Unbiased Comparison: Radeon 9500 Pro vs 5200 Ultra

[MatrixmaN]

Need Opinions.

Keep Fanboi'izm out please.

Just from the facts which is the better card?

[squads]

the 9500 is much better but at the same time its quite a bit more expensive. 5200 ultra around 120-130, 9500 pro around 180-200. not really fair to compare them

[slinky]

there is no comparison. the 5200 is the equivalent of the g4mx series.

5200u $80
9500p $200

[Telexen]

They're not in the same market...FX 5200s like the Radeon 9000 is meant to be a budget card with DX9 support. The Radeon 9500 is marketed to compete directly with GF4 Ti series cards, but add DX9 support.

[rastorize]

9500 pro is the more powerful card by a loooong shot.

[thePh@r@oh]

im die hard nvidia but i gotta agree that the 9500p is better but the 5900u is awesome. you gotta get into the higher moddels of the fx series for it to start stomping some @$$

[blackie]

all fx5200 cards suck, no matter how much memory or whatever they have. R9500p completely outclasses this card.. but it should for the price diff.

[ArcticFox]

I'll take a Ti 4200 thankyouverymuch.

-Foxy

[MatrixmaN]

Thanks everybody.

I'm now throughly perturbed now.

I fried my Radeon 9500 Pro the other day by accident. No verclocking, just trying to make an ingame movie with camstasia. Put the settings too high, rebooted, now i cant even change my resolution with that card without it freezing my comp.

Sucks, I loved that card. Got it for $175 too.

Got this 5200 to test it and see if I was right. I was right, the radeon is broken.

Man, now I have to get a new decent card. I wont be able to live without the framerates of my radeon.