9700 Pro AGP vs 5600 FX 256

[clarkey01]

I may upgrade my brothers old PC and get some more life out of it.

He plays CS mostly.

 

[Skunkwourk]

I'd go with the 9700 pro. I had one myself, it was a solid card.

 

[daveybrat]

The 9700Pro's shaders are much stronger than the FX series of cards. Definitely stick with the ATI card for games.

 

[sandorski]

IIRC, 5600 was approx equalish with the 9600 series Radeons. Only the 5900s were approximately competitive with the 9700/9800 series.

 

[beserker15]

I've had both, and yes the 9700pro is much faster. Heck, if I remember right even the 9600 pro is faster than the fx5600.

 

[Dman877]

Weren't some of those 5600's crippled with a crappy memory bus too? IIRC, the better geforce 4's were faster than the 5600. Regardless, the 9700Pro has it all over the 5600.

 

[F1shF4t]

The 9700 is probably 2 times faster if not more, 9600 pro's are easily better than the fx5600.
I had a FX5700 (which was much better than the fx5600) back in the day and it was easily beaten by a 9600xt i bought cheaply second hand a couple of years later.

 

[RussianSensation]

Just get a 3650 assuming the CPU is fast enough.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
Just get a 3650 assuming the CPU is fast enough.

Hmmm he has an XP 2200 + so a 9700 would be a nice match.

 

[Denithor]

Or try to find a used 6800 (nu or GT) or a 7600GT, any of those will blow past a 9700pro and probably cost $5 more (if that).

 

[rogue1979]

6600 non GT agp can be found dirt cheap, slightly more performance than a 9700 Pro and overclock nicely. Or a 2600 Pro agp and it's faster than the above options.

7600GS would be good too if you could find a good deal on one. Anything faster than that would cost significantly more and probably be cpu bound anyway.

 

[nonameo]

Originally posted by: Denithor
Or try to find a used 6800 (nu or GT) or a 7600GT, any of those will blow past a 9700pro and probably cost $5 more (if that).

You could probably get an X1900GT for under 50$ now.

 

[unr3al]

Getting a bit off-topic here; the guy obviously has two choices for some reason. All suggestions are great, it just depends on the OP. And an X1900GT would probably be held down by an AthlonXP 2200. That chip was coincidentially my favorite model when they were released... lol

The FX5600 was utter crap though; I had a 128MB FX5900XT and tbh versus the 256MB FX5600U's our local net café has, it was the bees knees. The FX5600U can't even play UT2003 @ 1600x1200!

 

[nemesismk2]

The 9700 Pro wipes the floor with a Geforce FX 5900 so it will easily beat the 5600 especially with games using DX9.

Powercolor 9700 Pro vs Geforce 5900

 

[SneakyStuff]

9700 Pro without a doubt. One of the best cards I have ever owned may it R.I.P

 

[octopus41092]

9700 Pro

 

[moonboy403]

9700 Pro

ahhh....reminds me of the good old days. I still remember the 9800 Pro was my first dedicated video card and I flashed it to a 9800XT.

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: nonameo

Originally posted by: Denithor
Or try to find a used 6800 (nu or GT) or a 7600GT, any of those will blow past a 9700pro and probably cost $5 more (if that).

You could probably get an X1900GT for under 50$ now.

Yeah I agree the X1900 GT would be ideal for a slower Athlon XP system.

Just for comparison I know of a review which features a X1950 PRO and Athlon XP 3200, XP 2500 and Sempron 2200. These are benchmarked with various old and new games including World in Conflict and Supreme Commander. lol

ATHLON XP AND SEMPRON GAMING PERFORMANCE

 

[Sylvanas]

The 9700pro trounced the FX series back in the day. Not to mention ATI's drivers are still monthly WHQL that include cards back to the 9500 series.