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whats better, 9500NP or fx5200?

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chinkgai

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got two old garbage cards, wondering which is better? the 9500 can be soft modded to unlock to 9700 pro, but it has some artifacts due to imperfect pipes, so it has to be left in the stock form, but can be highly overclocked to near 9700 pro speeds.

to keep this a fair contest tho, lets compare the two cards in their stock forms

so whats better?
 
haha, im up to date...just dont remember ancient stuffs 😛

how about for aoe3 (age of empires 3), which favors nvidia muuuch more from what i've seen?
 
Originally posted by: chinkgai
haha, im up to date...just dont remember ancient stuffs 😛

how about for aoe3 (age of empires 3), which favors nvidia muuuch more from what i've seen?
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I wouldn't think the 5200 will win in that game :Q
 
k thanks, was just donating the card to my boss who has a dell that has a 5200 already in it

he plays aoe like me...pwesome boss i must say
 
way to brown nose....but i think the 9500 was better than the 9600 which was better than the 5500 which is obviously better than the 5200
 
The FX5200 is really not a gaming card, best for 2d only, the 9500 is outdated but should still be ok for AOE3 since its not a high speed game.
 
Originally posted by: Captante
The FX5200 is really not a gaming card, best for 2d only, the 9500 is outdated but should still be ok for AOE3 since its not a high speed game.
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Have you tryed AOE3 with all the eyecandy? a 9500 should play it just fine though with relaxed settings.
 
Originally posted by: SPARTAN VI
Who the frick voted for the 5200? :disgust:
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two people really voted for it.
they must really be masechists.

Anyway, the 9500 by far. its based on the excellent 9700 core and is about 2-3 times faster than the 5200 fx.
 
9500 wil run circles around a fx5200.
Literaly you will be able to benchmark the 9500 take it out put it in another comp, install the drivers, and run the benchmark again and it will probaly finish before the fx5200 benchmark.
 
Originally posted by: rancherlee
Originally posted by: Captante
The FX5200 is really not a gaming card, best for 2d only, the 9500 is outdated but should still be ok for AOE3 since its not a high speed game.
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Have you tryed AOE3 with all the eyecandy? a 9500 should play it just fine though with relaxed settings.
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Yes, I have AOE 3 & I have a 6800GT so max detail is fine for me at any resolution, also if you read what I posted again slowly, you'll note I said the 9500 should be ok.
 
Originally posted by: Captante

Yes, I have AOE 3 & I have a 6800GT so max detail is fine for me at any resolution, also if you read what I posted again slowly, you'll note I said the 9500 should be ok.
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how about shader and shadow quality? i bet those cant be maxed at any res 😛

it rapes my gtx at 1600x1200 when at max
 
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