FX5600 - Ultra or more memory?

Ultra would be the answer to that one.


"Mike B" wrote in message
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I'm after a new card, particularly as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 is
due
any day.

My budget of £150 ($250) suggests an FX5600. It seems that for roughly the
same price I can get either a non-ultra with 256mb or an ultra 128mb.

So simple question - which would you recommend I choose?

(System is P4 2.8, 512mb, currently with a Geforce4 440MX)

Regards,
Mike

"Mike B" wrote in message ...
I'm after a new card, particularly as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 is due
any day.

My budget of £150 ($250) suggests an FX5600. It seems that for roughly the
same price I can get either a non-ultra with 256mb or an ultra 128mb.

So simple question - which would you recommend I choose?

(System is P4 2.8, 512mb, currently with a Geforce4 440MX)

From the reviews and benchmarks I've seen, definitely a 128mb Ultra.
The consensus seems to be the 256mb non-ultra performs about the same
as the 128mb non-ultra.

Doing some research myself, my findings suggest going for an ATi card
instead. The prices appear somewhat cheaper and I think the features are
more practical at this time. Other than that, the only nVidia card worth
going for is a 5900U (if you can afford it), and leave the rest.

I too was planning on getting a 5600U, to upgrade from my Radeon 8500, but
it's not a smart move.



"Mike B" wrote in message
...
I'm after a new card, particularly as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 is
due
any day.

My budget of £150 ($250) suggests an FX5600. It seems that for roughly the
same price I can get either a non-ultra with 256mb or an ultra 128mb.

So simple question - which would you recommend I choose?

(System is P4 2.8, 512mb, currently with a Geforce4 440MX)

Regards,
Mike

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:43:19 +0000 (UTC) "Mike B"
meeped :

I'm after a new card, particularly as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 is due
any day.

My budget of £150 ($250) suggests an FX5600. It seems that for roughly the
same price I can get either a non-ultra with 256mb or an ultra 128mb.

So simple question - which would you recommend I choose?

(System is P4 2.8, 512mb, currently with a Geforce4 440MX)


you should be able to get hold of an old stock Aopen 4600 for about 150 quid.
every time i go to a BCF (fair) there are loads of vendors sellling them. They
got hold of hundreds of them from Germany.

I'd go for the ultra personally, but for that amount of money look around
for a FX5800 non ultra card. I managed to buy one for 200 dollars.

regards

B
"Granulated" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:43:19 +0000 (UTC) "Mike B"
meeped :

I'm after a new card, particularly as Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 is
due
any day.

My budget of £150 ($250) suggests an FX5600. It seems that for roughly
the
same price I can get either a non-ultra with 256mb or an ultra 128mb.

So simple question - which would you recommend I choose?

(System is P4 2.8, 512mb, currently with a Geforce4 440MX)


you should be able to get hold of an old stock Aopen 4600 for about 150
quid.
every time i go to a BCF (fair) there are loads of vendors sellling them.
They
got hold of hundreds of them from Germany.