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Christmas DX9 Graphics Card Round Up
Written by Peter Barnard, Spode (12/12/2003)
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Before we go into benchmarking details and discuss bundles, below is a summary of the cards in this round up and their specifications. All prices are correct as of 12/12/2003 and include VAT.

Model
Terratec GeForce FX 5200
Terratec GeForce FX 5600 PRO
Sparkle GeForce FX 5600
Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO Atlantis Ultimate Edition
Asus Radeon 9600 XT
Gainward GeForce FX5900
Sparkle Geforce FX 5900 Platinum
Asus Radeon 9800XT
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Price
£109.99
£199.99
£116.91
£147.76
£140.94
£252.91
£279.99
£374.83
3D Mark 2003 Score
900
2,081
2,223
3,397
3,838
4,717
4,889
6,423
Bang for Buck Rating
8.2
10.4
19.0
23.0
27.2
18.7
17.5
17.1
GPU Used
Geforce FX 5200
Geforce FX 5600
Geforce FX 5600
Radeon 9600 PRO
Radeon 9600 XT
Geforce FX 5900
Geforce FX 5900
Radeon 9800XT
RAM
128 Mb DDR
256 Mb DDR
128 Mb DDR
128 Mb DDR
128 Mb DDR
256 Mb DDR
128 MB DDR
256 Mb DDR
GPU Clock Speed
250 mhz
325 mhz
325 mhz
400 mhz
500 mhz
400 mhz
400 mhz
412 mhz
RAM Clock Speed
200 mhz
400 mhz
500 mhz
300 mhz
300 mhz
710 mhz
850 mhz
760 mhz
Card Length
170mm
176mm
155mm
180mm
172mm
215mm
215mm
188mm
Card Width
100mm
92mm
88mm
101mm
98mm
100mm
100mm
98mm
Hardware Direct X Support
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
Dual Monitor Support
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Tv Out
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
VIVO
NO
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
NO
YES
DVI Output
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Active Cooling Fan
NO
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
Fan Noise Level
N/A
Quiet
Average
N/A
Average
Quiet
Loud
Average
Extra Power Needed
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
HDD type Molex
HDD type Molex
HDD type Molex
AGP Version Support
8x
8x
8x
8x
8x
8x
8x
8x

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