FX5900.....$179.00

[TX-Bomblast]

Hey guys,
 For those who have waited for the price to come down, take a look at this.

http://www.buyxtremegear.com/xfx5900128.html

 

[TX-Raptor]

Looks like a good deal, but take the time to research that companyI know alot of companies manage low low prices because they use slower memory therefore reducing the cost enough to sell at what appears to be blowout pricesjust a heads up it may be a great card~STX-RaptorGreen 1

[TX-Zen]

I bought my Ti4600 last year under the same circumstances...while everyone else was selling it for 399$, I picked it up for 208$ after shipping. I've had some ups and downs with it but nothing serious and it seems to run as expected though I would have felt better buying a name brand card, just for peace of mind's sake. Still, it's definately been far better than my old Geforce 2 Ultra so I can't complain. Raptor has a good point...sometimes you get what you pay for TX-ZenBlack 6

[TX-Deck]

Probly not a bad deal.  However...I have tried like crazy to find some benchmarks on the 128mb version of the 5900, and haven't come up with anything.Couple months back I purchased the GeForce 5700 Ultra when it was a week old on the shelf, which appears to be based on the same chip as the 5900, with the addition of  DDR2 memory.   I love it, it works great, but I really would like to see what testing has been done to benchmark the two.  I searched high and low for about a week after I bought mine, and couldn't find a single benchmark for the 5900.    As far as I can tell, the 5700 is supposed to replace the older 5900,   while the 5950 is the top of the stack (for nearly twice the price).All things being equal, if they are, then the 128mb 5900 is probly an OK deal.  My strategy has pretty much always been to take $200 once every two years and purchase the best I can get for that amount.   A man can go crazy trying to keep up with the latest and greatest.TX-Deck out.

[TX-Deck]

Bottom line here is I purchased a card, and I can't find a benchmark that contains the one I bought, and the 128mb 5900 in the same test.TX-Deck out.

[TX-Raptor]

There were tons of benchmarks when I bought my Asylum 5900 128 MBI had the 256 MB version but had constant troubles with it, so I returned it and got the 128. suprisingly enough the 128 is just as fast until you exceed  1600x1200 resolution, I am definately looking forward to trying my 5900 out on a new 8x motherboard too.

[TX-Bomblast]

I would have no problem buying from that company, too bad I already have my GF4 Ti 4600. My new Machine will have either a ATI or Nvidia depends who's better at the time of building it.Red2

[Seeker]

I got a BFG 5900 last month for $200. I'm quite happy with it. I run everything with 4xAA and 4xAF and max game settings with no problem.Here's my 3dmark03 benchmark with an o/c AMD 2500+ and default card speeds:Score 5517General Information Operating System Microsoft Windows XP DirectX Version 9.0b Mobo Manufacturer http://www.abit.com.tw/ Mobo Model NF7-S/NF7 (nVidia-nForce2) AGP Rates (Current/Available) 8x / 4x, 8x CPU AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2205 MHz FSB 200 MHz Memory 1024 MB   Display Information Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Driver Version 5.3.0.3 Driver WHQL Certified No Video Memory 128 MB Core Clock 301 MHz Memory Clock 851 MHz  Sound Information Sound Adapter Driver Name   Sound Adapter Driver Version   Benchmark Settings Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 4 Build 0 Resolution 1024x768@32 bit Texture Filtering Optimal Pixel Processing / Antialiasing None Post Processing false Vertex Shaders Optimal Main Test Results3DMark Score 5517 3DMarks CPU Score 714.0 CPUMarks  Detailed Test ResultsGame Tests GT1 - Wings of Fury 180.4 fps GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 39.8 fps GT3 - Troll's Lair 32.1 fps GT4 - Mother Nature 31.4 fps  CPU Tests CPU Test 1 77.9 fps CPU Test 2 13.0 fps  Feature Tests Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1357.1 MTexels/s Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2833.4 MTexels/s Vertex Shader 15.8 fps Pixel Shader 2.0 36.6 fps Ragtroll 18.9 fps  Sound Tests No sounds 44.7 fps 24 sounds 41.1 fps 60 sounds 37.5 fps