Mad Dog FX 5600?

[SilverCeli]

Anyone have any experience with Mad Dog Multimedia cards? They have an FX 5600 for $99 at CompUSA and I was thinking of picking it up. Thanks in advance...

[tony_j15]

They can be a bit on the cheap side. I wouldnt touch any of their CD drives. BTW, how much gaming do you do? If you do a reasonable amount, the general consencus is to avoid the FX cards like the plague. In that case, the older ti4200 is a great card. If you dont game, by all means pick that one up.

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[SilverCeli]

thanks for the welcome. i don't so a big deal of gaming but thats because i have no video card. im building a new rig and looking for something middle of the road. thanks

[Atomic Rooster]

The FX 5600 from Mad Dog for $99 is good deal.

The FX card to stay away from is the 5200. It just an updated GF4 MX440 chipset.

[SilverCeli]

will this card be able to handle gaming? with an AMD 2500 and 512 RAM?

[tony_j15]

It will handle gaming, but their is better out there. Of course, that would mean spending more money.

[Atomic Rooster]

Yes. It will handle most anything you through at it.

Heck for that price, I may just go get one for my kids machine to replace the old Voodoo 5 5500!

[Starfury_2260]

I would say spend the extra 50 or so and get a Radeon 9600pro instead. I've seen many comparisons showing the 5600 lagging far behind the 9600pro.