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Originally Posted by arthur666
My FX5600Ultra (only a little faster than a FX5500) ran Far Cry and Unreal2004 beautifully on my last system(which was more similar to yours than my new one) with medium settings. Pacific fighters ran on higher settings and looked spectacular.
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Actually, a 5600 Ultra is a LOT faster than a 5500, which is about the same as a 5200 Ultra -- in other words, not very fast at all. For pre-Dx9 graphics, the Radeon 9600 Pro and 5600 Ultra are about even (see
www.gpureview.come to make one on one comparisons).
Any RAM on a 9550 beyond 128 is wasted, same thing on an FX series adapter. Keep looking for something similar to the 9550 or 9600, or if you get a good price on it, a 6200TC perhaps. If you can't wait, a 9200 was better than the FX 5500, and the 9250 is closer to a 5200 than to a 9200.
Depending on the AGE of games you are interested in, the Ti cards in the GF4 series may have just been Dx8, but they were better and faster than the FX's such as 5200, 5500, 5700se, and a lot of those are still in the retail channel, but at reduced prices, especially for the Ti 4200, which was actually a very good Dx8 adapter.
