fx 5200 or fx 5700? need fast reply!

[Quintox]

ok which one, both are PCI

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-150-061&depa=1

OR

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-140-041&depa=0

thankx

 

[Apokalipse]

what will you be doing with them?

I would suggest if it's PCI, to go with the 5200

 

[Quintox]

ok thx! (gaming/cs source)

i know, but it wil run on low settings

 

[Quintox]

any others?

PS is direct x 8.1 a big diff than 9? (i am thinking maybe a radeon 9200/9250 256mb instead of these nvidia, what do u think)

 

[OIDanTheManIO]

what will you be doing with them?

I would suggest if it's PCI, to go with the 5200

Why go with the 5200? Isn't the 5700 going to be way better?

-Dan The Man

 

[Quintox]

now i'm thnking of either the radeon 9200 or 9250

check em out

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-237&depa=1

OR

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-411&depa=1

weird, cuz the 9200 is 10 mhz "faster", when the other should be a lil better,

which one, the 9200 or 9250 should i get

 

[GeckoEcho421]

Go with the 5700, it will out perform all of those you posted.

 

[Chrisman88990]

That is weird that the 9250 is slower than the 9200

 

[hu_xu]

I believe that the 9250 has a completely different core than the 9200 so comparing the clock speed is completely useless.

Also the difference between DX8.1 and DX9 are certain shader effects. You can goggle DX9 screenshots of HL2 and DX8.1 screenshots of HL2 and see what I'm talking about. The difference in the water is a clear example.

If you wanna see games like Far Cry, Doom 3, and HL2 in all their glory you need a DX9 compliant card. But I'll tell you something thoe Nvidia cards you listed will run DX9 very poorly ESPECIALLY the 5200.

In truth all those cards listed are pretty bad in terms of gaming. For everything else they are fine. But for gaming you are looking at low end cards.

The 5700 is the best you listed followed by 9250, 9200, and the 5200.