Good card?

[bcanz]

I am currently building a PC and want to know if this graphics card is the best for my money...

I am running an AMD athlon barton xp 2600 (1.9ghz)

- 512mb Kingston Hyper x

- 80gb Western Dig. hd

- NEC 17in flat CRT

I am going to order a Leadtek Geforce FX 5700 with 425mhz core and 550mhz effective for $150. Anyone have any experience with this card?? Any help would be appreciated. THX.

[stroyal]

Good card, but I would think the Sapphire 9600 Pro is a better deal.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...&endRecord=120
or

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...=2&listStyle=2
Review
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...023/index.html

[tony_j15]

Well, if your a die hard nVidia fan, go for it. Otherwise, the 9600 seems to offer better performance.

[Atomic Rooster]

It looks to me from Tom's tests that the FX 5700 and the Radeon 9600 offer nearly identical performance. Either one would be a good choice depending on brand preference and price.

[Starfury_2260]

I would suggest the 9600XT since you get hl2 for free. just make sure you get one that has it with it (like ati's).

[pinipig523]

if you can spring for the 5700ultra... thats even better. i take the 5700 over the 9600 any day. and i am not an nvidia fanboy - i have the 9800pro.