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Old 03-03-2004, 11:25 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Hello i am new.
I have a fx 5600 and don't know what to buy either a fx5700 256 or fx5900 128mb Which is best or i have seen a fx5800 and it is sweet but are they hairdryers really or is that a rummer. Please Help Cheers
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Old 03-03-2004, 11:29 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Go for a 5900, they use a much better GPU than the 5700 ones also the 5800's suck! (apparently)
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Old 03-03-2004, 11:48 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
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O.k but wouldn't it make a diffrence if the 5700 had 256mb ram and the 5900 had 128
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Old 03-03-2004, 02:03 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
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nope. this is because the amount of video ram that games use is not enough to have need of 256MB. 128 is plenty. tests have shown that 2 cards exactly the same except that one have 256 and one has 128, the card with 256 will give you about 2fps more than thother one(maybe it's 0.2 i don't remember)
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