is a fx 5600 xt and fx ultra a high end card. I also want to know will they be able to play cod or farcry smoothly. And is a ti 4600 better to get? M7NCG 400 athlon xp 2500+ 256 of ram win xp 80 gb hd geforce fx 5200

to answer your question so then yes they are hi-end cards except that 4600 but if you wanna get a new card first question is "how much are you willing to spend for the card?" $200 -$400 Radeon 9800 Pro/XT or FX5900/5950 $400 - up GF6800U or RAdeon x800, x800se, x800Pro, or x800XTd. ~evans~

wait for the 6800 to come out, and the prices will drop. ......off topic, but whats the best place, cheapest, to get RAM? wanna get a 512pc2100 stick, thanks. AMD Athlon XP 2600+ @ 2.13GHz 768MB DDR PC2100 VIA KM266 eVGA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Western Digital 120GIG HD

Actually.. Fx5600 is a mid-range card. All I can say is that it has bad performance compared to others that are about the same price. A 9600 Pro would perform much better in Dx9 games(including FarCry). But even with a card like 9600 Pro it will not run FarCry or Ut2k4 etc. smoothly without lowering the settings(Low/Medium). a high-end card would be a Fx5900 XT/SE - 5950U or R9700 - R9800XT. hope this helps p.s. any mid-range card should run CoD over 100~ fps...so no need to worry about that =) Abit IS7 865PE Pentium 4 2.6ghz @ 3.2ghz eVGA GeForce FX 5900 SE

What's wrong with ut2k4 with max settings with a 9600 pro? That's fine. If you have a slow CPU, then you'll notice slow down but if you have a decent CPU then it'll be ok. That Unreal engine (I think the Unreal Warfare engine powers UT2k4) is kind of CPU based. Because I have a 9800 Pro and a P4 2.8c but I get out performed by machines with 9700 Pro's if they have faster CPU's.

I should mention though, yes, Far Cry dogs most hardware right now.

With my fx5600 I am EASILY able to play UT2004 on highest graphics! But im not saying its a good card. BUtta My Fries