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I have found one *somewhere priced at £140, I have read up on it and it can be softmodded fairly easily to FX5900 Ultra levels of performance...
Is it worth it??
The thought of an oversized, overly hot board that sounds like a vacuum cleaner is strangely enticing...
Is it worth it??
The thought of an oversized, overly hot board that sounds like a vacuum cleaner is strangely enticing...
Ive been looking into the 5900 to 5950 bios flash.
Silent-Scope wrote:
> Speaking of that new card... who would buy it.. some nut, pro gamers
> and game developers.
That's what the target market is, yes.
The lack of numbers is made up for by the price.
> Speaking of that new card... who would buy it.. some nut, pro gamers
> and game developers.
That's what the target market is, yes.
The lack of numbers is made up for by the price.
Well more power basically. At the moment people will pay up to £400 for the fastest. They'll still pay their £400, just it will be a better card they get for their money.
Speaking of that new card... who would buy it.. some nut, pro gamers and game developers.
I don't see any other people needing to buy it in a year and a half at the moment.
I don't see any other people needing to buy it in a year and a half at the moment.
It won't perform as well as a Radeon 9800.
It won't be as good as an ATI card on Half Life 2.
The highest 3D Mark 2001 for a FX 5900 Ultra is 29,000. However a more realistic figure for a good overclock would be 21,000. In 3D Mark 2003 they can achieve over 7,000 with non approved drivers. In fact there was an overclock to over 9,000.
A Radeon 9800 Pro can also hit 29,000. But there appears to be a lot more 25,000 marks out there. In 3D Mark 2003 they can do over 7,000 with FutureMark approved drivers. 12,000 in one case without.
So why not go for an S3 Savage 3D? If you are really lucky you can hit 287!
I would go for an ATI card out of choice. But seeing as the cheapest 9800 Pro seems to be around £240, then the possible slight performance gain would not be worth the £100 in my opinion.
Of course I would not buy a card at the moment as it is, ATI have a new chip due out within the next month or two. In which case hopefully the old ones will fall in price.
It won't be as good as an ATI card on Half Life 2.
The highest 3D Mark 2001 for a FX 5900 Ultra is 29,000. However a more realistic figure for a good overclock would be 21,000. In 3D Mark 2003 they can achieve over 7,000 with non approved drivers. In fact there was an overclock to over 9,000.
A Radeon 9800 Pro can also hit 29,000. But there appears to be a lot more 25,000 marks out there. In 3D Mark 2003 they can do over 7,000 with FutureMark approved drivers. 12,000 in one case without.
So why not go for an S3 Savage 3D? If you are really lucky you can hit 287!
I would go for an ATI card out of choice. But seeing as the cheapest 9800 Pro seems to be around £240, then the possible slight performance gain would not be worth the £100 in my opinion.
Of course I would not buy a card at the moment as it is, ATI have a new chip due out within the next month or two. In which case hopefully the old ones will fall in price.
140 quid?
I've seen that somewhere, and it seemed a bit too fishy.
Are they THAT useless?
I've seen that somewhere, and it seemed a bit too fishy.
Are they THAT useless?
I have found one *somewhere priced at £140, I have read up on it and it can be softmodded fairly easily to FX5900 Ultra levels of performance...
Is it worth it??
The thought of an oversized, overly hot board that sounds like a vacuum cleaner is strangely enticing...
Is it worth it??
The thought of an oversized, overly hot board that sounds like a vacuum cleaner is strangely enticing...