My new mb, chip, and mem will be here shortly. Only thing left to buy is a new video card. Can you guys give some advice on which one of these I should get... They are all Asus... the TI4400, TI4800 or the FX 5600 (non ultra). The price range is around the same for each but between those models don't know which is the better card for money. Thanks in advance....Rob...Oh, and sorry not interested in the ATI cards.. (always liked ASUS)

>My new mb, chip, and mem will be here shortly. Only thing>left to buy is a new video card. Can you guys give some advice>on which one of these I should get... They are all Asus...>the TI4400, TI4800 or the FX 5600 (non ultra). The price range>is around the same for each but between those models don't>know which is the better card for money. >Thanks in advance....>>Rob>>...Oh, and sorry not interested in the ATI cards.. (always>liked ASUS)If your asking for an honest opinion than neither of the above cards. I run ASUS exclusively for my motherboards up until I purchased my shuttle setup but for my videocard, unless it's a 5900FX there really is no choice. 9500Pro and up. Why you may ask ??How about 60-75% better framerates with AA and AF enabled. Larger bandwidth. Native DirectX 9 support. I could go on. Not to mention they run little more than a good 4XXX series card.If your dead set on throwing money away on any of your choices than save money, pick up a 4200 from gainward, overclock it to 4600 specs and be done.Hope I'm not coming across as snobby but I hate seeing people throw money away due to brand loyalty or a few bucks VS performance and the need to eliminate upgrades later on due to a bad choice. :(Bobby

>>My new mb, chip, and mem will be here shortly. Only thing>>left to buy is a new video card. Can you guys give some>advice>>on which one of these I should get... They are all Asus...>>the TI4400, TI4800 or the FX 5600 (non ultra). The price>range>>is around the same for each but between those models don't>>know which is the better card for money. >>Thanks in advance....>>>>Rob>>>>...Oh, and sorry not interested in the ATI cards.. (always>>liked ASUS)>>If your asking for an honest opinion than neither of the above>cards. I run ASUS exclusively for my motherboards up until I>purchased my shuttle setup but for my videocard, unless it's a>5900FX there really is no choice. 9500Pro and up. Why you may>ask ??>>How about 60-75% better framerates with AA and AF enabled.>Larger bandwidth. Native DirectX 9 support. I could go on. Not>to mention they run little more than a good 4XXX series card.>>If your dead set on throwing money away on any of your choices>than save money, pick up a 4200 from gainward, overclock it to>4600 specs and be done.>>Hope I'm not coming across as snobby but I hate seeing people>throw money away due to brand loyalty or a few bucks VS>performance and the need to eliminate upgrades later on due to>a bad choice. :(>>BobbyThough he states "non ultra" I just want to point out that a FX5600-Ultra is faster in all settings and res on average than a 9500P, this is not the same FX5600 as was first released which was a real dog, the newer version operates at the same core clock and memory as a FX5900, but it is no 5900 either.The new FX5600-ultra has earned a Toms hardware "best mainstream video card" award in there latest thrashing of all the latest Video cards for a good reason, full specs and benchmarks are included in the review.As far as a regular 5600 I would spend my money more wisely on a 9500P as Bobby suggested, if you can still find one or at least pick up a $80-$100 TI4200 as these will give any regular 5600 a run for the money.The one and only thing that can be said in favor of the regular 5600 in all of these choices is that it is the only one fully DX9 compatable but that wont get you very far on such a slow card for future DX9 games that will want more.

Understood Paul, and that was my point. I've read some reviews of the "redone" 5600's and they do seem to be a very good card. I was basing my statement on what was posted. Don't get me wrong if I didn't own the card I do I would go back to Nvidia in a heartbeat. I have no loyalty to either brand. My loyalty lies in performance and which product can give me the best for my dollar.By the way....As much as I hated it Lol....I miss the "POOF" LOL..Bobby