Tech Report : DOOM 3 Graphics Comparison

[TechZ]

The chaps over at Tech Report have put together a nice DOOM 3's performance comparison (http://techreport.com/etc/2004q3/doom3-midlow/index.x?pg=1) of various low-end, mid-range, and vintage graphics cards.

Here's an excerpt:
Moving to our assortment of current mid-range graphics cards, the GeForce FX 5900 XT is the clear choice for DOOM 3. ATI's Radeon 9600s just don't have it, and not even the eight-pipe Radeon 9500 Pro can bridge the gap. The only cards that give the 5900 XT a run for its money are the former DX9 flagships, the Radeon 9700 Pro and GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. The cards are pretty close in High Quality mode, but the 9700 Pro stumbles a little with Medium Quality and 4X antialiasing.

[silencio]

5900 XT is cheap and flashable. :thumbs: I picked one up for my wife when she got into CoH.

[Radical Dreamer]

5900 XT is cheap and flashable. :thumbs: I picked one up for my wife when she got into CoH.

Isnt the XT the same as the SE? If so then wheres the BIOS? I'd like to flash mine

[jaeger]

5900 XT and SE really missed the bus on bios flashing. The short lived non ultras came out with 2.2ns memory and good cores that allowed them to be clocked the same or higher than a 5950. The nonultra was clocked at 400 core and 800 or 850 memory. The XT and SE are clocked at 390 core and 700 memory using 2.8ns memory. The only benefits from a bios flash would be upping the voltage to the gpu that might let you go a bit farther. The difference for me on my nonultra was 475 before flash vs 510 after. If you search the nvnews.net forums, you can find all the files and help you'll need to flash your card.

[Radical Dreamer]

Oh well, I'm getting a 6800 ultra in about 2 weeks to replace my 9800XT so I guess the XT will replace the 5900 and the 5900 will replace the 5700 and the 5700 will replace the GF 2 GTS and I'll keep the Ti4600 where its at.