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Creamyapples

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ok i know both these card suck ass, but i need one for a computer with out an agp slot....so do i go with a 128mb 5700le or a 256mb 5200....and no i cant change out the board or any parts.


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the 5200 performs less than a GF4 4200Ti.

If your stuck with PCI, get the 128mb 5700. If the performance of the PCI cards is the same as the AGP versions, the 5700 is a better card overall even though it has less memory.
 
DisrupTer911 said:
the 5200 performs less than a GF4 4200Ti.

If your stuck with PCI, get the 128mb 5700. If the performance of the PCI cards is the same as the AGP versions, the 5700 is a better card overall even though it has less memory.
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Problem is, last I checked, nobody makes a FX 5700 PCI, only a much slower 5700 LE. The fastest PCI card I've been able to find is a FX 5600.

http://store.yahoo.com/amamax/ge56pciwddrd.html

From another post (didn't look around much did ya? :p )

Some more info: the retailer selling those Inno3D FX 5600 PCI cards (Amamax) actaully has a decent rating...

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2027.html

Here are a couple reviews of products made by the same manufacturer.

http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews.../inno3d_fx5600/

http://www.overclockercafe.com/Revi..._Ultra/pg_8.htm

And to clear up the confusion in the Amamax ad, here is the manufacturer's specs... the product really is a PCI bus FX 5600.

http://www.inno3d.com/products/geforce_fx/fx5600.html
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Creamyapples said:
ok yeah they make a 5700le pci....so now whaqts better 5700le or 5600 both are 128mb
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The 5700 LE is slower than the 5600. I'll see if I can find the clock speeds to compare, but the 5700 LE is SERIOUSLY nerfed compared to a normal 5700.
 
FX 5600: core 325, memory 550, 256 bit core, 128 bit memory
FX 5700LE: core 250, memory 400, 256 bit core, 128 bit memory
 
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