How can we tell the new 5600 from the old 5600?

How will we be able to tell the new flip chip GFFX 5600 from the old PGA chip style?
The new FCPGA 5600 clocks much higher than the old and offers tons better performance
over the original NV31. I just dont want to purchase the old card by mistake. And its not like we
can ask vendors to rip off the heatsink to check before we purchase.

Thanks

GM

 

[Intelman07]

I've asked this before.......and no one was able to answer for sure. I guess we just wait until we know all the old ones were sold??

 

[Mingon]

the clock speeds should give it away. look for the fill rate - shoud be 1600 comparedto 1400

 

I saw that the new 5900 Ultra just became available for retail sales. So hopefull the other 2 5900's (midrange and value) and the new 5600 will be out soon.
What is the MSRP on the new 5600 Ultra, anyone know?

 

[Wag]

The cheaper 5900s aren't scheduled to be released for at least 2 more months.

 

Thanks, but does anyone know when the new 5600's will be available?
GM

 

[CorCentral]

I'd say the 5600Ultra should be available by the 2nd week of July .
The clock speeds of the newer model are : 400/400

I'm suppose that BFG will be the first out with these also, since they were with the 5900 Ultra
Copy/Paste from BFG website below .


Coming soon?estimated availability July, 2003

"Dearest friends outside The Institution ? I waited for the nurses?watching them under the door to my cell.
They want to take away my latest creation, the Asylum? GeForce? FX 5600 Ultra. But I won?t let them. this
card is for you, the gamer who wants the most! I designed this graphics card to play the most recent
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 games and applications with cinematic-quality visuals and blistering fast performance."

Specifications
? GPU NVIDIA® GeForce? FX 5600 Ultra
? Bus Type AGP
? Memory 128MB DDR
? Core Clock 400MHz
? Memory Clock 800MHz (Effective)
? RAMDAC Dual 400MHz
? API Support Microsoft® DirectX ® 9.0, OpenGL for Microsoft® Windows®
? Connectors VGA, DVI, S-Video Out
? 100 million vertices/sec.
? 12.8GB/sec. memory bandwidth

Minimum System Requirements
? Intel Pentium®III, AMD® Duron? or Athlon? class processor or higher
? 128MB of RAM
? 250 watt min./300 watt recommended power supply
? An available 2.0 or 3.0 AGP slot
? An available 4-pin hard drive power connector from internal power supply
? CD or DVD-ROM Drive
? 10MB available hard disk space (50 MB for full installation)
? Microsoft® Windows® 95 OSR2, 98 or higher, ME, 2000, XP, NT4.0 with service pack 5 or 6


Features at a Glance
? AGP 8X (compatible with 4X and 2X AGP 2.0
compliant slots)
? Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering engine
? Up to 16 textures per pass
? NVIDIA® Intellisample Technology
? NVIDIA® Digital Vibrance Control? 3.0
? Vertex Shader 2.0 and Pixel Shader 2.0
? 128-bit, studio-precision color Included in Box
? Asylum? GeForce? FX 5600 Ultra graphics card
? Quick install manual
? DVI to VGA connector

Driver CD, which includes;
? NVIDIA® unified drivers
? NVIDIA® GeForce? FX and GeForce?4 demos
? Full installation manual .pdf
? NVIDIA® NVDVD? 2.0 multimedia software
? Windowblinds? BFG / Asylum Windows XP skins