Almost got sucked into a 5900 Ultra.

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I have $500 just waiting to go into a 256mb video card. Actually I have $500 & a free top-o-the-line NV card upgrade through eVGA.com that has to be used by Mar. 04. I almost used my upgrade on the Ultra 256mb 5900 cause I was weighing the new futuremark statement and the fact that the Det. 50's will be out pretty soon.

But....what turned my final choice back to ATI was the [H]ard comparison between the 5900 Ultra & 9800 Pro.

ATI
6XAA / 16AF = 69fps

NV
8XAA / 8XAF = 30fps

The ATI IQ just freakin' blows NV away! With ATI you get not only higher fps but also all eye candy turned on to boot. This is exactly what I am looking for but....I am going to wait for R360 cause an upgrade from my current (see siggy) 9700 Pro to 9800 Pro just ain't worth it.

 

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Used by march 4th? 2003?
If you have a 5900U waiting in the wings for FREE. Hell...take it man. (Then sell it on e*bay?)

Though I was kind of confused by your post. I like my 9800Pro as much as the next guy with one...but I do have to say the 5900U is no slouch what so ever. The IQ, I guess, is "lacking" but that's about it. That one bench you showed, is one of the few the 9800P is tops in. It's usually a close 2nd in all benches...cept 3dmark03.

PS I believe you mean to say "suckered" in the thread name. Only way you're getting sucked into a nVidia card is to turn the 5800U's fan to inhale. That'll suck you...and the rest of your neighborhood in.

 

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Upgrade must be used by March 2004.

What I mean is I have 2 top of the line upgrade paths. I will have a NV 40 or a R400 but in the mena time I want something thats gonna tide me over such as a 5900 Ultra or a R360

Should I use my free upgrade and spend the $500 on a 800fsb cpu?

Or use the $500 on the R360 and use my upgrade for NV40?

 

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How did you get free upgrades?

 

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Matt761 said:

How did you get free upgrades?

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I pre-ordered a Ti-4600 from evga.com last year around Feb. just before the 4600 was released. Any pre-order qualifies me for 1 upgrade that is equal in price to my pre-order purchase for the next gen NV cards. It is called the "step-up program." I had 2 years from the time of my purchase to use the step up option. My 2 years runs out on march 2004. I think they might be still offering the step up program for the 5900 Ultra...that is if you pre-order it. Go check out evga.com for your self and see. Type is "step up program" in thier search site engine or e-mail thier tech support and ask...that would probably be the best.

I was gonna use the step up on the 5800 Ultra but we all know what happend to that plan.

 

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I would wait for the R400 and put the 500 on a new proc or something else. your 9700 pro is a good card you really don't need a better video card until halflife 2 or doom3 comes out and the 9700 will play that just find also. I would wait a while and get a new proc of you want to spend the money.

 

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but its also up to you for what you want to do.

 

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do they still offer step up plans like that? thats pretty cool.

and do you have to send them your original card back?

 

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Disco_Stu said:

do they still offer step up plans like that? thats pretty cool.

and do you have to send them your original card back?

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Yeah you got to send them back the original card.

 

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you can still get 150-180 bucks for a ti4600 on ebay.
Im a little confused... so what you send them the card? and... what? you pay less for an upgrade? or what?

 

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whats in it for them?

2 top of the line cards for the price of 1 ??????

 

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Link for details on the step up program. Looks like it ends in October any way.

http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp

 

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Akumu X...You don't need to set a 5800U's fan to "suck"...the loud-*** thing does that straight out of the box.

 

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almost pee'd my pants imagining someone getting sucked into a 5900 Ultra!!!!

Some whiz with photoshop should do something with that!

 

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lmao

 

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With that P4 at 3.8 ghz I doubt the 800 FSB proc would be much of an upgrade.

If you really want a cool project for your money build a sweet dually rig, maybe a Xeon setup