FX5600, TI4600, or the TI4800 ??

[sandmtrailboss]

Well my birthday has come so I've got my cash. I found what to seems like a great mobo/cpu combo Here . It supports agp 8x and 4x of course, but i'm getting mixed opinions on which graphics card I should purchase. I'm stuck between the FX 5600 , the TI4600 , and the TI4800 (all those links go to the ebay page I found them on). Every review site I go to has differant opnions on them but I want to ask you guys cuase you guys are so smart So what should I get eh ?

[PallarAndersVis]

5600 ULTRA is the best deal, and only one of those cards that supports DX9

[dscytherulez]

Well, personally id get a radeon, buuuutttttt...if your into NVIDIA go with the FX5600

[Sputty]

5600 isn't the DX9 card you're looking for. Get a 5900U or a 9600pro at least. The 5900U is the only nVidia card that can handle(and it does it badly) DX9.

[sandmtrailboss]

I need to stay in the $150 range , so ebay is gonna get me the most bang for my buck.

[dscytherulez]

You can find a radeon on ebay! For cheap to, look harder, it would be worth your time.

[sandmtrailboss]

Yeah your right , I'm eyeing some non pro 9700's . What do you think about the 9600 pro though ? I heard theres a way to unluck extra pipelines and get beter performance. Also should I look for the 256mb or thr 128mb version?

[dscytherulez]

depends, 256 isnt necessary, but will be obviously better than a 128, just a bit more expensive. Id suggest always getting a Radeon Pro over a standard radeon. I dunno how 9600 Pro compares to a standard 9700 though, sorry.

[sandmtrailboss]

Hmmm , I found some benchmarks comparing the TI4600 , ATI 9500 Pro , ATI 9600 Pro , and the Geforce FX 5600 ultra. In all the tests the TI4600 clearly is aove in all of them. I'm now leaning towards the agp 8x version of the ti4600. But if its not DX9 ready what does that mean? Will I not be able to play a dx9 game at all or will i just get lower performance?
Heres The Test and Results

[OneManArmy]

Originally posted by dscytherulez
depends, 256 isnt necessary, but will be obviously better than a 128...

wrong. its not obviously better...its not even noticeable.. now maybe in a year or two it will be but by then you would be able to find a better deal on something....

[dscytherulez]

I didnt mean obviously = noticably, i meant obviously as 265>128...and try about 6-8 months

[Rbstr]

If you are going to get a 5600 get the new 5600 flip chip version it runs at 400 mhz core and 800 mhz memory, my FX 5600 can be oveclocked to around 400 mhz core but you need one with a good cooler for that (aka Thermaltake giant 2 heatpipe cooler)

[sandmtrailboss]

Where can I get this "flip chip" version and how will I know it is it? Thanx

Edit: Kewl I found on on ebay but its pretty price at $218
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=40161

Oh also I just found a 9800 128mb non pro for $230 , I cant seem to find any reviews or benchmarks for the non pro version though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=40158

[PallarAndersVis]

you can find the flip chip version pretty much anywhere. just look at the speeds


i bought the 9800 non pro and let me tell you, it was a GREAT deal. i flashed the bios to a PRO bios and ive even overclocked it passed pro speeds with no problems. Ive read alot of places that the only difference between the 9800 non pro and pro are speed. my computer recognizes mine as a pro now, and i couldnt be happier with the results

[Doobz]

there was a chart i saw somewhere that depicted the 9600 Pro as the absolute best bang for buck far and above all other cards, i would definitely go with that