Wot should I buy ?

Hi peeps.
Recently bought Jetway MX440 8x. Not overly impressed.
I can get a Geforce FX 5200 128MB for £50 or if I wait until after xmas, a
Geforce FX 5600 128MB for £90, OR fx5600 256Mb for £120.

or ati radeon 9200 128mb £50, or 9600 Pro for £110

So may I ask you guys advice on where to place my cash, many thanks.

BTW like flight sim type games, Athlon 2200+, KOB kt400 mobo, 256 ram at
present.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:24:10 +0100, "Alex Sinclair"
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So may I ask you guys advice on where to place my cash, many thanks.

9600 Pro would get my vote.
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:24:10 +0100, "Alex Sinclair"
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So may I ask you guys advice on where to place my cash, many thanks.

9600 Pro would get my vote.
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Same here.

Alex Sinclair wrote:

Hi peeps.
Recently bought Jetway MX440 8x. Not overly impressed.
I can get a Geforce FX 5200 128MB for £50 or if I wait until after xmas, a
Geforce FX 5600 128MB for £90, OR fx5600 256Mb for £120.

or ati radeon 9200 128mb £50, or 9600 Pro for £110

So may I ask you guys advice on where to place my cash, many thanks.

BTW like flight sim type games, Athlon 2200+, KOB kt400 mobo, 256 ram at
present.


Wait for the FX5700, it's better than the R9600 and will cost around
£150. If must buy something now, the Radeon R9600 is the best value,
but the FX5600ultra is quite nice too.

Great, that gives me a chance to make direct comparisons. Thanks a lot.

( more opinions/ suggestions very welcome ;-) )

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Alex Sinclair wrote:

Hi peeps.
Recently bought Jetway MX440 8x. Not overly impressed.
I can get a Geforce FX 5200 128MB for £50 or if I wait until after
xmas, a
Geforce FX 5600 128MB for £90, OR fx5600 256Mb for £120.

or ati radeon 9200 128mb £50, or 9600 Pro for £110

So may I ask you guys advice on where to place my cash, many thanks.

BTW like flight sim type games, Athlon 2200+, KOB kt400 mobo, 256 ram at
present.


Wait for the FX5700, it's better than the R9600 and will cost around
£150. If must buy something now, the Radeon R9600 is the best value,
but the FX5600ultra is quite nice too.

"Alex Sinclair" wrote in message
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Hi peeps.
Recently bought Jetway MX440 8x. Not overly impressed.
I can get a Geforce FX 5200 128MB for £50 or if I wait until after xmas,
a
Geforce FX 5600 128MB for £90, OR fx5600 256Mb for £120.

or ati radeon 9200 128mb £50, or 9600 Pro for £110

So may I ask you guys advice on where to place my cash, many thanks.

BTW like flight sim type games, Athlon 2200+, KOB kt400 mobo, 256 ram at
present.



I would suggest that you get at least another 256Mb of RAM, CFS3 and FS2004
seem to like the stuff, as that is likely to be the next bottleneck the
system will face.

Cool HamMan,. I have another 512 on my wish list too ;-)
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"Alex Sinclair" wrote in message
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Hi peeps.
Recently bought Jetway MX440 8x. Not overly impressed.
I can get a Geforce FX 5200 128MB for £50 or if I wait until after
xmas,
a
Geforce FX 5600 128MB for £90, OR fx5600 256Mb for £120.

or ati radeon 9200 128mb £50, or 9600 Pro for £110

So may I ask you guys advice on where to place my cash, many thanks.

BTW like flight sim type games, Athlon 2200+, KOB kt400 mobo, 256 ram at
present.



I would suggest that you get at least another 256Mb of RAM, CFS3 and
FS2004
seem to like the stuff, as that is likely to be the next bottleneck the
system will face.

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:10:48 +0100, "Alex Sinclair"
wrote:

Great, that gives me a chance to make direct comparisons. Thanks a lot.

( more opinions/ suggestions very welcome ;-) )

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1910


5700 Ultra VS 9600 XT

They're both good cards.... when they come out.


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