MSI FX5600-VTDR128

Viper Lair takes a look at MSI’s latest mainstream video card offering as a suitable replacement for the Ti4200, here’s a snip:

The FX5600 has all the pixel and vertex shaders that the FX5800 and FX5900 has and is also manufactured at the 13 micron level, allowing the FX5600 to play with the big boys… At a significantly diminished performance. The FX5600 only has 80 million transistors in it, as opposed to the 125 million transistors in its bigger brother, the FX5800. The FX5600 also has a smaller pipeline than the FX5800 and FX5900, as well as a less advanced memory controller. This, in addition to the use of DDR memory (as opposed to DDRII memory that the FX5800 and FX5900 use) catapults the FX5800 and FX5900 above the FX5600 in both performance and price.

All in all, the package that MSI puts forth is pretty jam packed with software and hardware extras; including games, utilities, a remote control, VIVO (Video In, Video Out,) a DVI to VGA converter for use in a dual head setup, and a Quick User’s Guide.

MSI FX5600-VTDR128 @ Viper Lair