Nvidia Ti4800Se or FX 5600?

[johnlui]

Hi,

I was wondering what video card would you choose: Ti4800SE or FX 5600?


Cheers,

Johnny

[rythug]

I would go with the ti4600. you can get one for around $156.00
or save your money for 9700 pro

[lamarodom007]

now in circuitcity u can get a original radeon 9800(R360) for only 249. that is only a bite higher than some expensive fx5600U . Since its original you may oc it into 9800pro easily.

[Soulburner]

Hi,

I was wondering what video card would you choose: Ti4800SE or FX 5600?


Cheers,

Johnny

The 4800SE is a 4400 with 8xAGP (which doesn't make it faster).

The 5600 is the better card ONLY if it is the Ultra, and you'd want the good one clocked at 400/800.

However, for even less money you can get a 9600 Pro for $150, which is also a faster card.

[maximus7001]

Those were my two choices as well. And the fx5600 was even 256mb. But after some investigation, I chose the asus ti4800se 128mb. And the major considerations were best performance and video in, both had vivo. The fx5600 is slower than most think, unless it's the ultra. A friend of mine "downgraded" from an msi gf4 ti4200 64mb 4x agp to a leadtech fx5600 256mb 8x agp (in the same asus 8x board) with a 1000+ drop in 3d '01. That was the major decision factor in my choice.
I must also point out, I did not need such a small upgrade from my r9000pro 128mb vivo. Which performed close to buddy's downgrade. I had a chance to get $159cdn credit for my old card and thats the only reason I did it.

[johnlui]

So when did you buy the Ti4800se? My only concern is I'll be missing DX9.

[Soulburner]

Get a Radeon 9600 Pro for $150 or less...for the money it can't be beat.

[maximus7001]

Got it a few weeks ago few weeks ago, and remember, it was not much of an upgrade at all. My old r9000pro 128 beats it by 14% in environment bumpmapping and pixel shaders. And no my cpu does not make it do that. It would be the same % with other cpu compares as well.

[johnlui]

Thanks everyone for their comments. I'm planning to get the Geforce FX 5600 Ultra. Hopefully, it will drop to $350 AUD really soon.

[Rack1600]

[Chaos]

I have kind of been out of the loop in the computer industry for a while so correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that ATI kicks nVidia's ass all the way up to the fx 5900. Like for instance I heard that the ATI 9600 is one of the best price/performance ratio cards. And that the fx 5200 sucks really bad. So you tell me what you think. Is ATI a better card for the buck or not.

[Soulburner]

Right now yes, but they just released the 9600XT and FX5700U. And the Nvidia card was the fastest, reclaiming the midrange sector. Both cards are a lot faster than a 5600. We'll have to see more reviews come in.