Is the GeForce FX 5200 worth the wait?

**Shiori** · March 18th, 2003

I'm planning to skip the GeForce 4 line entirely to wait for the FX line in my next video card upgrade from a *drumroll* GF2 MX200

Just read through the Anandtech review on it, and from my severely limited knowledge of video card technology I understand it outperforms the GF4 Ti4200 with AA and 8x Anisotropic filtering enabled?

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The GeForce FX 5200 Ultra performs slightly above the level of a GeForce4 MX 460 in situations where no AA or aniso is enabled; but once again, enabling those features causes the 5200 Ultra to perform more like a GeForce4 Ti 4200 than a GeForce4 MX. The reason behind this is obviously not because of any compression algorithms (as there is no color/Z compression in the NV34 GPU), but rather because of the AA and anisotropic filtering engines, as well as a vastly improved memory controller when compared to the GeForce4 MX (not to mention the higher clock speeds).

So is my thinking correct that I should just skip GF4 altogether for this card that will have a starting price tag of ~ $150?

Sorry for the n00b-like question, I just haven't been following the developments lately (been busy with RL stuff)

Aleksei (St) · March 18th, 2003

5200 card should have a retail price of 80 dlls

but what about checkin the radeon 9500 offer

March 18th, 2003

Geforce FX 5200 Ultra will be DX 9.0 personally I'd get it over a Geforce 4 Ti *shrug* thats me.

**Shiori** · March 18th, 2003

There are no Radeons over here, btw.

And if there were any, it's still stuck in the 7xxx series.

This must be nvidia land or something.

Aleksei (St) · March 18th, 2003

what are you spending for a video card?

**Shiori** · March 18th, 2003

Strictly limiting myself for a budget card here. I can't take anything away from my car budget and my date budget. Prolly around that figure, $100-150.

Aleksei (St) · March 18th, 2003

check 5600 prices i think you should get a non-ultra version for that

**Shadow Lady** · March 18th, 2003

5600 non ultra, does that exist? i need some damn infos -_-

anyway wait for a GFFX series, but better go for a 5600(non ultra) well thats just me (me is going for that one when is out

) ^^

March 18th, 2003

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Originally posted by Señorita Sombra
5600 non ultra, does that exist? i need some damn infos -_-

anyway wait for a GFFX series, but better go for a 5600(non ultra) well thats just me (me is going for that one when is out ) ^^

Yes it exists. It will retail for like 30 less dollars than the ultra version. IMO its worth getting the Ultra version in this case.

Hanamichi · March 18th, 2003

What I get from the article is it performs like a GeForce4MX460, but turn on FSAA and AF and it'll perform like the Ti4200 with the same AA and AF settings.
Well if what I think is true then youre better off with the 4200 unless you absolutely need a DX9 card and love AA/AF.

Ultragunner · March 18th, 2003

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Originally posted by Shiori
There are no Radeons over here, btw. And if there were any, it's still stuck in the 7xxx series.

This must be nvidia land or something.

if youre talking about pcx that is...

my neighbor told me that in shangri-la there is a store that sells radeons. i haven't gone to visit it though.

**Shiori** · March 18th, 2003

Shangri-La? They sell stuff there like it was gold-plated or something.

**Demigod** · March 18th, 2003

I think the 5200 is your best choice for a value DX9 card. There's really nothing else at that price range that offers the same features.

I'd try to get the ultra version though. From what I've heard the non-ultra will have severely limited memory bandwidth.

**liquid** · March 18th, 2003

I wanna get a 5200 Ultra, cheap DX9 card that performs around the level of a gf4ti 4200 ^__^

Violineb · March 18th, 2003

While this discussion is here. How good really will the best GF FX be? I don't mean the ones that are already not avaiilable, (pre order) or was that a myth?

Particleman · March 18th, 2003

I don't think you can find a 5600 non-ultra for $100-150, the 5200 Ultra costs $150 and the 5600 costs $200, so you would figure the 5600 non-ultra would cost @175.

**Shadow Lady** · March 18th, 2003

so, whats better
a 5200ultra for $150
or a 5600(non ultra) for $175

???

