In order of performance is just like the price ranking, the Radeon 9600
will
be the fastest, with the Ti4200 coming in second and the FX5200 last.
The
Radeon will have better image quality -- and it's definitely the pick of
this litter.


In current and older games, the ti4200 is generally as fast or faster
than
the radeon 9600 - it's just not dx 9.0 compatible so that's probably an
issue.

People really seem to like the 9600, and it's a decent card, but it
really
isn't all that fast.

Well let's start - the FX5200 is the slowest of the bunch, and pretty much
useless for games at anything other than lower resolutions.

The Ti4200 is a decent card, and the 9600 is also a good card, but for DX8
functions the Radeon and GF are too close to call in terms of performance -
BUT for DX9 eye candy the Radoen has to take the crown - HL2 is the first of
many such games.