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Originally Posted by Damian
yeah it's waaaay at the bottom of ATI's cards. None of the vendors that I deal with (Powercolor, MSI and ASUS) even offer a 9700 card so that should tell you right there how important that card is to the industry right now.
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Might not be important now, but it was a huge seller that many still have today due to its fast DX9 performance.
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Okay, so if somebody had saaaay an nVidia 5500 and wanted to upgrade *gasp*, what's the performance difference?  You always state how much faster an nVidia card is compared to an older Radeon card, but you never compare it to an older Geforce card.
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Well its pretty obvious that a 6800GT is going to destroy a nvidia FX 5500 by a large margin because that card was a piece of slow junk. It's more useful to compare it to last gen's most popular "enthusiast" card that more are likely using if they are looking to upgrade now (R3xx series). Plus if you bought the FX 5500 as your gaming card, odds are you would not be in the market for a 6800GT, you'd be in the market for a 6200, so its not even relevant.