Palit 5500Fx vs Radeon 9600 series

palaiyot · 12-16-2007, 09:12 AM

both cards have 256mb & 128bit just want to know which is better. I need this for my pc, I dont play hardcore games only those common games like warcraft etc. so please I need your opinions.

the Radeon

* Powered by ATI Radeon 9600 VPU - 325MHz
* 256MB-128bit DDR memory - 400MHz
* Four parallel pixel pipelines
* Two parallel vertex processing engines
* SMARTSHADER™ 2.0
* SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1
* TRUEFORM™2.0
* HYPER Z™ III+
* VIDEOSHADER™
* FULLSTREAM™
* AGP 8X
* DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® supported
* DVI-I, TV-Out and 2nd DVI-I supported

the Palit 5500FX

Standard Specifications: 256MB/128Bit TV DVI
Graphic Core: 256 Bit
Core Clock: 270 MHz
Memory Interface: 128 Bit
Memory Bandwidth: 6.4 GB/sec
Fill Rate: 1.1 billion texels/sec
Vertices/sec: 68 million
Pixels per clock (peak): 4
RAMDACs: 350x2 MHz

NVIDIA nView multi-display technology
NVIDIA Forceware
Supports DirectX 9.0, Open GL 1.5
CineFX shading architecture

* Support for DX 9.0 pixel shader 2.0+
* Support for DX 9.0 vertex shader 2.0+
* Very long pixel programs up to 1024 instructions
* Very long vertex programs with up to 256 static instructions and up to 65536 instructions executed before termination

Fritzjavel · 12-18-2007, 11:02 AM

The radeon is much better... look

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....1=158&card2=74

lovely? · 12-18-2007, 11:46 AM

how much are you looking to spend, because both of those cards rank among the lowest available at the moment. you could actually spend about 50$ and get a decent card for the AGP 8X slots, like this video card: ATI radeon 1600pro

palaiyot · 12-18-2007, 12:41 PM

I already have the 2 cards just want to know what is best to use, and I can play company of heroes on high settings on the radeon card, tnks.

**oscaryu1** · 12-18-2007, 01:29 PM

128MB? Probably not.

Also depends on rest of your rig.

12-16-2007, 09:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
palaiyot Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 51	Palit 5500Fx vs Radeon 9600 series both cards have 256mb & 128bit just want to know which is better. I need this for my pc, I dont play hardcore games only those common games like warcraft etc. so please I need your opinions. the Radeon * Powered by ATI Radeon 9600 VPU - 325MHz * 256MB-128bit DDR memory - 400MHz * Four parallel pixel pipelines * Two parallel vertex processing engines * SMARTSHADER™ 2.0 * SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 * TRUEFORM™2.0 * HYPER Z™ III+ * VIDEOSHADER™ * FULLSTREAM™ * AGP 8X * DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® supported * DVI-I, TV-Out and 2nd DVI-I supported the Palit 5500FX Standard Specifications: 256MB/128Bit TV DVI Graphic Core: 256 Bit Core Clock: 270 MHz Memory Interface: 128 Bit Memory Bandwidth: 6.4 GB/sec Fill Rate: 1.1 billion texels/sec Vertices/sec: 68 million Pixels per clock (peak): 4 RAMDACs: 350x2 MHz NVIDIA nView multi-display technology NVIDIA Forceware Supports DirectX 9.0, Open GL 1.5 CineFX shading architecture * Support for DX 9.0 pixel shader 2.0+ * Support for DX 9.0 vertex shader 2.0+ * Very long pixel programs up to 1024 instructions * Very long vertex programs with up to 256 static instructions and up to 65536 instructions executed before termination Last edited by palaiyot; 12-16-2007 at 09:17 AM.

12-18-2007, 11:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,826	how much are you looking to spend, because both of those cards rank among the lowest available at the moment. you could actually spend about 50$ and get a decent card for the AGP 8X slots, like this video card: ATI radeon 1600pro __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

12-18-2007, 01:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
oscaryu1 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,153	128MB? Probably not. Also depends on rest of your rig. __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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12-18-2007, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Fritzjavel Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunrise, FL Age: 16 Posts: 304	The radeon is much better... look http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....1=158&card2=74

12-18-2007, 12:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
palaiyot Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 51	I already have the 2 cards just want to know what is best to use, and I can play company of heroes on high settings on the radeon card, tnks.