My Brother Just Bought A BFG Tech Asylum GeForce FX 5600 w/256mb RAM for $150 from Best Buy. Was it worth the money?!?!? What other brands would you recommend?
My Brother Just Bought A BFG Tech Asylum GeForce FX 5600 w/256mb RAM for $150 from Best Buy. Was it worth the money?!?!? What other brands would you recommend?
Thats a pretty good price, itll be like a ti500 with dx9, aa/af and quad the ram :) slower than a 9600 pro though and defenetely slower than a ti4200. ah well have him carefully open the box, overclock her(lemmie know how it clocks) and run games and 3dmark2001, good luck!
I don´t know if it was worth the money, but if i wanted a 5600 i would have gone for the prolink from newegg:
Prolink Geforce FX 5600 256MB, 8X AGP, VIVO+DVI+VGA+TV Model VIO-5600-256AD - RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset: nVidia GeForce FX 5600
Memory: 256MB 4.0ns DDRAM
BUS: 8X AGP
Max display resolution 2048x1536x32bpp at 85Hz
Ports: VGA, DVI, TV-Out, Video In/Out
Retail Box (see pictures) More... Model#: VIO-5600-256AD Special Free FedEx Saver Shipping
Price=141$
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Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
Thats a pretty good price, itll be like a ti500 with dx9, aa/af and quad the ram :) slower than a 9600 pro though and defenetely slower than a ti4200. ah well have him carefully open the box, overclock her(lemmie know how it clocks) and run games and 3dmark2001, good luck!
ummm... i dunno where you are getting your information, but in actuality the 5600 is about on level with a ti4600
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/..._guide-12.html
More like the 4200 w/o the eyecandy on (the ultra version is the one that is more like a 4600 w/o the eyecandy ;) )
Ohh and when speaking to Tbird i am pretty sure that he is only referring to 3DMark 2001 performance, that is the only thing he cares for ;)
Peace.
awww i c:)
no, even in games, everything the ti4200 will eat it across the board except with aa/af. My little ti500 could probably match that thing in 3dmark. Still, if he loves aa/af he will eat my ti4200, but however he wont be able to run 1600x1200 reguardless in newer games :(
link? proof?Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
no, even in games, everything the ti4200 will eat it across the board except with aa/af. My little ti500 could probably match that thing in 3dmark. Still, if he loves aa/af he will eat my ti4200, but however he wont be able to run 1600x1200 reguardless in newer games :(
too lazy but go out and buy a fx5600 and lets compete, my ti500 against your fx5600. If you win, itll be by a teeny bit :)
and nyapheng is now first place, time to update your sig, you are in 2nd place for now, soon youll be 3rd then 4th once others join in the 15k race :D
of course you are too lazy... you know that what you said was crap and totally not true....Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
too lazy but go out and buy a fx5600 and lets compete, my ti500 against your fx5600. If you win, itll be by a teeny bit :)
and nyapheng is now first place, time to update your sig, you are in 2nd place for now, soon youll be 3rd then 4th once others join in the 15k race :D
Dag Nammit! Wrong, just plain wrong. Deal with it.Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
too lazy but go out and buy a fx5600 and lets compete, my ti500 against your fx5600. If you win, itll be by a teeny bit :)
and nyapheng is now first place, time to update your sig, you are in 2nd place for now, soon youll be 3rd then 4th once others join in the 15k race :D
Be sure to run 3D Mark 2003. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
too lazy but go out and buy a fx5600 and lets compete, my ti500 against your fx5600. If you win, itll be by a teeny bit :)
LOL! :DQuote:
Originally posted by lonewolfroger
Be sure to run 3D Mark 2003. :)
Hey thunderbird stop using 3dmark as your only comparsion. When doing real world testing, there are many factors. Like UT2k3 which is very very cpu dependent. Then there are games like Q3 which benfit from faster memory throught-put and higher MHZ. Overall, everyone agrees here that the 5600non-ultra is equal to a 4200-460(Depending on the app)And We need to wait for ture Direct X9 games to come and next gen engines to see if more power comes out of the FXline vs there counterparts from the previos generation of cards. I am sick of all this ******** talking about 3dmark this 3dmark that. Enought, its cool, but play a ****ing game once in a while. Enjoy that hardware you have:D
