5900XT or 5900? Now with poll :p

[The Green Bean]

is it worth it? Dont suggest a 9800pro becuase where I live its for 280$ and vanilla 6800 $500
5900XT $180
5900 @205

 

[g3pro]

The XT is great, but I'm running a NU. I don't think ~100mhz on the memory makes that much of a difference.

 

[railer]

I don't know if all xt's have 2.8 ns memory. Most do, but some might come with faster mem. THe xfx xt's, for example, reportedly come stock at 800 mhz memory. Regular 5900's are 850 mhz, I believe. If that were the only difference, I'd save the $30 and get the xt.

 

[MDE]

Just get the XT, they perform almost the same.

 

[The Green Bean]

the thing is I think Ocing is out of the Question. Inno3D has terrible OC. The new difference I calculated came to $21.66
5900nu = 216$
5900XT = 195$

Ill see what I can do. Looks like it will be the XT

 

[The Green Bean]

So how much performace difference between the two on average? How much faster than A ti4800SE?

The Inno3D are very very very poor Ocers. 1% max. So It wouldnt matter what Ram I get? So I should get an XT right? Whats the clock speed difference?

Also there was a very long lost of cards somewhere + comparision. Where?

hatim

 

[The Green Bean]

GeForce FX 5900 NVIDIA NV35 DX 9 400 850 256-bit 8x1
GeForce FX 5900 XT NVIDIA NV35 DX 9 300 700 256-bit 8x1

Like the difference in speeds seem pretty large?

 

[ss284]

Get the 5900, they usually come with 2.2 ns ram, which overclock to 5950 speeds pretty easily. 20 dollars for 2.2 ns ram is worth it, compared to 2.8ns ram on the XTs/

-Steve

 

[The Green Bean]

Im confused. Read somewhere that my specific RAM version is 2.2NS Hynix. Overclock also. While somewhere else I read no OC.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: ss284
Get the 5900, they usually come with 2.2 ns ram, which overclock to 5950 speeds pretty easily. 20 dollars for 2.2 ns ram is worth it, compared to 2.8ns ram on the XTs/

-Steve

 

[Rage187]

I know my old BFG 5900nu came w/ the 2.2ns.

 

[Keysplayr]

5900nu

 

[xerocool]

hey i'm actually in the market for a NU, but everywhere i look (i.e. pricewatch) all i see are XT's. does anyone know of a good, reliable, and hopefully cheap place that i can find an NU at? thanks!

 

[Sylvanas]

5900NU

better investment for overclocking and when/if the time arises you can flash to 5950

 

[MDE]

There is no tangible difference between the XT and nu. Get whatever's cheaper.

 

[caz67]

Get the 5900.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Well you have the XT speeds wrong. For the XT it is 390 and 700. I have the MSI 5900XT card (fastest XT or SE) and it easily OCs to 450 800 any beyond that i have to use RIvaTuner, however, anything past 815 on the memory and i get some light artifacts. I have made it to 450 850 (ultra speeds) with some light artifacts. I suppose if i found a good BIOS and increased my AGP voltage by a little i might be able to make it.

I would get the XT but the NU will be noticably faster when it is running around at 500 x 1000 or something.

-Kevin

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: hatim
GeForce FX 5900 NVIDIA NV35 DX 9 400 850 256-bit 8x1 <BR>GeForce FX 5900 XT NVIDIA NV35 DX 9 300 700 256-bit 8x1<BR><BR>Like the difference in speeds seem pretty large?

This is from the Tom's Hardware article right? Yeah, his specs are WRONG for the 5900XT. Most were 390 and some were 400. It's funny because there is another article several months later that refers to the 5900XT being 300 MHz and how this card they're reviewing is so great because it's "overclocked" to 390MHz, but it's really just running at the same speed as every other 5900XT. Jounalism at it's finest.

390/700 is stock speed, though you can find ones clocked at 400/800 out of the box. My eVGA card would overclock quite well on the core (~450) but not well on the memory (~720). The XTs are rumored to have tighter memory timings that help make it almost as fast as the plain 5900. If you look at reviews, the 5900 and XT tend to be very close with the 5900 taking only a slight lead.

The thing about my 5900XT is that I don't use it. Shortly after buying it I got a Radeon 9700 that overclocks to well beyond 9700 Pro speeds, and it utterly trashes my 5900XT in the games I play (mostly Battlefield Vietnam and UT2004) Where the 5900XT would run smooth at 1024x768 no AA/AF I can now run 1024x768 4xAA/8xAF with the 9700 and get the SAME framerates as I would on the 5900XT without AA/AF. Or I could run 1280x960 and get HIGHER framerates with the 9700 than I was getting at a LOWER res with the 5900XT. It was a night and day difference, and my 5900XT has been relegated to my backup machine.

Do yourself a favor and unless you're getting this card for OpenGL use only, Get a 9800 Pro instead.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

No way I'd pay that much for a FX series card now, but that's just me.

 

[TGHI]

Mine is an MSI 5900XT, and it has hynix 2.2 and runs at 390/700 stock. Though, a simple BIOS flash is all you need to go to 5950U speeds.