ive tried i can run at 1600x1200 withvery
> high fps. Most fx cards are very overclockable too, soo you can push thema
it?
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> bit ( my clock speeds are now 550/1050). Im not sure how it copes with AA > and anistropy cause i dont really use them. > Id say definitly do it, the latest drivers that are coming out now are > basically written for fx cards and any of them that are after 5x.xx work > great. > hope that helps > dan > "Sondog" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3fd75ef7$0$30467$[email hidden]... > > Anyone make this change, and if so was the performance increase worthQuoted text (11 lines)
> I > > see you can buy the PNY FX 5900 new online for $192. It's not the se or > > whatever version either. Any comments welcome. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > >I have a xp2200 (1.8@ 1.9) and 512mb pc2700 ram. I tried beta 52.xx drivers
from guru3d.com and seemed to lose 5fps everywhere. NOw im on the whql
53.03's from nvidia.com and ive got the 5fps back :) I havnt tried lfs on
this card so im not sure how it runs
dan
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> LFS? Even when my FPS is reading in the 80's I'm still getting graphic
> stutters. Especially when you're looking to the side, you can see the
> scenery going by in stop-start fashion. It's enough to make me ill!Tried
them
> a
> > bit ( my clock speeds are now 550/1050). Im not sure how it copes withAA
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