Lets take a trip to the year 2002. Ahhhh, those were the days, right? I love the one comment someone left stating the 9700 and NV30 (5800) should be long lived. They were partly right.
http://techreport.com/review/4133/64mb-vs-128mb-graphics-memory
http://techreport.com/review/4133/64mb-vs-128mb-graphics-memory