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[Emberghost]

First of all yu probbably should not rush this, but this is the way I would go.

1 - ti 4600
2 - fx 5600 ultra
3 - ti 4200
4 - if I had to fx 5200 ultra.

I have heard good things about both the 5600 ultra and the 4600, both from friends and online users. The 5600 supports dx9 if that is of interest to you (games.) I own a 4200 and it is an excellent low budget card, no probs with it. And the fx 5200 ultra imo does not deserve the fx name on it. It is a fancy mx card with dx9. So do not go for the 5200.

[CgFX]

Originally posted by Emberghost
And the fx 5200 ultra imo does not deserve the fx name on it. It is a fancy mx card with dx9. So do not go for the 5200.
Could you clarify this?

[GregHess]

The Ti 4600 and 5600 Ultra would be close in performance. If your leaning more towards games then Cg apps...then I'd go with the 5600 Ultra.

Should also look into a Quadro 500 FX (CgFx's favorite recommendation), as its only a few hundred more, and has features you won't find in the normal geforce line when dealing with cg applications.

[M.Rogne]

It's a matter of what you'll be using the computer for...
Though I do not own a Quadro myself, it may be worth considering buying one of theese instead...

[CgFX]

Originally posted by GregHess
Should also look into a Quadro 500 FX (CgFx's favorite recommendation)
I wouldn't say it is my favorite recommendation.

Everyone says that Quadro is too expensive so I like to point out that there are Quadro boards that are cheaper than GeForce boards and are faster than the fastest GeForce cards for professional applications.

[Volker]

I just checked out Nvidia's page on their FX boards:

Quadro FX 1000 Memory Size $800
Memory Interface 128-bit
Graphics Memory Bandwidth 9.6GB/sec.
proe-02 - 33.9
ugs-03 - 33.2
3dsmax-02 128MB - 23.3



Quadro FX 500 Memory Size $300
Memory Interface 128-bit
Graphics Memory Bandwidth 7.8GB/sec.
proe-02 - 16.7
ugs-03 - 12.1
3dsmax-02 128MB - 12.0





These numbers were tested on SPECviewperf. Does that mean that in Max, the 1000 is going to perform twice as fast? I know numbers don't mean everything, but it's twice as fast! Also, how much difference does the mem bandwidth make?

~Zach

[GregHess]

Sorry CgFx,

I should have said "common" or frequent.

Mainly due to the limited budgets of most computer purchases.

I wonder what people did back in 1997 when a PII450 cost a little over 700 USD.

Here's a review for you babyhopper.

http://www.3dchips.net/content/review.php?id=63

[DiGiTaL_SiN]

Thanks ALot you guys,

I think i've made up my mind, i'll buy the Ti 4600, it's affordable for me and i can't seem to find the Geforce FX 5600 here anywhere, only the 5200....... which sux apparently

I wish there was a Geforce 4 TI 4600 with Directx9 support, that would be gre8, anyways...... i don't think it will make such a difference for me coz i don't play games, except for online ones which might be a dissapiontment for me when running games like Rainbow Six: Raven Shield.

expect my work on this website soon, i need to learn everything you know first :hmm:

:thumbsup:

[Northchild]

The ti4600 runs games and 3ds max very well; the one that I have has worked great for over a year now.

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