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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:14 AM   #1
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Which is faster? FX5700Ultra or FX5900?
I just want to make sure I'm correct...I haven't had enough sleep today.
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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:19 AM   #2
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Okay, yeah I remember because the FX5900 has a 256bit memory bus while the 5700 Ultra only has a 128bit bus. I remember the reason I was right. Damned if I don't get more than 3 hours of sleep.
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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:26 AM   #4
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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:35 AM   #7
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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:36 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #8
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Now how the hell can the FX5700 Ultra be that much faster? That don't make no sense at all!!!
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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:40 AM   #9
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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:41 AM   #10
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Now how the hell can the FX5700 Ultra be that much faster? That don't make no sense at all!!!
well thats not the whole picture look here

read here

http://firingsquad.com/hardware/call...idia/page2.asp

the 5700 rules at low res though
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whoa, weird. It just says remote lining forbidden for me.
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Old Nov 26, 2003, 12:49 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #12
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LMAO, I just realized that too. With it's higher clock speeds, the FX5700 Ultra actually outperforms the FX5900 non-Ultra in low-quality, low-resolution gaming. The higher memory bus of the FX5900 only shines as the demand on the video card increases.


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Yeah, even ti 4xxx outperformed radeon 9500/9700 at low res on old game engines, but they drop far slower than the tis.
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Yeah, even ti 4xxx outperformed radeon 9500/9700 at low res on old game engines, but they drop far slower than the tis.
mostly on Quake / OGL based games too.
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what will nvidia thinks if their FX-5700ultra actually outperform their high end card? isn't it contradicting
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what will nvidia thinks if their FX-5700ultra actually outperform their high end card? isn't it contradicting
acutaly i think it does but they made it slower on pupose... wanna know how? they skimped on the cooling... the gpu auto clocks down when hot... wouldn't thats give it lower scores in highrer reses were the gpu works harder? just a thoght....

it faster clock and yet has alot less cooling then it's counterparts...
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