Trouwens, als je dan toch wil hameren op 9800 Pro vs FX5900, lees dan de conclusies van deze review maar eens:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDcyOverall, when judging image quality, we have to give the hat to the 9800 Pro.
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Looking at performance between the two cards, we found that in Unreal Tournament 2003 the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra was on top in Antalus, but the Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB led in Inferno. However, CTF-Face3 showed what all that memory bandwidth can do on the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra. In a very memory bandwidth intensive situation the 5900 Ultra will excel. Serious Sam showed the 5900 Ultra on top as well. Splinter Cell was more interesting, showing the 9800 Pro 256MB card leading and by a good margin. The demo we ran is a demanding Pixel Shader oriented benchmark, and perhaps the 9800 Pro still has the faster shader speed.
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It almost seems like in every benchmark the cards go back and forth, dancing around each other. One map will run one card faster, another map will run the other one. One resolution shows a card faster, another resolution shows the other fast. It makes deciding which is the fastest card a very hard decision. Here we have an 8 pipeline card clocked at 380MHz beating in some cases a 4 pipeline card clocked at 450MHz with a lot of bandwidth. It appears in those situations that the 9800 Pro 256MB card just has a better architecture with faster shader speed. Then on the other side we do have the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra winning in some DX8 tests as well.
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Both cards offer exceptional performance, but if I have to place my finger on which card I would choose for my primary system that I play my games on, I would have to opt for the 256MB 9800 Pro. It has better AA quality, and can play at 6XAA on a 256MB card very easily. It has also proven to be very strong in shader operations. It is not an easy decision for sure now.
Nog een 9800 Pro vs FX 5900 review hier:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1074270,00.aspSo NV35, now the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra, is here. And so is a 256MB version of the Radeon 9800. Is there a clear winner? It's tough to say.
Advantage nVidia: nVidia has just about caught up to the Radeon 9800 on current-generation games, and appears to have a strong shader performance outlook for upcoming games.
Advantage ATI: In our game tests, which are by and large DX7-class content, the outcome is a decidedly mixed bag, although in the final score, the Radeon 9800 Pro has outlasted the 5900 Ultra, particularly at the grueling 1600x1200 test resolution. Add to the mix that ATI will likely bring out a Radeon 9800 Pro running on 0.13-micron, with an engine clock that could go from 375MHz to upwards of 450MHz, and ATI would appear to have the high-end performance situation well in hand.
Kortom, dit is echt geen klare overwinning voor nVidia. En dat is maar goed ook, want met een goeie 'wapenwedloop' wint de consument (wij dus!) uiteindelijk.
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