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Nvidia 5900 vs. 5900 ultra

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thanatopsizer

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Does anyone know what the difference between the regular 5900 chipset and the 5900 ultra chipset is? I'm not sure which I should buy, and any advice or links would be appreciated.
 
The Ultra is a higher clocked version. <Edit> And iirc it might have fixed a couple of problems too not too sure on that though</Edit>

If you are looking at the 5900(Ultra), then I would advise you take a serious look at the Radeon 9800 Pro as well, check out AT and other review sites for benchmarks/reviews using the games that you play, you may find that the 9800 Pro is faster than the 5900 in some/all of these games 🙂


Confused
 
The 5900 Ultra comes with 256 MB of RAM, as opposed to 128 for the non-ultra. The Ultra also has a GPU clock speed of 450 Mhz, as opposed to 400 for the non-ultra. To my knowledge, the speed of the RAM on both is 850 Mhz.

I bought a 5900 non-ultra and I am VERY happy with it. I've overclocked it to 490/950.

Confused, I think you're thinking of the difference between the 5800 and the 5900... the only difference between the two different 5900's is the amount of the RAM, and the speed of the GPU's. Everything else is the same.

*EDIT* By the way... 52.xx drivers make a big difference in performance... however, I'm still using 45.23's because I've yet to find a 52.xx that has fog issues corrected in Soldier of Fortune 2.
 
Jeff,

Whoops, my bad 🙂 That was an afterthought (and hence the edit), guess I was right before I edited 🙂


Confused
 
the 5900 U is definately note worth the extra $$ imo. the 50 mhz is EASILY made up with a little OC and 256 mb of video memory is not necessary yet
 
I don't mean to thread crap, but I am really curious why anyone would buy an expensive NVIDIA card right now.
I really would like to know.
 
Originally posted by: Slogun
I don't mean to thread crap, but I am really curious why anyone would buy an expensive NVIDIA card right now.
I really would like to know.
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the FX5900's perform the same, or better than any ATI offering for today's games... and there's not a single card on the market right now that will run future games at what I consider acceptable frame rates. So... there ya go =)
 
Originally posted by: Slogun
I don't mean to thread crap, but I am really curious why anyone would buy an expensive NVIDIA card right now.
I really would like to know.
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Simple. Linux support.
 
I dont know why anyone buying a card now, it's so close to black friday, and xmas sales, it seems a waste, and that you all should just wait a month.
 
Originally posted by: Blackroot
I dont know why anyone buying a card now, it's so close to black friday, and xmas sales, it seems a waste, and that you all should just wait a month.
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usually, low to mid range cards go on sale on black friday, i doubt Best Buy will lower the price on the 5900 anymore, $225 seems to be as low as they go
 
Yea, that is a pretty good deal on the 5900, i'm waiting till black friday to get something, or at least till 9600xt comes out, which is prolly gonna be my card of choice.
 
What is black friday ? (sounding like a newbie....) But I really don't know. I read about it once, but can't remember.
 
Originally posted by: Markfw900
What is black friday ? (sounding like a newbie....) But I really don't know. I read about it once, but can't remember.
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black friday is the day after thanksgiving aka the biggest shopping/sale day
 
Originally posted by: shady06
Originally posted by: Markfw900
What is black friday ? (sounding like a newbie....) But I really don't know. I read about it once, but can't remember.
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black friday is the day after thanksgiving aka the biggest shopping/sale day
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Thanks ! Now WHY is it called black friday ?

 
Cause of all the psycho house wives who run to the stores and push people out of their way to shop for Christmas.
 
Originally posted by: IcePhoenix
Originally posted by: Slogun
I don't mean to thread crap, but I am really curious why anyone would buy an expensive NVIDIA card right now.
I really would like to know.
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Simple. Linux support.
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Yeah something Nvidia has done right in recent days..
 
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