5950 Ultra or 9800 XT? Which would you choose and why?

[HaloEighty8]

Out of curiosity.. if you had the money to spend between the two which would you choose and why? zealot's need not apply.. Serious answers only! Or if you own one or the other what is it that made you choose that one?? Thanks!!

 

[Corporate Thug]

niether, both are entirely too expensive and dont offer enough performance gain to justify not buying a 9800np/9800pro/5900/5900u

 

[Peter D]

Originally posted by: shady06
niether, both are entirely too expensive and dont offer enough performance gain to justify not buying a 9800np/9800pro/5900/5900u

Exactly man

On a side note.. Got money to burn HaloEighty8?

 

[Wag]

Yeah- I still think a plain 9700np is the best price/performance value you'll find right now.

 

[HaloEighty8]

On a side note.. Got money to burn HaloEighty8?

nah, I'm just curious what people's opinions would be.. that's all! I got a AIW9800 Pro and I'm pretty happy with this for now!

 

[Pete]

XT, and pretty much all reviews agree. [ H ]'s review of the 5950 showed some particularly large performance deficits in newer games, and the XT has better AA quality (and AA will always be enabled on a card that fast).

 

[Schadenfroh]

5950 for older games, 9800 for newer games

 

[Vonkhan]

9800XT ... for sure!

 

[Bateluer]

9800 XT, its actually fully DX9 compatible. Reaslistically tho, neither at this point in time. I'll wait until ATi and Nvidia launch their next gen chips next year.

 

[lulufan]

9800XT...no doubt

 

[Schneider]

The 5950 Ultra.....Its faster in the games that I play plus I don't see my self playing Half Life 2 or Doom 3 anytime soon.

 

[TimisoaraKill]

Originally posted by: Schneider
The 5950 Ultra.....Its faster in the games that I play plus I don't see my self playing Half Life 2 or Doom 3 anytime soon.

The 9800 is "playable" in the today stuff and as well better than FX line for future stuff wich makes a better purchase i think .

 

[kylebisme]

better image quality on the 9800xt at those playable framerates as well so my nod goes to it too.

 

[1ManArmY]

The ATI 9800 XT would be the most future proof at this point.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Well, if I had the money (ie I was a millionaire) I'd pick up the 5950 because I already have a 9800NP @ beyond XT speeds, so I wouldn't mind tinkering around with what the competition has.

 

[Blastman]

Originally posted by: Pete
XT, and pretty much all reviews agree. [ H ]'s review of the 5950 showed some particularly large performance deficits in newer games, and the XT has better AA quality (and AA will always be enabled on a card that fast).

What Pete said.

 

[Jeff7181]

I'd wait to see how each of them overclock and choose the best overclocker.

 

[Schneider]

Originally posted by: TimisoaraKill

Originally posted by: Schneider
The 5950 Ultra.....Its faster in the games that I play plus I don't see my self playing Half Life 2 or Doom 3 anytime soon.

The 9800 is "playable" in the today stuff and as well better than FX line for future stuff wich makes a better purchase i think .

I know its playable in todays stuff, but the games I play the 5700 Ultra almost gives the 9800XT a run for its money and totally slaughters the 9700pro. ATi still can grasp OpenGL, and 75% of games I play are OpenGL

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Schneider

Originally posted by: TimisoaraKill

Originally posted by: Schneider
The 5950 Ultra.....Its faster in the games that I play plus I don't see my self playing Half Life 2 or Doom 3 anytime soon.

The 9800 is "playable" in the today stuff and as well better than FX line for future stuff wich makes a better purchase i think .

I know its playable in todays stuff, but the games I play the 5700 Ultra almost gives the 9800XT a run for its money and totally slaughters the 9700pro. ATi still can grasp OpenGL, and 75% of games I play are OpenGL

hard to believe 5700 U "slaughters" 9700 pro

 

[edmundoab]

9800 XT got better AA and AF then the 5950 Ultra
I'd go for ATi not because I'm a fan of them..

I go for what performs better for my needs

 

[Vonkhan]

the 5700 Ultra almost gives the 9800XT a run for its money and totally slaughters the 9700pro

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

The 9800XT thrashes the 5950u ... and u're telling us that the 5700 almost gives the XT a run for its money?

I dont know what u been smoking, but I want it before the weekend!!!

 

[Regs]

Judging on the benchmarks on the newly fall release games, I don't think any of those 300-500 dollar FX cards are worth it. Not unless you want to update drivers and patch games until Nvidia finally catches up to today's standards, I see no point in not wanting to just buy the simpler card, the 9800.

I also agree with shady, both the 5950u and 9800xt are just too much $$$ for their performance increase over their counter parts. You would be buying them for the worthless point increase in benchmark programs like 3dmark.

 

[Schneider]

Originally posted by: Vonkhan

the 5700 Ultra almost gives the 9800XT a run for its money and totally slaughters the 9700pro

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

The 9800XT thrashes the 5950u ... and u're telling us that the 5700 almost gives the XT a run for its money?

I dont know what u been smoking, but I want it before the weekend!!!

Guys could u read the whole sentence before acting like complete dorks. The 5700 Ultra gives the 9800XT a run for its money IN THE GAMES THAT I PLAY!!!!! I've never seen the 9800XT beat the 5950 in Jedi Academy or Practically any OPENGL game.

 

[Pete]

Yeah, but only a sucker would buy a 5700U when a 5900 sells for the same price.

 

[The Green Bean]

5950...HL2 IMHO wont cum out before next Xmas