ATI Radeon 9800 Pro vs. NVidia GeForce 5900

HardcoreGamer writes "Today ATI shipped its Radeon 9800 Pro 256 MB DDR-2 card in time for E3 and nVidia announced the NV35-based GeForce 5900 which will be available in June. Early tests seem to say that while nVidia edges ahead of ATI in specific areas, overall ATI still has the better card. The caveat is that the next generation of DirectX 9-based games (like Doom 3 and Half-Life 2, demonstrated with ATI at E3) will truly determine which is the better card. Lots of coverage at PC Magazine, PC World, The Register (ATI) (nVidia), ExtremeTech, InternetNews, and Forbes/Reuters. Either way, at $450-$500, serious gamers are about to get another serious dent in their wallets."

Comments

ummm...dent?

[drwhite]

"...serious dent in their wallets."

Dont you mean 'hole'.

Re:Minor annoyances-Big Bills

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd like to add to this. At $400-500 serious gamers better get use to eating Ramen noodles.

You know it's time to get more RAM

[ejaw5]

when a new video card has more memory than what you have in system memory

You know it's time to get a new computer

[geeber]

When a new video card costs more than your entire system is worth.

Re:this stuff is getting crazy

[Savatte]

My first PC had 8k of RAM and 30 min of storage

my first chick had 8k worth of "enhacements" and a 30 min timelimt.

Re: Radeon vs. NVidia

[AliasMoze]

I see the Radeon 9800 on the shelf. I see the GeForce 5900 on the shelf. They're comparable in speed. Each supports next generation games. But I think the biggest feature, the thing that makes the choice for me, is the size of the box. That's what determines which one I steal.