Half-Life 2 performance with GeForceFX 5900XT?

4th January 2004, 16:14

I've been reading lots about the recent performance wonder from nVIDIA called GeForceFX 5900XT, and I am very impressed. I am seriously considering replacing my Ti4200 with this card, as it seems to be a far better choice (for the time being) than an ATi Radeon 9600XT.

In spite of this, I am hesitant to jump out and mindlessly purchase such a card - my main motivation being Half-Life 2. Firstly, prices can go down even more and ATi might do something to compensate (lowering prices or new card launch), and secondly: because NV30/NV35 cards performed ridiculously poorly in the HL2 benchmarks seen earlier in 2003.

What's your take on this?

piotke · 4th January 2004, 16:29

I have a 5900 XT, but no halflife. So can't test it. But performs very well on all other comon games (COD, NFS:U as example)

jmke · 4th January 2004, 16:52

HL2 is far from finished so it's impossible to get an idea of the performance :/

4th January 2004, 23:19

you can count on new cards being released, from both ATi and nVidia, before HL2 comes.
I don't know about price (somehow I don't really care about retail prices) but the 5900XT is derived from the top nVidia line, while the 9600XTis an improvement of the mid-line ATi card.
A better comparison would be 9800Se or 9800 compared to the 5900XT.

last, a line to remember:
Nvidia: XT stands for Xtra traag (extra slow in dutch)

ATi: SE stands for slow edition, and XT for their faster line (anyone got a good line for that)

jmke · 5th January 2004, 09:44

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4th January 2004, 16:14	#1
ManUtdFan Posts: n/a	Half-Life 2 performance with GeForceFX 5900XT? I've been reading lots about the recent performance wonder from nVIDIA called GeForceFX 5900XT, and I am very impressed. I am seriously considering replacing my Ti4200 with this card, as it seems to be a far better choice (for the time being) than an ATi Radeon 9600XT. In spite of this, I am hesitant to jump out and mindlessly purchase such a card - my main motivation being Half-Life 2. Firstly, prices can go down even more and ATi might do something to compensate (lowering prices or new card launch), and secondly: because NV30/NV35 cards performed ridiculously poorly in the HL2 benchmarks seen earlier in 2003. What's your take on this?

4th January 2004, 16:29	#2
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,003	I have a 5900 XT, but no halflife. So can't test it. But performs very well on all other comon games (COD, NFS:U as example) __________________ .

4th January 2004, 16:52	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	HL2 is far from finished so it's impossible to get an idea of the performance :/ __________________

5th January 2004, 09:44	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Xtreme Tech __________________

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4th January 2004, 23:19	#4
FreeStyler Posts: n/a	you can count on new cards being released, from both ATi and nVidia, before HL2 comes. I don't know about price (somehow I don't really care about retail prices) but the 5900XT is derived from the top nVidia line, while the 9600XTis an improvement of the mid-line ATi card. A better comparison would be 9800Se or 9800 compared to the 5900XT. last, a line to remember: Nvidia: XT stands for Xtra traag (extra slow in dutch) ATi: SE stands for slow edition, and XT for their faster line (anyone got a good line for that)