ATI 9600 pro -vs- nforce 5700. which is better?

[Bolivarted]

I'm looking at a videocard to get. Have read good things about both cards. The only reason I'm asking is that I've just recieved an Abit NF7-S from newegg and think that if you have a nforce board, maybe you should stick with an nforce videocard. Just to keep any incompatability problems from happening with the drivers. would like to know any thoughts on this issue. Truthfully, I'm leaning towards the ATI card.

 

[Cerb]

Get your info right.
NForce2 IGP is a GF4 MX that's somewhat crippled by using shared RAM. OC it and you can get to real GF4 MX performance, which still isn't good by any means.
GeForce FX 5700 = follow-on to 5600, enither of which are great performers, and against them, the ATi Radeon 9600 Pro is a much better choice. The FX 5900 is probably the best card for the money out there right now, but I personally won't buy an NVidia card (nothing wrong with the FX line, it's what they did to my GF4 that ticks me off).

 

[Richdog]

Don't start two threads on the same subject, mere spitting distance from eachother. Not necessary.

 

[nick1985]

start looking at a 5900NU.

 

[nick1985]

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