Reply 20 of 34, by RaverX
wrote:Crysis can't even start on this GPU (it works fine on 9800 XT).
Crysis might "work" on 9800XT, but I'm sure it doesn't work "fine" 😀
When Crysis was launched I had a 6800 Ultra and it ran like crap on that card. And 6800 Ultra is much faster than 9800XT (in some games in high resolution even more than twice the performance of 9800XT).
For Crysis to work "decent" you need at least 9600GT/8800GT and a good dual core CPU.
Anyway, I doubt anyone buys 5800 Ultra because it's faster than another card, the card is a "collectible item" because it was something "special" and it was produced in limited quantity, it also was quite expensive. And now it's rare.
If you want speed you buy 7600GT AGP, it's common, it's cheap and it's much faster than 5800 Ultra or 5950 Ultra or 9800XT. For a given AGP platform, of course.
If a card was a failure when it launched it doesn't mean it will be cheap years later, it's quite the opposite. It means that he card will probably not sell too good, therefore it will be rare. And, usually, things that are rare become expensive.