Which is better ATI9600 or FX 5200 Ultra ?

[Bob Dobbs]

Subject says it all? I just got a factory refurb G5 dual 1.8 - they said on the phone it would have a GeForce FX 5200 Ultra... but system profiler says its got a ATY,RV350 (I think that is exactly) with 64MB.

So should I complain, or is this a mini upgrade?

 

[macrumors12345]

rad 9600 is far superior to gfx 5200 ultra. you got lucky.

 

[ChrisFromCanada]

Yes the 9600 does indeed bench a little bit better than the FX 5200 U. Are you sure it is a 9600 not a 9600 Pro?

 

[cube]

5200 is "ShaderModel 3.0", 9600 is only 2.0, so you might miss out on some games (and maybe eventually in some version of Core Image).

 

[jared_kipe]

If it is 64Mb I think thats a normal 9600 non pro. But yes, you got a good deal then, happy you. And just in case you don't ... want such a common ati card, I'll trade you for my dual G5's stock FX 5200 Ultra.

 

[Sun Baked]

Subject says it all? I just got a factory refurb G5 dual 1.8 - they said on the phone it would have a GeForce FX 5200 Ultra... but system profiler says its got a ATY,RV350 (I think that is exactly) with 64MB.

So should I complain, or is this a mini upgrade?

That was the $50 upgrade -- which everyone thought was worth it at the time.

Now they are using the ATI9600 with 128MB on the newer machines.

 

[QCassidy352]

you got the 64 MB Radeon 9600 Pro which shipped with the original G5s. The new option is a 128 MB Radeon 9600 XT. But even the older 9600 is much better than the 5200 ultra.