Inno3D GeForce FX 5600

Review by Michael Tran on 07.01.2003
Video Card Provided by InnoVISION

Suggested Retail Price: $249.00
Street Price: $167.00

Overview:

The GeForce FX family of nVidia's video cards has become the new generation of video cards to evolve from nVidia's Ti series to support DirectX 9.0.  The Inno3D cards include a variety of 3D graphic board accelerated video cards.  This Inno3D video card is powered by the nVidia GeForce FX 5600 GPU featuring 128MB of DDR Memory.  The new FX family of video cards features 0.13 micron process technology, and is powered by the CineFX engine, which contributes to vertex and pixel shader improvements, meaning the cards will deliver smoother edges in graphics. The FX family also includes nVidia's Intellisample Techology, which offers quick and high-quality anti-aliasing to eliminate jagged edges in 3d-rendering at high speeds.  The focal points of the CineFX engine are comprised mainly of the improvements of two features: Vertex Shaders 2.0+ and Pixel Shaders 2.0+.  The engine can support up to 1024 instructions and 16 textures in one rendering pass.  The video card is equipped with DVI + CRI + Video-In along with TV-Out support, not to mention the video card is DVD and HDTV ready with MPEG-2 decoding supporting resolutions up to 1920x1080.  The FX 5600 is a strong competitor in the video card market, not as a top performer or value card, but the card inbetween.