Hi Everyone,I have a GeForce 4 MX 440 and I am thinking about upgrading to aGe Force FX 5600 by BFG Tech. (256MB DDR - 325 MHz GPU )I am wondering if anyone is using this card and may be able to tell me what performance/visual benefits I can expect from the upgrade?Thanks,Astro

I would not get a GeForce FX unless you're going to get the top of the line one (the 5900 Ultra) - The ATI Radeons are much faster - check out something like the 9500 or 9600 Pro, which should be in the same general price range as that FX5600. And yes you're going to see a massive improvement in performance - GF MX cards are the "budget" model that Nvidia makes...Ryan

My advice: Go for a Ti 4800 instead - better performance, and they are becoming cheap these days!Torsten

In a recent test at Tom's hardware the Radeon 9600 outperformed the FX5600 in most tests, so I would go for that one. The Ti4800 has a great price/performance ratio these days, but it isn't DirectX9 compliant, so if you plan to play any of the upcoming DX9 based games it would perhaps be wiser to go with the latest generation. And the top of the line cards, like the FX5900, offer vastly greater performance, and that will be needed for something like Doom 3.- Oyvind

Yes, the 9600 or 9500 would be just fine, and kick the pants off of an current comparable(price wise) nVidia offering :)

Hi everyone, I am building a new system and I need to buy a video card as well and I can't decide too if I should get a FX5600 Ultra or the older Geforce 4 Ti4800 or Radeon 9500 Pro or 9600 Pro. Since I am on a tight budget, I want to know is DirectX9 support really needed if all I do is play Flight Simulator 2004 and MS office applications. How much difference will there be without DirectX 9?Thanks in Adance for all your advices.Best RegardsShi Lok