5900,5900SE,5900XT What is the diffs?

[GonzoDaGr8]

I tried to do a search for this and really didn't come to any conclusive answers.. All I would like to know is exactly what is the diff between these three? Am I correct in assuming that the SE and XT are the same? Thanx in advance.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i believe the SE and XT are the same, they have slower memory than the regular 5900

 

[Pete]

5900: 400/850 core/memory (effective DDR speed).
5900XT/SE: 390/700 according to most reviews I've read, though most seem to be at 400/700.

The difference is mainly memory speed (and, accordingly, power draw and cost).

 

[Unrealdude]

the best version in 5900's is the Golden Sample by Gainward (highly OCed version). i don't remember the exact specs but yes it is the best one.

 

[Jeff7181]

My AOpen FX5900 isn't bad... 490/940 perfectly stable... with games that don't require more than 128 MB of video memory, it's about as fast as a FX5950 Ultra.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Thanx guys... That clears up a lot. I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't any severly crippled version that I didn't know about. I.E. Radeon 9800SE.

 

[Ins0mniac]

I'm running the eVGA 5900se (xt) and It seems like a decent card. Upgraded from a Geforce2 MX so just about anything would have been better. No driver problems as far as I can tell and the price was great form tigerdirect. Most games running at 1280x1024 with 4xaa no problems.

 

[Todd33]

The XT/SE also have lower latency memory than the 5900s, so they often keep up with FX5900s in some benchmarks reviews. On about half the benchmarks I saw, a 5900XT beat a 9800pro and they can be found for $159 at Newegg.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_e-geforce_fx_5900_xt_review/

 

[BFG10K]

The only real differences of concern are core/memory clock speeds.

 

[codeyf]

IIRC:

5900XT - 390/700 (2.8ns)/128mb
5900SE - 400/700 (2.8ns)/128mb
5900 N/U - 400/850 (2.2ns)/128mb
5900 Ultra - 450/850 (2.2ns)/256mb
5950 Ultra - 475/950 (2.2ns)/256mb