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Also note how the 5200 generally hangs tough with the Ti 4200 with AA and AF enabled, and beats it with AA and AF turned off.
At 12x10, everything looks very even -- the game is clearly more host bound here, and all the cards are pretty much loafing. When we pump the resolution up to 16x12, without antialiasing or anisotropic filtering, the Radeon 9500 Pro starts to flex its muscle. In fact, even the Ti 4200 outperforms both the newer Nvidia cards.
Turning on AA and AF still leaves the ATI card in the lead, but the 5200 is now nearly even with the older Ti 4200.
Analysis and Conclusions
If you took a look at the results, and decided that the Radeon 9500 outperformed the GeForceFX 5600 Ultra in most tests, you'd be right. The problem is that the 9500 Pro has a limited lifespan. ATI will soon be shipping the 9600 series, which has half as many pixel pipelines, albeit built on 0.13 micron and running at a higher clock rate. The 9500 Pro has the key advantage of simply being a 9700 with a 128-bit memory interface. The full-bore, 8-pixel pipeline architecture gives it a key advantage over the 5600. But the real test will be the 9600 versus the 5600, so we'll no doubt be revisiting the issue in the near future.
The 9500 Pro will no doubt fade into the sunset, but it's proven to be a terrific value for gamers. It's too expensive a part for ATI to continue to manufacture at a mainstream price point, though, so if you want one, you might pick one up soon, before the 9600 supercedes it.
Even so, the performance deficits aren't all that large in many cases, and the 5600 easily outpaces Nvidia's older mainstream card, the GeForce4 Ti 4200, across the board in all cases. As such, it certainly offers a solid value at its price points.
The GeForceFX 5200 is perhaps the more significant card. It stayed close to the Ti 4200 in many tests, and performed surprisingly well for a card that will be in the sub-$150 (list) range. With versions of the 5200 pushing to well below $100, DirectX 9 gets a major boost. The value segment is where most of the volume lies, so Nvidia should do well with the 5200.
What to Buy: So should you buy now, or wait until these boards are available in early April. Based on our analysis, if you're looking to save money, the $79 GeForceFX 5200 may well offer some real benefits – we'll have to wait until we can test it, though, for a final analysis.
If you're looking for a fast, high-end card, but don't want to spend $400 for the latest from nVidia or ATI, the 9500 Pro provides a terrific value for gamers.
Finally, the 5600 looks very competitive, with strong performance on many games.
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