ATi 9500 128MB non-pro (256bit) or nvidia FX5700 card

oooh - tough call. If your 9500 has the 'L' shaped memory - you can softmod
it to 9700 - and enable the 256-bit memory bus and the extra 4-pipelines.
From my own experience, and benchmark results - you'd not see a great deal
of improvement for your money. stick with the radeon until the new cards
come out in a few months. then the prices will drop on the older FX cards.

Kai

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 > I am thinking about change my 9500 to an FX5700 (DDR or w/DDRII) Is
 > it a big difference? Or only minor and not worth it? How's the
 > current performance in Linux? I have not been satisfied with Ati
 > Linux drivers, but I can play all my games in windows. ( would have
 > been nice to compare playing Neverwinter nights.)
 >
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"Kai Robinson" <kai_robinsonSPAM.DeleteThis@tiscali.fr> wrote in message news:<403b0d3d$0$24957$626a14ce@news.free.fr>...
 > oooh - tough call. If your 9500 has the 'L' shaped memory - you can softmod
 > it to 9700 - and enable the 256-bit memory bus and the extra 4-pipelines.
 > From my own experience, and benchmark results - you'd not see a great deal
 > of improvement for your money. stick with the radeon until the new cards
 > come out in a few months. then the prices will drop on the older FX cards.
 >
 > Kai

Thanks Kai for responding. Yeah it is a model that can be softmodded
into a 9700. Unfortunately, mine has artifacts when running many 3D
apps/games, an when viewing DVD's.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"G-imme" <greg_2day DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > "Kai Robinson" <kai_robinsonSPAM DeleteThis @tiscali.fr> wrote in message
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  > > oooh - tough call. If your 9500 has the 'L' shaped memory - you can
softmod
  > > it to 9700 - and enable the 256-bit memory bus and the extra
4-pipelines.
  > > From my own experience, and benchmark results - you'd not see a great
deal
  > > of improvement for your money. stick with the radeon until the new cards
  > > come out in a few months. then the prices will drop on the older FX
cards.
  > >
  > > Kai
 >
 > Thanks Kai for responding. Yeah it is a model that can be softmodded
 > into a 9700. Unfortunately, mine has artifacts when running many 3D
 > apps/games, an when viewing DVD's.

Hmm - rather than dropping money on an FX5700 - why not spend a little less
on a second hand (or even clearance) Radeon 9700 pro - less money, better
performance, no messing with drivers.

nVidia's recent lacklustre offerings have disappointed me, and while the
5700 ultra/5900's are good cards - they still pale in comparison to even
older cards. Their DX9 performance is pathetic too.

Not to knock em - the GeForce 4's still kick ass, and up until recently, my
GeForce 3 did me proud....<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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