A Radeon 9600 is like a Nvidia...?

[kosch]

Hi

I'm looking at swapping my GF's old Radeon 9600 (AGPx8) out with something with a bit more power.

I've always been in the Nvidia camp for graphics so I'm not really sure what a 9600 is, could somone compare it to a Nvidia GPU model so I've got a rough idea how many generations she is behind.

I would guess it might be similar to a 5600?

Radeon 9600, 128MB, 500MHz/324Mhz

Cheers

Kosch

 

[div0]

The non-pro version is probably closer to the 5200.

Some old charts to browse - http://tomshardware.co.uk/2003/12/29/vga_charts_iii/page6.html

 

[Darkwave]

Put something like a 7600GS/GT in her machine, it'd be a very nice improvement.

 

[jrodga2k5]

Put something like a 7600GS/GT in her machine, it'd be a very nice improvement.

agreed
p.s Welcome to forums and your sig is too big 4 lines max

 

[kosch]

Thanks for the info now I know where I stand -)

Sorry about the sig it was a direct paste job from my profile on dfi-street where if your sig isnt detailed enough you get banned =(

 

[Dureth]

It's roughly the same as an FX5600, little bit faster.

Basically if your counting the 8800 its 3 generations behind. Even a lowly 7300gs/gt would be a good improvement (make sure its an 8pipe card if you get a GS).

 

[PinkFloyd]

The non-pro version is probably closer to the 5200.

Lol, no chance. The 5200 is absolutely laughable. Its rubbish, even a non-pro 9600 won't have a problem in performing much better.

 

[trojan698]

Basically if your counting the 8800 its 3 generations behind. Even a lowly 7300gs/gt would be a good improvement (make sure its an 8pipe card if you get a GS).

Just make sure your upgrade is AGP, obviously. (did they make an AGP 7300?)

 

[Dureth]

just checked and they did release the 7300GT on AGP but its the same price as a 7600gs AGP. In which case you should get the 7600GS AGP card.

 

[div0]

Lol, no chance. The 5200 is absolutely laughable. Its rubbish, even a non-pro 9600 won't have a problem in performing much better.

Not according to the benchmarks that I linked.

In CoD and UT2003, the 9600 ~ 5200 Ultra

In Quake 3 Team Arena the standard 5200 performs way better than the 9600.

In most games I'd say the 9600 non-pro sits somewhere in the middle of the 5200 and 5600. But there are times when even the 5200 beats it.

However a 9600pro or 9600xt is an entirely different story, and even in games like Quake 3 which seem to favour Nvidia cards, the 9600pro/xt is much closer to the 5600. In all other games it is far superior.