Got My new FX 5900

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Mitsarugi

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And I have to say WOW. I'm really impressed.
The Dawn demo is blowing my mind.
I can turn on all the special effects in Planetside and not slow down at all.
My roomate got his Radeon 9800 Pro 256 today to. We opened our boxes at the same time
then we played lightsabers with them for a sec, then installed them.
A house divided. Will be back later with a more indepth review.
 
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Lifer
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I hate gloat topics. At least have a question about optimizing it or something.
 
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Dack76

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Jealous reg? lol I'm waiting for the Asus 5900 Ultra to come out before I get mine. hehehe
 
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Lifer
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Jealous reg? lol I'm waiting for the Asus 5900 Ultra to come out before I get mine. hehehe
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Lol I`m waiting for the FX5900 Value version,if it does bad in reviews then I`ll probably get a 9700NP,I`ve just received my Gothic 2 game :D that`s is crying for a decent video card before I even install the game .

Back on topic I`m glad you`re happy with your new FX5900 card,it`s always nice to hear about happy owners on both sides rather then flaming,it would be nice if both ATi and Nvidia owners could be happy and stop flaming each other, but then I guess they`ve nothing better to do ,they could always play Gothic 2 that`ll keep them quiet for awhile ;).
 
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mchammer187

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can you do some benches of custom timedemos vs standard in games like Q3, UT2003 etc.

i want to know if B3D's and firing sqaud's results are horsecrap or not

http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/msi_geforce_fx5900-td128_review/page6.asp

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"Once again we're seeing different results than what we've seen in the past, although this time we've upgraded to the latest point release, in addition to using our own new demo."

Serious Sam
In our original GeForce FX 5900 Ultra preview article, the RADEON cards didn't finish ahead of the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra until 1600x1200. But with the detail level cranked up to "quality" and our own custom demo, the RADEON cards take the throne as early as 1024x768x32, where the 5900 Ultra trails by 6%. At the same resolution, the FX5900-TD128 is down to the FX5900 Ultra by 10%. This gap opens up to 13% by 1600x1200, while the margin between RADEON 9800 PRO and GeForce FX 5900 Ultra doubles to 12%.


 
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CastorTr0y

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Hey,

I'm considering gettin that 5900 ultra. I was wondering if you think its a lot better than the 9800 pro to be worth an extra $130?
 
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Schadenfroh

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congrats man.
myself, i got my 4200 with me and im gonna get me a 5800 ultra when doom3 comes out, unless parhelia2 is cheap and out. but that is wishfull thinking
 
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Lifer
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Originally posted by: CastorTr0y
Hey,

I'm considering gettin that 5900 ultra. I was wondering if you think its a lot better than the 9800 pro to be worth an extra $130?
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The 9800 pro and 5900 ultra are the same price. The 128 MB versions are 399 while the 256 MB versions are 499 and 128 MB of V Ram is all you need and then some.
 
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Pete

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Mitsarugi, thanks for posting. Ignore the "gloat"-callers, they're just jealous. ;) I look forward to an update after you and your roommate have had time to play with the two cards.

Regs, he's asking how to optimize your jealousy. Apparently he found out how to do it all on his own. ;)
 
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Intelman07

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I would like you two to do some benchmarks on the cards......one with no AA and AF and some with AA and AF!
 
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sep

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Originally posted by: Mitsarugi
we played lightsabers with them for a sec
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Dude...back in the day...I heard use to hear rumors about people calling this SWORD FIGHTING....Ekk!
 
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Originally posted by: mchammer187
can you do some benches of custom timedemos vs standard in games like Q3, UT2003 etc.

i want to know if B3D's and firing sqaud's results are horsecrap or not

http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/msi_geforce_fx5900-td128_review/page6.asp

Q3
"Once again we're seeing different results than what we've seen in the past, although this time we've upgraded to the latest point release, in addition to using our own new demo."

Serious Sam
In our original GeForce FX 5900 Ultra preview article, the RADEON cards didn't finish ahead of the GeForce FX 5900 Ultra until 1600x1200. But with the detail level cranked up to "quality" and our own custom demo, the RADEON cards take the throne as early as 1024x768x32, where the 5900 Ultra trails by 6%. At the same resolution, the FX5900-TD128 is down to the FX5900 Ultra by 10%. This gap opens up to 13% by 1600x1200, while the margin between RADEON 9800 PRO and GeForce FX 5900 Ultra doubles to 12%.
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WOW, those benchies dont look too accurate
 
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vicks

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Originally posted by: BFG10K
The Dawn demo is blowing my mind.
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Yes, it looks superb on my 9700 Pro. Very nice...err...assetts. ;)
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Yeah, and on my Radeon9800pro....:)

BTW, have you tried "Quake"?

;)


BTW, nice cards you guys got there...I hope the duel was a fight to the death as it should be :)

Have fun with those cards, I wish I had the ability to test BOTH of the highest of the high...

Ill just have to live with my Radeon 9800 pro and FX 5200....:)

- vicks
 
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Jeff7181

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Originally posted by: Mitsarugi
I was not gloating excuse me for posting.
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Don't you know you can't post anything you want here unless you have at least 1,000 posts? ;)
 
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kylebisme

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but didnt you get the word from nvidia? fraps is questionable and so is anyone who uses it. :D
 
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BoomAM

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Originally posted by: Regs
Jealous reg?
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Sure, lol .
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What you should of said is "no not really, ATI just sent me the pre-production R420 w/512mb, with Catalyst 5.0"
lol.
Seriously though, i still cant work out which is faster, the 9800pro 256mb or the 5900ultra. The initial reviews all say that the 5900ultra is faster, but later reviews says that its the other way round.
Ah well. I wont lose sleep over it. There still isnt a game that my 9700pro cant run in high res w/ FSAA&AF smoothly.
 
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