GeForce Ti4200 vs FX5200

danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
edited September 2003 in Hardware
How much of a performance increase would I see with a GeForce FX5200 128MB DDR AGP8x vs a GeForce Ti4200 64MB DDR AGP 4x that I currently have?

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  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    From what I have seen from benchmarking at anandtech, even the old AND new GFFX5600 doesn't beat the Ti4200 by much! Kinda sad....
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    The strength of the 5xxx line doesn't lie in the linear performance delta between its predecessors.

    It lies in the fact that the cards in the 5xxx series, when compared to earlier models can handle all the effects turned on at the same speed as those earlier models manage without. Example:

    GeForce4 ti4200 -> GeForceFX 5600/Ultra: The 5600 can turn on FSAA and AF and manage the same framerate as the ti4200 can with all those effects off.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Going from a 4200ti to a 5200 would be a loss of performance but would be DX9. From what I have seen the 5200's are like an MX440 with all the new bells and whistles.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    To get an increase you want ti4200 -> 5600 Ultra. The 5600 Ultra is the FX-brother of the 4200 anyhow.

    MTgoat is right. The 5200 is the FX-Brother of the MX460.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited August 2003
    As already stated, the 5200 is basically a piece of crap. It can run DX9, but from what I've read, it's too slow to do it @ much more than a few fps anyhow, so it doesn't really matter.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    ati all the way! get a 9700 non pro or pro if ucan shell out alittle bit more cash
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited September 2003
    Best Buy had the PNY Verto GeForce FX5200 w/128MB DDR AGP 8x for $99, the FX5600 was something around $149 and the FX5900 was around $249.00
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    As an upgrade from a Ti 4200, my opinion is that it's not worth spending ANY dough unless you go all the way to a 5900. You would see *some* improvement with a 5600 but not a ton, either keep saving or spend the smaller amount on ... hmm, looking at ur sig, you have about everything else (was going to suggest another stick of RAM). Save up for the 5900 if you are staying nVidia graphics :cool: Or find a decent deal on a 9700/9700Pro/9800/9800Pro. I'll add some impressions tomorrow if I find time to benchmark my Ti-4200 vs my 9600Pro, which should *roughly* compare to a 5600. But my expectation is that most numbers should be pretty similar, until I get to high IQ settings.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Although $100 is about what the 5200S usually go for, they aren't even worth half that. I'd use one if you paid me, but you'd have to pay me a hell of a lot, and let me have my 9700 pro for playing you know, real games- pong doesn't cut it anymore. And Pong is just about all the 5200 can handle. Even then, you're talking 320x240, black & white, and forget AA...


    So I'm exaggerating, but not much. The regular 5600 isn't worth $150 either. It would be if the 9500 Pro, 9600 and 9600 Pros didn't exist, but they do, so it's not. The regular 5900 is an OK deal @ 250, but a 9700 Pro would probably be better. In short, the 5600 Ultra and 5900 series chips are the only decent GPUs nVidia offers.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited September 2003
    Hmmm, maybe I should wait for the NV38 or NV40. Since I invest $10 a month in nVidia, I buy their products to support the company I invest in.

    Note, I am investing $10 a month each in nVidia, Creative Labs, and AMD, thats for a total of $30 a month since Feb 28, 2002. Take a look at the approximate cumulative performance of all three of the most recent look at Sharebuilder.com
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited September 2003
    To see the performance of nVidia, AMD and Creative Labs seperately:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Or maybe you should just invest in ATi instead... :D
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited September 2003
    Your right. I wish I had known more back then. I wonder if I can transfer stock around.

    Maybe I'll call Sharebuild so I can recover my user name and password that I lost over a year ago, and add ATYT to my investment portfolio

    ATI's performance based on my current investment level
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited September 2003
    However, if I had invested in Ebay, Yahoo, and Amazon.com:
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