Unless you play all your games at 800x600 with everything disabled on a crappy 15 inch monitor (please, God, no), the 5200 will be begging for mercy compared to a 9600 Pro. And if you're playing any DX9 games (you didn?t say), your best bet is any ATI R3xx (9600, 9700, 9800, etc.) for now. Any NVIDIA NV3x (5200, 5600, 5900, etc.) shouldn't even be considered in the first place for these types of titles, in case you're going to be making a purchasing decision based on this thread.
