$400 to spend

Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came out, so
simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ? The 5900 is
basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT, UT2k3 amongst others.

thanks

"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
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"PanZa" wrote in message
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Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came out,
so
simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ? The 5900 is
basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT, UT2k3 amongst
others.

thanks

Voodoo5500. its the card that plays UT best.

Nonsense. My Radeon 9800 Pro kills the Voodoo5 5500 with the OpenGL renderer
and high resolution (S3TC) textures. It looks better than Glide and runs
faster.

Don't waste your $400 on either, upgrade your mobo, cpu and ram and then
wait for a better video card to come along.

That depends what he has now.
---
Anders

"PanZa" wrote in message ...
Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came out,
so
simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ? The 5900 is
basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT, UT2k3 amongst others.

What other games do you play? UT 2003 runs a little faster on the GeForceFX
5900, but other games, especially those which makes consistent use of pixel-
and vertex shaders, run better on the Radeon 9800 Pro.
---
Anders

Anders Albrechtsen wrote:
"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
news:F3hXa.57277$uu5.5877@sccrnsc04...

"PanZa" wrote in message
...
Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came out,
so
simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ? The 5900 is
basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT, UT2k3 amongst
others.

thanks

Voodoo5500. its the card that plays UT best.

Nonsense. My Radeon 9800 Pro kills the Voodoo5 5500 with the OpenGL
renderer
and high resolution (S3TC) textures. It looks better than Glide and runs
faster.

sarcasmDUH!/sarcasm

Stick with the geforce 3 i am.

Wait till ATI or Nvidia or other company come out with a decent card.


On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 17:33:59 -0400, "PanZa" wrote:

Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came out, so
simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ? The 5900 is
basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT, UT2k3 amongst others.

thanks

PanZa wrote:
Well I have a 3gig P4 with 512 meg of DDR memory running at stupid speeds
sooooooooo.

In that case, you're no stranger to going for the latest greatest.
I'd go for the ATI card personally, but seeing as you're posting this in a
nVidia ng, my guess is you've already got your heart set on the 5900, and
just probing to see if anyone can give convince you otherwise.

"Anders Albrechtsen" wrote in message
k...

Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came
out,
so
simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ? The 5900
is
basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT, UT2k3 amongst
others.

thanks

Voodoo5500. its the card that plays UT best.

Nonsense. My Radeon 9800 Pro kills the Voodoo5 5500 with the OpenGL
renderer
and high resolution (S3TC) textures. It looks better than Glide and runs
faster.

Oh really. I bet you play with your monitor on as well. Amateur.

I haven't had the chance to see an FX board, in action. But, I've gotta
say, the picture quality of the Radeon 9700's and up is amazing.

-
PanZa stood up, at show-n-tell in and
said:

Well I have a 3gig P4 with 512 meg of DDR memory running at stupid
speeds sooooooooo.

"Derek Wildstar" wrote in message
news:F3hXa.57277$uu5.5877@sccrnsc04...

"PanZa" wrote in message
...
Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came
out, so simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ?
The 5900 is basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT,
UT2k3 amongst others.

thanks

Voodoo5500. its the card that plays UT best.

Don't waste your $400 on either, upgrade your mobo, cpu and ram and
then wait for a better video card to come along.

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:02:52 +1000, We Live For The One We Die For The
One wrote:

Stick with the geforce 3 i am.

Wait till ATI or Nvidia or other company come out with a decent card.

Buy yourself an up to date card, you are deluding yourself if you
think a GF3 is still a good card. I went from a GF4 to a 9700 recently
and that was a worthwhile upgrade for me, the GF3 in my other PC just
isn't anything remotely impressive anymore.

Andrew.

If you can just squeeze in 10 dollars more you can get the 256 meg Ultra
card. Go to http://www.pricewatch.com choose video cards and then choose the
FX 5900 ultra 256 meg.

regards

B
"PanZa" wrote in message ...
Ok so guys I havent purchased a video card since the Geforce 3 came out,
so
simple question Nvidia 5900 (non ultra) or ATI 9800pro ? The 5900 is
basically a lower clocked ultra right? I play UT, UT2k3 amongst others.

thanks