I think that I basically knew about the Geforce4 TI4200,4600,4800 line of vid cards. Consensus seemed to me to be that the TI4200 was good value for money - not as slick as the other 2 models but very satisfactiry for use with the Sim after being matched with a fast processor.So-- could somebody tell me where the FX range fits into the picture. The 5200 is quite inexpensive while the 5600 and 5800 require a mortgage.I was just about set to purchase a Gefore4 TI4200 -- now I don't know what to do.HelpThanksBarry

I hate to say it, well, actually no, I don't, but if I were you I'd take a look at a Radeon, hands down best cards on the market. Period.

FX series are the carry over of Quadro range workstation graphic cards. ATI's equivanrents are the FireGLs.Lower range FXs are meant to be used on low end workstations, and higher ends are more powerful rendering machines. You might want to be careful as they are optimized for 3D applications, especially the high end as they may be blazing fast with those, but may be very slow on processing games.It completely depends on what your use are for. For instance, I have not yet to have any sucess with my FireGL2 card. Yet it is very fast running 2D applications such as Photoshop, which uses a lot of rasters, and 3D applications like AutoCAD. I haven't tested on 3D Viz, but it seems very promising.Takehiro Nakamura

Barry,The FX is Nvidias all new family of DX9 compliant cards and they range from the previous GFMX4-GF4TI-the new 5900Ulta.Yes thats right, fully DX9 compliant GF2s! (that run like a snail)Each manufacture though has a slightly different take on what they will offer up as a package So you might want to try hitting all the various brands main sites and read up on what they offer and also type in the various names into google for reviews: "nvidia FX 5200 review" etc.

Hi Barry,Unfortunately, I also don't have an answer for you, but I'll bet that www.guru3d.com will help. Their forums are fantastic for questions about hardware. I took a long time investigating video cards before deciding on my Ti4200 which I like a lot. Guru3d helped me quite a bit. You'll probably find some reviews there of the new cards which will probably help answer your questions.I also wondered about the new fx cards as some are now selling for about $99 usd on sale. I bought my Ti4200 64mb card about 2-3 months a go for $80 usd on sale.Hope this helps.Howard

Hi,Just saw this in a review on www.tomshardware.com"... The GeForce4 MX (NV7), which was, up til now, the entry-level product with DirectX 7 technology, is now being replaced by the GeForceFX 5200 (NV34) series. The chip supports DirectX 9. Initially, two products with different clock speeds are planned: the FX 5200 and FX 5200 Ultra. In the mid-market segment, the GeForceFX 5600 (NV31) series will take the place of the GeForce4 Ti4200 cards. NV31 is also a DirectX 9 chip." Howard