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Postby GreG » Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:11 pm

Has anyone got an FX5700 256MB card?

What's the perfromance like, cause I'm getting one.

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Re: Graphics card?

Postby congo » Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:15 pm

Big mistake getting that card unless your not paying for it.

The FX5900XT will outperform it for less money I'll bet.

No 5700 will keep up with any 5900 in performance.
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Re: Graphics card?

Postby GreG » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:48 pm

Don't have a choice, best I could find in SA.

I just asked what the performance was like, I was going to get the FX5900XT all along, it's just that they weren't available when I could finally get it.

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Re: Graphics card?

Postby Gixer » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:57 pm

It will run FS just not to its full potential.  Yes its not as good as the 5900 but if its all you can get well what else could you do.  I think it was the first of the FX5000 range that started to perform ok though.  The FX5600 was a dog but I think by the 5700 things were looking better.  Your just gonna have to play with your settings to get a happy medium.  I'm sure you will enjoy it!

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Re: Graphics card?

Postby GreG » Fri Sep 03, 2004 3:16 pm

Thanks for the answer. :)

At the moment..............  I have a wonderful cards which I've had since the end of 2002..........  Geforce 64MB 4 MX420........  And it really hasn't performed well...  But I guess the main reason for that is because I have a crap Celeron 766MHz processor!

But I will have a 3GHz P4 processor with 1Gig of Ram along with the graphics card for the new setup.  So all... should run pretty well, considering the processor especially.

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Re: Graphics card?

Postby Max-Burn » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:20 pm

Avoid FX5700, get the 5900.
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Re: Graphics card?

Postby Max-Burn » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:25 pm

My FX5600 ultra performs really well, I don't think it is a dog. I admit it is not the best, I have just installed 66.31 drivers and it works a treat. drivers are the key, but the 5700 has not impressed any gamers at all.
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