19-08-2003, 16:05
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geforce fx5900 256mb
Asus, Leadtek, MSI and Creative are all doing these for about £400. Is there any real difference between these cards and their performance or are they much the same? Anyone know? 
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19-08-2003, 16:14
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Go for the Leadtek, the performance differences are nominal but I've found Leadtek is normally better quality and offers a better software bundle.
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19-08-2003, 17:27
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Even if I have an Asus mobo?
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19-08-2003, 17:51
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Just out of curiosity, what are you doing that requires a fx5900 256mb??
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19-08-2003, 17:57
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ramrod
Even if I have an Asus mobo?
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Doesn't matter, I had a Gigabyte Radeon 9700 pro on a Gigabyte 7VAXP motherboard and there were no speed or stability differences when I swapped to a Chaintec Nforce 2 motherboard.
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19-08-2003, 17:58
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Quote:
Originally posted by KingPhoenix
Just out of curiosity, what are you doing that requires a fx5900 256mb??
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Playing games as they're meant to be played?
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19-08-2003, 18:09
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Originally posted by Bifta
Playing games as they're meant to be played?
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That is reason enough!!! - go buy that card!!!!!!!!!
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19-08-2003, 18:34
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Quote:
Originally posted by KingPhoenix
Just out of curiosity, what are you doing that requires a fx5900 256mb??
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Gaming  ....oh all right, and I have pretentions to winning any pi**ing competitions
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19-08-2003, 20:33
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bifta
Playing games as they're meant to be played?
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and if you have money to burn
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19-08-2003, 21:29
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20-08-2003, 04:55
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Wow, those go for about 320 pounds here.
I'd get a Radeon instead...  The 9800 Pro 256MB looks very nice, and they go for about 290 pounds here.
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20-08-2003, 08:10
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bifta
Playing games as they're meant to be played?
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If thats how you think they are meant to be played you would be horrified to discover the specs of the hardware thye are written on.
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21-08-2003, 21:52
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Is this any good. Considering that it's made by a company I've never heard of......but the price is good
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22-08-2003, 05:46
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For my money NVidia outstrips Ati any & every day
Remember, Nvidia are the people behind the NForce Chipset
I have used NVidia chipset graphics cards for Many years and have no complaints whatsoever Fast, smooth, reliable, graphics engine is awesome, what more can I say?
Also, if you have a TFT monitor with an auto setup button, they have a flat panel calibration screen in their drivers
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22-08-2003, 14:46
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Quote:
Originally posted by Jerrek
Wow, those go for about 320 pounds here.
I'd get a Radeon instead... The 9800 Pro 256MB looks very nice, and they go for about 290 pounds here.
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mmmm, but I still like nvidia, sorry
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