FX 5900 Ultra vs. R9800 Pro - Setup and Benchmarking

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Manufacturer:	nVidia / ATi
Product:	GF FX 5900 Ultra vs. Radeon 9800 Pro
Price:	USD $499  $399
Written By:	SPeeD

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GeForce FX 5900 Ultra vs. Radeon 9800 Pro

 

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System Setup

• Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz CPU

• ABIT IC7-G Motherboard

• OCZ 512MB PC3200 EL DDR Platinum Memory

• WD SE 80GB HD

• BFG GeForce FX 256MB Asylum 5900 Ultra

• FIC Radeon 9800 Pro

• Windows XP Professional with service packs

• DirectX 9.0a

NVIDIA Detonator FX 44.03's used for 5900

ATI Catalyst 3.5's used for 9800 Pro

 

Benchmark Programs

• Unreal Tournament 2003 (featuring [H]ardOCP UT2k3 Benchmark)

• Splinter Cell

• AquaMark v2.3

• Comanche 4

• Specview Perf 7

• 3DMark 01 SE Build 330

• 3DMark 03 Build 330

• Shadermark v1.7 (DX9 2.0 Pixel Shader Benchmark)

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Unreal Tournament 2003

Let's checkout some Unreatl Tournament action courtesy of the [H]ardOCP UT2k3 Benchmarker.

 

 

DM Antalus

 

Just for fun, I decided to max out the 9800 at 6x AA and 16x AF, then run the FX 5900 at 4xS/8x and 8x/8x. This is a pretty impressive piece for the R9800 considering visual quality at 6x AA and 16x AF looks absolutely stunning. Hats off to ATi, they have visual quality down pat not only in the way it looks, but how it performs at both normal and higher resolutions. Also notice that the 5900 at 8x/8x at 1600 beats out it's own score at 1280. Tests were run 2 times to confirm and it came out the same. Strange.

Next: Benchmarking Part 2 >>
 

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