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Bud
16 Dec 2003, 9:52am
what better for gaming 5700 ultra or 9600xt
Bud
16 Dec 2003, 10:00am
havent nvidea had compatiablity issues with HL2 though?
Enverex
16 Dec 2003, 10:11am
They have issues with anything DirectX 9 related as the cards don't deal with DX9 aspects properly, and run like ****e....
Geeky1
16 Dec 2003, 10:22am
9600XT, hands down. The ENTIRE GEFORCE FX LINEUP make up what is the SINGLE BIGGEST FLOP in the history of the graphics card market, if not the computer industry as a whole. NOTHING on this scale has been seen since, oh... the Edsel.

The GeForce FX cards are all basically totally incapable of running standard DX9 code at anything more than a slideshow pace (even the 5900/5950 can't do DX9 at reasonable resolutions with playable frame rates).

Get the 9600XT.

//Edit
Better yet, go to Newegg and order a 9500 Pro. It was the best card out of the entire 9500/9600 series, and it's faster than the 9600 XT.
Black Hawk
16 Dec 2003, 10:44am
From what I see (http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=268), the 5700 Ultra could beat the 9600XT. The price factor is practically null since the dif is less than $10. I personally would go with the 9600XT or a 9500 (and mod it) if you can find it.
Bud
16 Dec 2003, 11:20am
can you even buy the 9500 pro and mod it still i thought it was gone with the ram that allowed it to be soft modded.
Thrax
16 Dec 2003, 1:53pm
It wasn't the 9500 Pro that everyone wanted, it was the 9500. This was so because it was a 9700 Pro with 4 disabled pipelines just by flipping one transistor on the GPU package, and then later by softmodding the card.
Bud
16 Dec 2003, 2:22pm
thanks thrax, i couldnt find any of those $200 circiut city 9800 right guys?
Thrax
16 Dec 2003, 3:19pm
You might be able to find one, but as far as I know, the deal is no longer valid. I may be wrong though.