Ok FX or 9700

newbieassulted · **Ok FX or 9700 -** 03-04-2003, 11:29 PM

Welp, since Nvidia has fucked me over with the fx saying that theres not enough chips, and that ill have to wait probly a month, i was wondering if maybe the 9700 was a better choice than FX since both are same price and everything.

And I run everything on 1024x 768 if that makes a differnce.

Thanks

DeadBolt · 03-04-2003, 11:36 PM

Neither. Go with VooDoo 3

newbieassulted · 03-04-2003, 11:54 PM

lmao! nono, seriously

Himmler · 03-05-2003, 12:02 AM

Well im sure this will influence your decision...I had just bought a Radeon 9700 Pro and when i put it in, it sucked major ass and got around 17 fps all the way up to 500 just when it was a black screen. but usually it would be at 50-60. Then i was like wtf and returned it, and bought another one by a different company. The same thing happened with that card. Two 9700's that sucked shit. Now i am waiting for the FX to come out sometime before March 10th. I am pretty dam sure this card will show a dramitic increase in performace and quality. I hope this helped.

SoLiDUS · 03-05-2003, 12:07 AM

9700 PRO.

For the price difference, the Geforce FX is only slightly (minimally) better.

Chronic Diarrhea · 03-05-2003, 12:12 AM

benchmarks show the 9700 Pro is absurdly better for its price. Reich I dunno what the hell is wrong with yours, maybe your comp can't deal with such 1337ness. biggrin:

SoLiDUS · 03-05-2003, 12:16 AM

My friend has a 3.06HT P4 cpu, 512 megs of Rambus ram, a radeon 9700
pro and the other goodies... and boy, let me tell you: Splinter Cell runs at
1600*1200 with all details on as smooth as airborne butter. The card rocks.

Chronic Diarrhea · 03-05-2003, 12:19 AM

Sounds good, Splinter Cell runs fairly well with everything on high at 800x600. It gets choppy at some points. Considering I have a 1.2 GHZ Athlon and a GeForce 4 TI4200 with 64 megs, I think that is aaaiiight.

1080jibber · 03-05-2003, 12:20 AM

i have a 9700 pro, and i am happy
if i was you i would forget about the FX and i would buy the 9700 pro

Arkan · 03-05-2003, 12:25 AM

I have a 9500 pro that i picked up very cheap and the lil' sucker rocks!! The 9700 pro is that much better so if the $$$ situation isn't a problem, go with the 9700 Pro. Just make sure you have a good strong power supply (most peeps neglect in this area).

SoLiDUS · 03-05-2003, 12:27 AM

Make sure you have DDR ram and at least 1.6GHZ of cpu power: otherwise,
your entire system will be the bottleneck. In other words, you will NOT be able
to fully appreciate your 9700PRO with the tit machine you have!

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DeadBolt · 03-05-2003, 12:33 AM

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newbieassulted · 03-05-2003, 01:12 AM

actually when i went to bestbuy the 9700 and FX 5800ultra was the same price... so...

cameltoe · 03-05-2003, 01:12 AM

i donno the FX has some new things incorporated into it, but its really bulky and expensive, and requires a vacume of a fan on it so its up to you to choose, 9700 is getting kinda old now tho and ATI is working on a new one thats supposed to beat the FX horribly

newbieassulted · 03-05-2003, 01:13 AM

oh and the reich, where in nevada do you live? i live in las vegas