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Old October 29th 04, 02:12 AM
Falcon1209
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I have returned my FX 5200 back to the retailer for $5.50. Claimed I made a
mistake on my order... which I did. I was wondering if any of you guys could
suggest a card for me.
Im looking to spend no more than $110. $120 if its really necessary.
I was looking at this card
(http://gameve.com/gve/Store/ProductD...sku=VC-XFX-017) If this is
a bad deal please let me know. Im guessing its much better according to the
bench marks you guys gave me. (According to Tomshardware.com the bechmarks
on the 5700 surpassed the TI 4200 by 10 fps in most benchmarks.)
If you guys can find a better deal than this, Id love to hear it. I dont
feel like returning another card again...

Thanks a lot!

"Falcon1209" wrote in message
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Hi

I recently bought a new Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 because my GeForce 4 Ti
4200's fan was going out. I was looking on the Nvidia website and
realized that the GeForce 4 TI 4200 is statistically better than the FX
5200 by a longshot. Is this a misinterpretation by my part because I
assumed that the newer FX's would make all TI's obsolete. I also assumed
the FX was better because the price on a TI 4200 right now is
signifigantly cheaper.

If anyone knows which card is better than the other, please reply. Id love
to hear what you have to say.
And if anyone knows a way to install a RELIABLE heat sink on my Ti 4200
that would be appreciated. (Perhaps how to install a heatsink on the GPU?
It doesnt sound like this card can take much more of a faulty fan right
now...)

I sure hope i didnt spend $80 on a signifigantly slower card...

Thanks in advance...