9500 Non-pro 128 vs FX5600 Non-Ultra 128

[rezhiren]

Does anyone know which of these two cards is faster?

 

[Schadenfroh]

i am aware of no benchies with the 5600 non ultra. i would think the 9500 would be about even with the 5600, but i am not sure.

 

[rezhiren]

I found a review with the 9800 pro>9700 pro>9500 pro>5800 ulrta> 5600 ultra> 5600. It gives a better idea with its benchmarks.

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=r9800256&page=1

 

[Pete]

Hardware.fr should have benches of both.

 

[Rogozhin]

I didn't look too long but here is one review of the 5600 non pro 256mb card

It is going up against a 9500PRO 128mb and a g4ti4200.

You can probably extrapolate data from another source about the performance of a 9500 non pro.

rogo

linky

 

[Xtian]

Try to get a Sapphire 9500 128Mb non-pro, then softmod it to
9700. It's as easy as updating a driver.
Nothing beats that in price/performance

/xtian

 

[Tab]

Actually on www.hardocp.com the 5600 and the 9500 Pro were very close.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Xtian
Try to get a Sapphire 9500 128Mb non-pro, then softmod it to
9700. It's as easy as updating a driver.
Nothing beats that in price/performance

/xtian

and whats the success rate on that?

 

[Creig]

Around 60% chance of success. You can read more about it here.

 

[Blastman]

Here's a French review with 9500 and 5600 ...

http://www.hardware.fr/articles/461/page1.html

 

[_Tron_]

Schad, I've done it twice in the last month. both perform flawlessly.
*I'm* at 100%. ymmv

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

i tried to to the softmod, checkerboard madness

actually, a lot of 'sucessful' mods do have checkerboards, but they are very faint (there was a program to check for them on rage3d board).

I have to say, try it out but don't buy a 9500NP on the premise that it can be modded.

 

[Pete]

Originally posted by: Tabb
Actually on www.hardocp.com the 5600 and the 9500 Pro were very close.

You mean the 5600U, right? He's asking about the regular.

The 9500 is about as fast as a 4200--overall, a little slower in plain rendering, much faster with AA/AF. So find a review comparing a 5600 to a 4200 (GamePC? Tech-Report? Xbitlabs? Digit-Life? Darkcrow.co.kr?) and you should be able to guess at how a 9500 would compare.

Again, as someone else already linked, Hardware.fr should have direct numbers.