March 19th, 2003

5600 Non ultra would be way better, it has the intellisample optimisations for FSAA

Chinoz · March 19th, 2003

Yeah, but for the price, i'd got for the 9500p/9600p rite?
Who needs intelisample when you have ati's superb fsaa

Cons · March 20th, 2003

tol, ur in manila, its where everything is in our country. im hear at baguio and i got my radeon 9500 pro almost 2 weeks ago. im very happy about it. cost me 10500..im sure u can find it there, viramall, they should have some ryt? better get a ti4200 if i were u, not really that familiar witht eh upcoming cards except for 5600. ti4200 128mb here is 7500(palit daytona). u should be able to find a better one there. get something with pixel shader..ull love the eye candies and performance. save and earn for a mainstream card like r95pro

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Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	Strictly limiting myself for a budget card here. I can't take anything away from my car budget and my date budget. Prolly around that figure, $100-150. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

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ChrisRay Guest Posts: n/a	Geforce FX 5200 Ultra will be DX 9.0 personally I'd get it over a Geforce 4 Ti shrug thats me.

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Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 5,002	5600 non ultra, does that exist? i need some damn infos -_- anyway wait for a GFFX series, but better go for a 5600(non ultra) well thats just me (me is going for that one when is out ) ^^ __________________ Main Rig: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 @ 2.5GHz -- 7600GT @ 650/800MHz -- 2GB DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 -- Windows XP Pro SP3 Collecting dust: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ -- ATI Radeon 9500 Pro -- SB Live 5.1 Digital -- 2.5GB DDR 2-2-2-5 Ram -- Windows 2003 server r2 SP1

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Hanamichi Crotally Tazy Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Malaysia Posts: 4,573	What I get from the article is it performs like a GeForce4MX460, but turn on FSAA and AF and it'll perform like the Ti4200 with the same AA and AF settings. Well if what I think is true then youre better off with the 4200 unless you absolutely need a DX9 card and love AA/AF.

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Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	Shangri-La? They sell stuff there like it was gold-plated or something. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

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Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	I think the 5200 is your best choice for a value DX9 card. There's really nothing else at that price range that offers the same features. I'd try to get the ultra version though. From what I've heard the non-ultra will have severely limited memory bandwidth. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

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Violineb Study>Bton/Live>Bmore Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN/Baltimore MD Posts: 1,351	While this discussion is here. How good really will the best GF FX be? I don't mean the ones that are already not avaiilable, (pre order) or was that a myth? __________________ PC1: CPU: Pentium 4 3.06 ghz - GeForce 4200 ti - 2x 256MB PC 1066 RDRAM - 120+160GB Western Digital JB PC2: Abit NF7-S -AMD Athlon XP 1700+- 2x 256MB PC2700 Kingston HyperX BH-5 chips!!!! Western Digital 120GB JB GeForce3 Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-S360 :guitar: 3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI-Sega Dreamcast May 1999

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Particleman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 462	I don't think you can find a 5600 non-ultra for $100-150, the 5200 Ultra costs $150 and the 5600 costs $200, so you would figure the 5600 non-ultra would cost @175.

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Shadow Lady Advanced Newbie Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bogotá... not that it matters... Posts: 5,002	so, whats better a 5200ultra for $150 or a 5600(non ultra) for $175 ??? __________________ Main Rig: Pentium Dual-Core E2160 @ 2.5GHz -- 7600GT @ 650/800MHz -- 2GB DDR2-667 4-4-4-12 -- Windows XP Pro SP3 Collecting dust: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ -- ATI Radeon 9500 Pro -- SB Live 5.1 Digital -- 2.5GB DDR 2-2-2-5 Ram -- Windows 2003 server r2 SP1

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ChrisRay Guest Posts: n/a	5600 Non ultra would be way better, it has the intellisample optimisations for FSAA

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Cons Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philippines Posts: 325	tol, ur in manila, its where everything is in our country. im hear at baguio and i got my radeon 9500 pro almost 2 weeks ago. im very happy about it. cost me 10500..im sure u can find it there, viramall, they should have some ryt? better get a ti4200 if i were u, not really that familiar witht eh upcoming cards except for 5600. ti4200 128mb here is 7500(palit daytona). u should be able to find a better one there. get something with pixel shader..ull love the eye candies and performance. save and earn for a mainstream card like r95pro __________________ courtesy of STRIDER....thanks man

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