ATI/NVIDIA Performance Scale

[DXSE]

So many cards, so many revisions, so many flippin numbers. What exactly is the correct scale for ATI and NV performance these days?

In terms of performance is this right? I know there are different monikers for some cards as well (XT, PRO, SE) making it even more confusing to naive consumers.


ATI:
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Radeon 9800
Radeon 9700
Radeon 9600
Radeon 9500
Radeon 8500
Radeon 9100
Radeon 9200
Radeon 8500LE
Radeon 9000
Radeon 9200SE
Radeon 7500
Radeon 7000
Radeon DDR
Radeon SDR
Radeon VE

nVidia:
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*Geforce FX 5950
Geforce FX 5900
Geforce FX 5800
Geforce FX 5700
Geforce 4 Ti4600
Geforce FX 5600
Geforce 4 Ti4800
Geforce 4 Ti4400
Geforce 4 Ti4200
Geforce 3 Ti500
Geforce 3 Ti200
Geforce 3
Geforce FX 5200
Geforce 4MX460
Geforce 4MX440
Geforce 2Ultra
Geforce 4MX420
Geforce 2GTS
Geforce 2MX
Geforce DDR
Geforce 256

*any corrections appreciated.

 

[zandor]

The Radeon 9100 and 8500le are the same part. They just renumbered the 8500 in an attempt to make the numbers make more sense, since the 8500le is faster than the Radeon 9000.
I haven't paid any attention to low end boards in a while, so I don't know how the 8500 & 9100 compare to the 9200. They'll smoke a 9200se, but other than that... *shrug*

There's also quite a lot of vagueness and overlap with the GF4 Ti cards and the 5600 and 5200 boards. I'm not even going to try to explain what's faster there. You should also add the 5950 to the top of the NV pile.

 

[Nazo]

Maybe you could just collect 3DMark scores or something? Ok, it's not exactly a precise method, but at least it gives people a better basis for comparison.

 

[fugu]

we've got a sticky at the top for exactly this reason