Which is faster? 9100 or fx5200?

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: ivwshane
Well this card is going to be for my nephews for a system I am building them for christmas. While I know prices for graphics card will be going down for the holidays, when I see a good deal I will jump on it to keep the overall budget down.

Right now I can get a 64MB 9100 for $30 as apposed to a 5200 for $78 and I just want to be sure that the performance difference will be worth it.

For the money, the 9100 is a steal! Performance is within 10%. The price is a 260% difference! Go for the 9100 all the way!

 

[Rottie]

I am curious about 9100 vs 9200...got link for benchmark? Not sure 9200 is faster than 9100?

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: Rottie
I am curious about 9100 vs 9200...got link for benchmark? Not sure 9200 is faster than 9100?

The R9100 is FASTER than the R9200, remember the R9200 is just a R9000 with agp 8x support.

R9200 v R9100 v R9000 Pro v GF4 MX440 v Xabre400 at Hardware Zone

 

[Pete]

9100: 4 pixel pipelines, 2 texture units per pipeline, 2 vertex shaders (1 DX8, 1 DX7).
9200: 4 pixel pipelines, 1 texture unit per pipeline, 1 vertex shader.

So the 9100 has twice the theoretical multitexture fillrate, thus it will be faster in most cases.