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- b12
I'm looking to upgrade the video card in my pc. My choices have been narrowed down to the ATI 9600XT or the NVidia FX5700. Both have 128mb. I plan on doing more flash and 3d flash work than anything. Any thoughts?
- -kappa-0
Go NVidia over ATI, better driver more stable.
I bought the NVidia FX5900 XT and have been very happy with it.
Let's face it, your gonna' game with it....
- b120
ok, maybe. But it's mostly for work! Thanks kappa
- swollenelbow0
can anyone recommend a card for having a second monitor with good graphics?
- toastie0
i had 9600XT for awhile, and i was very happy with it. But had to give it up because their linux drivers suck. Go nVidia!
- -kappa-0
NVidia FX5900 XT runs 2 monitors very well...
- heathen0
its probably a good time to get a card right now with PCI express and SLI technology coming out. all the high end cards are gonna drop like crazy. I have an ATI 9800 pro all in wonder ($400) right now that i got for dirt cheap.
- bomy_dick0
for a very reasonable price u'll get a 5900, which can be overclocked and much more power ful than the 5700
but definately take a nvidia
- dan100200z0
Had a 9600Pro, NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS!!! constantly shuting down on me ;(
- Nairn0
my ati 9800Pro 256mb was great until I bought doom3... where there's a bad problem with white speckles.
Updating the driver to try and rectify it only led to a faulty 'console' thing every time I start up and now I can't downgrade my driver to resolve the problem.
Bottom line: I stupidly paid a fortune for this card last year, in anticipation of Doom 3 and Half Life 2, which only came out after the release of a new gen of drivers, and now it doesn't work for the first of these I've tried it on.
It's otherwise been a great card - the thrill of hearing "Holy Shit!!" when I cranked up Unreal Tournament 2004 to the max still makes me giddy with smug contenment.
But I do rue the initial outlay.