ok story
i wanted a video card
boughtr a fx 5600 ultra best buy
took it home played with it didnt like my 3d score of 6600~ on 3dmark 2001se
brought it back
bought 9600 pro (ati)
3dmark 7406~
played my games Americas army sof2 and bf 1942
artifacts looked like crap compared to fx5600 ultra
brought it back
rebought my fx 5600 ultra AND got the open box discount
so yaDA yada yada
ill take quality over frame rates and synthetic benchmarks
got like 70 fps with 9600 pro AA
get like 60 fps with fx @ 1024x768 high details
but the fx looks way better my system

dual pIII 1000s' oc'ed 1.013ghz
ecs d6vaa
512 pc150 corsair
60 gig ata 100
sparkle fsp550-60plg 550w eps power supply=NEW
i bought this power supply for 37 bucks brand new
and for the fx card you better have more than 350 watts


"Jethro[AGHL]" wrote in message
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First of One wrote:

The FX5600 isn't fast enough to run any games that require 256 MB of
memory.
Save your $30 and get the VTDR128.

Been changing my mind again and am now wondering about the comparison of
a FX5600 versus an ATI Radeon 9600 Pro?
MSI FX5600 256Mb = $267
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro = $277

Read that the 9600 Pro is actually not as fast as the older 9500 Pro but
how faster than the FX5600 (non Ultra)

According to Tom's Hardware is slower than even the GF4 Ti-4200\9500
Pro\FX5600U's?
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic..._guide-12.html

*sigh* What the hell do I get??


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"Jethro[AGHL]" wrote in message
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Looking at either a MSI FX5600-VTDR128 (CAN$237) or MSI FX5600-TDR256
(CAN $267).
The only differences I see are that the VTDR has VIVO capabilities
with
the fancy remote control which don't excite me as I have another PC
for
playing movies on the TV.
Any other pro\cons between either card? I was leaning towards the
5600-TDR256 to get more RAM on the card.
Running an AMD 2400+ and using it for games like HL2 which is out
soon.

Any thoughts?
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