As a matter of fact, the mid-range Geforce FX did not even advance performance over the chips they were designed to replace, the GeForce 4 Ti. In DirectX 8 applications, the 5600 lost by a considerable margin to the Ti 4200. Likewise, the entry-level FX 5200 performed worse than the GeForce 4 MX 440, despite the FX 5200 possessing a better 'checkbox' feature-set. Value-oriented gamers shunned the MX 440 and 5200 and opted for the Radeon 9000/9200 or paid more for the proven and very capable Ti 4200 which because of its age was now priced below the Radeon 9600/GeForce 5600.
a hardware firewall is required? since wheni have one, was expencive and im not even sure its doing anything