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upgrade from a mx440
looking at upgradeing my Geforce4 mx440.
what i would like to know is how the Geforce fx line compares to the geforce 4 line. looking at getting a PNY 5600 ultra, would like to get a 5800, but want to stick with PNY brand. how would the fx 5600ultra compare to the geforce 4 4600??? |
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The FX 5200 is something like a MX440SE (64Mb, SDR memory), the FX 5200
Ultra is closer to a Ti4200 4X card, the 5600 (flipchip or v2.0 version) is more like the 8X 4200 (A.K.A. 4280) or almost the 8X 4400 (A.K.A. 4800SE); the 5800 is like an 8X 4600 (A.K.A. the 4800) while the 5900 is like nothing in the GeForce 4 lineup. Unless you are going to resolutions greater than 1600X1200 you can save yourself $100 and stick with the 128Mb 5900. The 5900 Ultra comes with 256Mb and according to everything I have read only gets benefit of the extra 128Mb of RAM at resolutions higher than 1600X1200. You can find the 5900 for around $425 while the 5900 Ultra is somewhere around $500-$550 (all prices USD). I have seen the 5200 for as low as $90 for 128Mb version (do NOT get the 64Mb version as it only has a 64-bit datapath...I thought we left 64-bit paths behind with the GeForce 2???); and the 5200 Ultra for around $200. I have read lot of stuff on here slamming the 5200 series and if you have a fast P4 (or probably a Barton core Athlon) they work VERY well. If you are in the 1.6-2.0 (1600+ to 2200+) range I would recommend the 5600 Ultra as it will not depend on the CPU to achieve fast frame-rates like the 5200 will. I suppose the easy answer is 5200=entry level and 5600=mid-level which translates to performance as well. If you are into complex 3D games, spend the extra money for the 5600 Ultra; although a 5200 Ultra on a Pentium 4 3.06 with 1Gb of Dual Channel PC2100 memory and Windows XP does rock and roll quite nicely. It actually benchmarks within 2500 points (3DMark01) of a GeForce 5800 on the samel CPU, mobo, memory and OS. Ron P.S. Tornado Computers (www.tornadocomputers.com) has some good deals on GeForce FX cards and offers free shipping. "Lyle" wrote in message ... looking at upgradeing my Geforce4 mx440. what i would like to know is how the Geforce fx line compares to the geforce 4 line. looking at getting a PNY 5600 ultra, would like to get a 5800, but want to stick with PNY brand. how would the fx 5600ultra compare to the geforce 4 4600??? |
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Right on! Good info. Thx
"Ron Merts" wrote in message ... The FX 5200 is something like a MX440SE (64Mb, SDR memory), the FX 5200 Ultra is closer to a Ti4200 4X card, the 5600 (flipchip or v2.0 version) is more like the 8X 4200 (A.K.A. 4280) or almost the 8X 4400 (A.K.A. 4800SE); the 5800 is like an 8X 4600 (A.K.A. the 4800) while the 5900 is like nothing in the GeForce 4 lineup. Unless you are going to resolutions greater than 1600X1200 you can save yourself $100 and stick with the 128Mb 5900. The 5900 Ultra comes with 256Mb and according to everything I have read only gets benefit of the extra 128Mb of RAM at resolutions higher than 1600X1200. You can find the 5900 for around $425 while the 5900 Ultra is somewhere around $500-$550 (all prices USD). I have seen the 5200 for as low as $90 for 128Mb version (do NOT get the 64Mb version as it only has a 64-bit datapath...I thought we left 64-bit paths behind with the GeForce 2???); and the 5200 Ultra for around $200. I have read lot of stuff on here slamming the 5200 series and if you have a fast P4 (or probably a Barton core Athlon) they work VERY well. If you are in the 1.6-2.0 (1600+ to 2200+) range I would recommend the 5600 Ultra as it will not depend on the CPU to achieve fast frame-rates like the 5200 will. I suppose the easy answer is 5200=entry level and 5600=mid-level which translates to performance as well. If you are into complex 3D games, spend the extra money for the 5600 Ultra; although a 5200 Ultra on a Pentium 4 3.06 with 1Gb of Dual Channel PC2100 memory and Windows XP does rock and roll quite nicely. It actually benchmarks within 2500 points (3DMark01) of a GeForce 5800 on the samel CPU, mobo, memory and OS. Ron P.S. Tornado Computers (www.tornadocomputers.com) has some good deals on GeForce FX cards and offers free shipping. "Lyle" wrote in message ... looking at upgradeing my Geforce4 mx440. what i would like to know is how the Geforce fx line compares to the geforce 4 line. looking at getting a PNY 5600 ultra, would like to get a 5800, but want to stick with PNY brand. how would the fx 5600ultra compare to the geforce 4 4600??? |
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