Simviation Forum - GeForce 5200 vs. 5900?

Aug 30^th, 2003 at 9:48am

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I am looking to buy a new pc and am wondering if I should pay the extra money to have the latest model, the GeForce FX5900, put in rather than the older and 'budget' FX5200.

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Reply #1 - Aug 30^th, 2003 at 11:21am

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If you have the money, go for the FS5900! It's the best video card currently on the market and the only one to my knowledge that has 256mb of RAM.

The FX5200 is a good card. It has the power of the Ti 4200 but is half the cost and has DX9 compatability.

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Reply #2 - Sep 5^th, 2003 at 4:55pm

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If you have the money, go for the FS5900! It's the best video card currently on the market and the only one to my knowledge that has 256mb of RAM.

The FX5200 is a good card. It has the power of the Ti 4200 but is half the cost and has DX9 compatability.

If I had the option of specing a new pc, then the best possible card would be top priority! - alas I'm just a mere scumbag with little money, and thus, had to settle for a "middle of the road" card, namely the FX5600 - damn good it is too, despite my crappy Celeron cpu......

Boeingman, the outlay seems a little steep,possibly, but the extra for the FX5900 (an "Ultra" if possible Wink

) is more than worth the cash. - Comparing an FX5200 to an FX5900 is not even worth the bother, the FX5900 is simply the best GPU on the market.

orenda635, Ati have also produced a 256mb card, nearly as quick as the FX5900 quite a bit cheaper also...... - I'd still go for the Nvidia if money was'nt a problem.

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Reply #3 - Sep 5^th, 2003 at 6:30pm

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Thanks for the input! I ended up going with the FX5200 because it came standard on the PC I giot. Got a great deal and a kick-butt machine! 1 Gig of RAM, Pentium 4, 120 Gig HD, etc.

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Reply #4 - Sep 6^th, 2003 at 4:54pm

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I'm running a similar spec machine to Boeingman, and get decent results/framerates; having said which, I'm just waiting for the FX5900 to drop to a sensible price, then I might just have to consider a little upgrade!! Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 8^th, 2003 at 9:49pm

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nar the xfx 5600 has 256mb ram but its a very sweet card indeed the 5900 is if onyl i could afford it

the 128mb version of the ti4200 has 8x agp aswell and is built on the 4600 8 layer mainboard. overclockers dream well worth the money i think

i am ahving a hard time deciding upon the 8x ti4200 or the 5600 card...have to keep money in mind Wink

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Reply #6 - Sep 10^th, 2003 at 5:28pm

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nar the xfx 5600 has 256mb ram but its a very sweet card indeed the 5900 is if onyl i could afford it

the 128mb version of the ti4200 has 8x agp aswell and is built on the 4600 8 layer mainboard. overclockers dream well worth the money i think

i am ahving a hard time deciding upon the 8x ti4200 or the 5600 card...have to keep money in mind Wink

Daz,

I opted for the FX5600 ultimately due to its far superior performance under "Quality" settings, i.e. when using anti alaising etc the FX5600 seems to better the ti4200's in most benchmarks I've seen. I love screenshots, and thus, a quality view was essential to me.....

Also, Direct X9 support, something no GF4 has.....

However, the GF4 ti4200 - the 8xAGP variants - are superb pieces of kit for very little money if you shop around.....

I doubt you'd be too dissapointed with either ultimately! Wink

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