Gf Fx 5600

[simmo]

With all these numbers around I get confused , anyway, I was wondering if a GF FX 5600 any good for running the latest games ?, its £139.00, or a GF FX 5600 with 256mb, £159.00, is it really worth it for the extra doh ? for a little more memory on the card ?

 

[ShinRa]

That'd be more than sufficiant for taking advantage of DX9, you'd be fine with that.

 

[Murray_H]

Hmmm you can get a hercules 9500 pro for about the same price as the 256MB version of the FX 5600 from overclockers.co.uk, but i havent seen any comparable benchmarks for these 2 cards so i dont know which is better :/

 

[simmo]

Thxs for the info d00d's, but is it worth the exra money just to have 256mb of memory ?, does it really matter ?

 

[simmo]

Well...ive decided i'm gettin a GF FX 5600 128mb , that should run the latest games pretty well ?

Anyway, this card has "Dual VGA" does that mean I can use it on 2 computers !? at once ?!, or just 2 monitors

 

[Xtasy0]

Originally posted by simmo2k3
Well...ive decided i'm gettin a GF FX 5600 128mb , that should run the latest games pretty well ?

Anyway, this card has "Dual VGA" does that mean I can use it on 2 computers !? at once ?!, or just 2 monitors

two monitors.

 

[A.A]

Do NOT buy an FX5600, 5200 or 5800.
Look instead for the Radeon counterparts.

 

[simmo]

What radeon do you suggest ? 9600 ?, and are you SURE I can get better with the same price with ATI ?

 

[Axyon]

Originally posted by simmo2k3
What radeon do you suggest ? 9600 ?, and are you SURE I can get better with the same price with ATI ?

It was mentioned before - get the 9500, it's alot better than the 9600.

 

[Quixoticism]

From what i have read at www.beyond3d.com is that the FX5600 has some glitches while running certain games. Radeon cards are a lot better and that the 9500pro is a lot better performance than the 9600pro

 

[simmo]

, I have decided to get a GF 4 TI 4800, because there better thn what I want,....

£125 = Gainward AGP GeForce4 Ti4800SE 128MB DDR
"Ultra/750-8X XP Golden Sample", Retail

£164 = Creative 3DBlaster GeForce4 Ti4800 128MB
AGP, DDR,TV-Out, DVI, Retail

EH ?!, which one should I get d00d's ?

 

[A.A]

The 9500PRO is should be the card of choice, IF you can find one.
But an overklocked 9600PRO is not bad at all.
Watercooling on that baby would be awesome :cheers:

 

[A.A]

Originally posted by simmo2k3
, I have decided to get a GF 4 TI 4800, because there better thn what I want,....

£125 = Gainward AGP GeForce4 Ti4800SE 128MB DDR
"Ultra/750-8X XP Golden Sample", Retail

£164 = Creative 3DBlaster GeForce4 Ti4800 128MB
AGP, DDR,TV-Out, DVI, Retail

EH ?!, which one should I get d00d's ?

Wow, that's a very low price for a ti4800.
I would go for the Gainward.

 

[jhero]

DONT DO IT! Get a 9500 pro or non-pro and turn it into a 9700!

 

[A.A]

Originally posted by jhero
DONT DO IT! Get a 9500 pro or non-pro and turn it into a 9700!

Sadly, there are no 9500 left that can be modded into 9700.
But, if you overklock a 9500PRO enough, wouldn't it make it a 9700? I don't remember the difference between them. 9500PRO=128bit
9700=265bit
Or?

 

[zibo]

Originally posted by simmo2k3
£125 = Gainward AGP GeForce4 Ti4800SE 128MB DDR
"Ultra/750-8X XP Golden Sample", Retail

£164 = Creative 3DBlaster GeForce4 Ti4800 128MB
AGP, DDR,TV-Out, DVI, Retail

Heh. I'm getting this one: http://pny.fr/fr/verto_ti_4800.asp
Only 260 euros, don't know how much is that in pounds though.
But go for Gainward.

 

[Xtasy0]

Originally posted by simmo2k3
, I have decided to get a GF 4 TI 4800, because there better thn what I want,....

£125 = Gainward AGP GeForce4 Ti4800SE 128MB DDR
"Ultra/750-8X XP Golden Sample", Retail

£164 = Creative 3DBlaster GeForce4 Ti4800 128MB
AGP, DDR,TV-Out, DVI, Retail

EH ?!, which one should I get d00d's ?

you realize both of those cards dont have DX9 support at all, correct?

but yeah, gainwards golden sample cards are really good.

 

[Guest]

If you want to play the game with max settings and what to use Dx9 features. you have to by a Nvidia FX or Radeon card

 

[Ridic]

yea, those are like the only dx9 cards. though its funny, i d/l 3d mark 2003, but i only have a g 4 ti 4200 (4200 is not dx9, and 3dmakr03 only tests dx9) but anyways when i was done tested i still ended up with a 4000....whoa. but when i d/l 2001 like i should have i got around 6500-7000

 

[jhero]

4000 in 03? no way....

 

[Xtasy0]

Originally posted by [Hunter]Ridic
yea, those are like the only dx9 cards. though its funny, i d/l 3d mark 2003, but i only have a g 4 ti 4200 (4200 is not dx9, and 3dmakr03 only tests dx9) but anyways when i was done tested i still ended up with a 4000....whoa. but when i d/l 2001 like i should have i got around 6500-7000

there is no possible way you got 4000 in 3dmark03.

BTW, 3dmark03 only has one true DX9 test, the first three game tests are dx7 and/or dx8.

 

[sportz103]

radeons

What Radeon cards have support for directX 9. I want to get a 9500 pro, but if it doesnt have DX9, ima get a 5600 256mb

 

[Radeon]

Re: radeons

Originally posted by sportz103
What Radeon cards have support for directX 9. I want to get a 9500 pro, but if it doesnt have DX9, ima get a 5600 256mb

All the 9000 cards have dx9 support.

U guys should check out some reviews.
Here u go:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1797&p=6
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030311/geforcefx-5600-5200-03.html#unreal_tournament_2003

 

[Aethaecyn]

get this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=TC3G-1002, a mere 999 US dollars.. oh and they have a geforce 4 mx 440se for 20 bucks their.. rofl.. thats what i have i got it when it was 70 bucks, im sad

 

[A.A]

Re: Re: radeons

Originally posted by Radeon
All the 9000 cards have dx9 support.

U guys should check out some reviews.
Here u go:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1797&p=6
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030311/geforcefx-5600-5200-03.html#unreal_tournament_2003

For all I know, the 9000,9200 PRO's and non-pro's do not have dx9 support. But 9500 and up do.