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Thread ID: 44958 2004-05-04 07:54:00 Graphics Card Choice HELP Please!!! Hawk (4365) Press F1
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234363 2004-05-04 07:54:00 Hi There,

I have the choice between these 2 graphics cards

1/
Leadtek A340 ULTRA TD MyVIVO GeForce FX 5200 NV34 AGP 8X 128Mb DDR

2/
Leadtek WinFast A360LE TD-128 GeForce FX5700 LE AGP8X 128Mb DVI TV-out


Need help deciding which one is better

Thanks
Hawk (4365)
234364 2004-05-04 07:59:00 The 5700.

the 5200 is one of,if not the worst card to ever come on the market.
metla (154)
234365 2004-05-04 08:01:00 option 2 Jester (13)
234366 2004-05-04 08:03:00 Yea i agree with the dude above.

Go with the 5700, much better card than the 5200 gf. Dont waste yr money on 5200
Winex (5594)
234367 2004-05-04 08:51:00 5700 most definately mejobloggs (264)
234368 2004-05-04 09:20:00 to the guy who said that the 5200 was the worst card ever....
it beats the 9200 in every test i have ever seen and the ultra isnt too bad if you aren't interested in super high fps or aa and af. /rant

but yeah the 5700 is a really good car you wont be dissapointed, although may i suggest you wait a month or so, as when the new cards com out, the current models are likely to drop in price so you may be able to afford something even better
robert6655 (5176)
234369 2004-05-04 10:03:00 I use a 5700. Quite happy with it.

I have no experience with the other card you mention so therefore won't comment.

Other cards by Leadtek\Winfast have been fine.
Elephant (599)
234370 2004-05-04 10:09:00 > to the guy who said that the 5200 was the worst card
> ever....
> it beats the 9200 in every test i have ever seen and
> the ultra isnt too bad if you aren't interested in
> super high fps or aa and af. /rant

The card performs slower then what it replaced, which was the g4mx, which in itself was based on the GF2 chipset. it has dx9 capabilities but not enough grunt to render them.

Irrelevant to what it can out perform it should never have been released. The g4mx was a downgrade from the gf3 and the 5200 is a down grade from the g4mx.


Three releases of cards, each slower then the one prior, this is one of the reasons nvidia get a bad name.
metla (154)
234371 2004-05-04 10:47:00 Yeah agree with everyone else - go the 5700 - but why not an ATI card? Quite a few at similar prices for the other 2 cards you're looking at - Metla, anything against a 9600? davidb (5576)
234372 2004-05-04 11:28:00 Definitely nothing wrong with ATI cards, they stack up nicely and usually outperform the competition.

As for harrassing the GF4mx440, I can run Far Cry at 1024x768@32bit with very nice picture and no problems. Thats a pretty graphic intense game and if my MX can handle it, I'm not complaining!
PoWa (203)
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