The FX line of cards' gonna suck at games using PS2.0 (DX9 function), there is a thread on this in this section. ;) As to the 2nd point you've raised, I think we sometimes lose our heads whenever we benchmark, God knows I've done so, BUT now my sanity's back and I'm enjoying games to the fullest (THIS is the REAL reason why I got my rigs - GAMING GOODNESS!!!:D ) I'm 'cured' of the 3D Mark bug (for now for now anyway ;) ) BUT I'm sure when the bug bites again I'll be a 3D benchmark fanatic all over again.:( :DQuote:
Originally posted by Vengance_01
And We need to wait for ture Direct X9 games to come and next gen engines to see if more power comes out of the FXline vs there counterparts from the previos generation of cards. I am sick of all this ******** talking about 3dmark this 3dmark that. Enought, its cool, but play a ****ing game once in a while. Enjoy that hardware you have:D
yeah to tell you the truth...I have no clue if my system is under performing or not...I haven't ran a benchmark in a long time...all that I know is that my games are smooth and look nice and that's good enough for me...although I'm interested to see how the 3.7's do so I guess I'll be a benchmark whore tonight...
This might actually prove to be true on several conditions:Quote:
Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
too lazy but go out and buy a fx5600 and lets compete, my ti500 against your fx5600. If you win, itll be by a teeny bit :)
and nyapheng is now first place, time to update your sig, you are in 2nd place for now, soon youll be 3rd then 4th once others join in the 15k race :D
1) Both cards are running at AA x0
2) Both cards are running at AF x0
3) Both cards are running at 640x480 resolution
4) Both cards are running at 4bpp
The score would probably be 1,000,000 to 1,010,000
=D
Here's some results.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...n_9600-07.html
Anyone who still think the fx5600 is as good as the ti4600 should wake up to them selfs.
The one in the test is a "ultra", & it loose out to the it4200 in many of the tests, a non-ultra would loose out to the ti4200 by miles.
Thunderbird1GHz, stop being lazy, dig some sh*t up, & prove them wrong. You'll have fun at the end.
But then they always have excuses.
I still like my pork chop with a bit of mustard, & tomato sauce.
my friend bought the new BFG 5600 Ultra 400/400 from my store, and its pretty fast.
The 256mb version has a 325mhz core, is known slow, and was discontinued in favor of the flip chip design.
Hmm, you didn´t even read my second post right after jakup mentioned the 5600=4600 thingy, right?, because if you would have read it you would have seen that right there the *mistake* from jakup was already *fixed*...Quote:
Originally posted by john99
Anyone who still think the fx5600 is as good as the ti4600 should wake up to them selfs.
Thunderbird1GHz, stop being lazy, dig some sh*t up, & prove them wrong. You'll have fun at the end.
But then they always have excuses.
Also, those scores are from an *older* ultra, the new ones like OpStar said are 400/400.
Soo... stop being lazy and do your work right if you want to prove someone wrong, don´t do halfway, go all the way :) :p
Ohh, and they are not excuses, they are usually FACTS, unlike other things :p
Peace.
(Edit)Just look up at reviews from google of the 5600, it doesn´t lose by miles, but it doesn´t wins either ;)(/Edit)
I did read your post, I'm saying that not even the 5600 ultra can match the performance of the ti4600.
"(Edit)Just look up at reviews from google of the 5600, it doesn´t lose by miles, but it doesn´t wins either (/Edit)"
Your statement is meaningless, I did a msn search & it say the ti4600 run rings around the "new" 5600 ultra.
Statements like these are dismiss straight out of hand. You need to post some link to your finding, one where they did a side by side test with the same setup.
As for the non-ultra version, there is no speed increase so my earlier post still stands.