GPU Wars 2003, who won?! GeForce FX 5600 vs Radeon 9500 Pro, Early-DX9 Battle Tested and Benchmarked

Relive the early-2000s GPU wars! In this video I pit NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 against ATI Radeon 9500 Pro on a period-correct Windows XP build and run real benchmarks + gameplay tests to see who really ruled the mid-range in 2003.   / computerretrobus   0:00 Intro 1:05 Test bench spec's 1:31 Cards we are testing 2:00 3DMark 2001 SE 3:15 3dMark 03 4:38 Quake 3 time demo 5:00 Unreal Tournament 2003 5:41 Need for speed underground 6:20 Far Cry gone mad 6:58 Far Cry comparison 7:30 FX 5600 driver comparison 8:06 GPU wars summary 8:38 Outro Benchmarks & games tested 3DMark 2001 SE 3DMark03 Quake III Arena (timedemo) Unreal Tournament 2003 Need for Speed: Underground Far Cry (early-DX9 showcase) Test system: CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz (HT) 2 Gigabytes of DDR 400 GPUs: GeForce FX 5600 vs Radeon 9500 Pro If you enjoy retro PC deep dives, smash Like, Subscribe, and drop a comment with your own ’03 war stories—overclocks, driver tricks, favorite mods, and which side you were on (green or red)! #GPUWars #GeForceFX5600 #Radeon9500Pro #RetroPC #WindowsXP #Benchmarks #3DMark #Quake3 #UT2003 #NFSUnderground #FarCry #NVIDIA #ATI