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OT: The FX5200 [message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 10:25 Go to next message
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I'm sure there were some people in the "Increase Renegade's Performance" thread that had the GeForce FX5200, or even better- the XFX FX5200 256MB PCI slot one. I'm considering getting this card, since my cheap mobo has no AGP or PCI-e x16 slot (it has a PCI-e x1 slot Listen ).

For those who have it, what's it like? Apparently it can even run BF2 on low settings, according to someone on Newegg. I'm also considering dual monitors, but in the mean time does anyone have honest reviews of it?

Thanks
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216041 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 10:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I use a 5200FX, it's a pretty good card, I can run most games like Renegade or Half-life 2 well.
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216066 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 11:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It's the most retarded card in existence. Surely you can find one that is a thousand times better for nearly the same price.

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216098 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 12:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Listen to me, and listen to me good. I have this card, sure it gets the job done, but that's it. THE FX5200 SUCKS.

Although, it completely depends on what you plan to do with it. For me, I don't play games anymore, I just program, therefore I don't need a "high end" card. But if you do plan to play games, buying this card IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE YOU WILL EVER MAKE. (Possibly...)

Like Icedog said, you can find better, for a decent price. Don't short change yourself for a piece of shit.


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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216102 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 13:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm on one of these cards as well. It was a damn good budget card when it came out and it's been a decent card throughout the last several years. But in today's gaming age it is utterly useless. You've come to a point in technology where you will absolutely need to upgrade to PCI-E x16 in order to physically play any of the games that came out as early as Doom 3. Now mind you if this is for school or something then go ahead because that card will be fine for general processing. But if you want to game--even with renegade mind you--you will absolutely need to get something better then the FX5200.

I suggest saving up your money and getting a PCI-E board and a 6000 series card if you're on a budget. But if you're patient, save up and wait for the 8000 series coming out this November.



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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216122 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 14:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have the FX5500. It's a PCI card, and it does all I need it to. You can't run something really high end, but I'm pretty sure it is better than the 5200.

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216167 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 18:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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No! Run away! I bought an FX5200 once because it seemed like a good deal, and I found out why. IT BLOWS.
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216170 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 18:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I got Battlefield 2 working on a Celeron 933Mrz, with that same FX5200 Gforce video, but berely Razz
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216175 is a reply to message #216034] Tue, 29 August 2006 20:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I was able to run Battlefield 2 on low graphics really well. It sucked having to look at blurry textures though, which really made the game less fun.

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216194 is a reply to message #216102] Tue, 29 August 2006 23:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Javaxcx wrote on Tue, 29 August 2006 21:01

I suggest saving up your money and getting a PCI-E board and a 6000 series card if you're on a budget. But if you're patient, save up and wait for the 8000 series coming out this November.

The problem is, I looked at buying an ASUS P5GV-MX mobo, which seemed perfect for me with 4 ram slots and a PCI-e x16. But i heard that it has very limited compatibility with PCI-e x16 cards (theres a list of supported cards in the manual). Searching google to see if this really was the case didn't reassure me. Only one person on Newegg said it works with some geforce cards, and i'm not taking that risk.

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I was able to run Battlefield 2 on low graphics really well. It sucked having to look at blurry textures though, which really made the game less fun.

I can live with that, I knew I'd have to put it way down anyway. Back when I had WinME, 8mb onboard GPU, 191mb RAM and AOL dial-up, i played ren with all settings low and i enjoyed it.

I'm not a dedicated gamer- I intend to play Renegade and HL2 on it (being the only decent PC games I have), i'll try the BF2 demo on it, see how it goes if i decide to get this. Another reason if with the dual screen etc, and it also has an s-video output- i suppose that means playing Ren on a TV Big Grin

Anyway I appreciate your feedback, although what FPS do you guys get on it when playing Ren (I plan to put 2GB of PC3200 DDR in along with this)?

[Updated on: Wed, 30 August 2006 00:02]

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216248 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 08:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Whatever you do, don't get the PCI version!

The FX5200 only supports 32bit PCI or AGP not PCI-e.

Want a decent card?
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216252 is a reply to message #216248] Wed, 30 August 2006 08:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Merovingian wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 11:27


Want a decent card?


Bwahah, that's as much as I paid for my Gainward 6800 GT Golden Sample/AGP/256Mb couple years back....bah, I need an upgrade.


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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216254 is a reply to message #216252] Wed, 30 August 2006 09:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have the FX 5600 (not that I choised it)

about BF2, yea BF1 looks better then BF2 on low
but I can play the games I want, (UT2004 to)


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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216255 is a reply to message #216252] Wed, 30 August 2006 09:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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May I recommend that you ditch the FX5200 and get the FX5500 256. There wont be a HUGE difference but its better then the 52 and its cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E168141430 59

Where you only have PCI you're VERY limited to graphics card. I would also suggest buying a new mother board, they're pretty cheap for a mid-range PCI-E/AGP.

From what I can see you're using a Intel P4/Celeron S775.

Try this mother board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E168131351 64

Total cost is about $120 for the Motherboard and FX55.


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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216280 is a reply to message #216255] Wed, 30 August 2006 12:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Caveman wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 17:19

May I recommend that you ditch the FX5200 and get the FX5500 256. There wont be a HUGE difference but its better then the 52 and its cheaper.

Actually the XFX FX5200 256 has better clocks speeds. Plus it has two heads for dual screens- unless i can dual screens with the onboard aswell.

Caveman


From what I can see you're using a Intel P4/Celeron S775.

Try this mother board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E168131351 64



That won't fit in my case. At xmas last year i got £400, so lets pretend thats my budget if I get the same money this year. If I get a new mobo, it needs an AGP/PCI-e x16 slot, and preferably 4 DDR PC3200 slots. Then I'd need to buy the ram, then i'd need to buy the GPU and maybe a new case if the new mobo doesnt fit. Plus I want to buy a sound card and MIDI keyboard, and all this in £400 won't work.

Like I've said before, I'm not looking for the latest games. I don't use my comp primarily for games- I compose music (hence the soundcard etc), browse the net, and play older games like Ren. And about BF2: low settings don't bother me- for the past 6 years I've played on onboard graphics.

The reviews of the mobo i was gonna get show that there is bad PCI-e x16 support:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E 16813131586

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216290 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 13:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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CLOCK SPEEDS DON'T ALWAYS MATTER.
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216293 is a reply to message #216280] Wed, 30 August 2006 13:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Xylaquin wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 15:01

Caveman wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 17:19

May I recommend that you ditch the FX5200 and get the FX5500 256. There wont be a HUGE difference but its better then the 52 and its cheaper.

Actually the XFX FX5200 256 has better clocks speeds. Plus it has two heads for dual screens- unless i can dual screens with the onboard aswell.

Caveman


From what I can see you're using a Intel P4/Celeron S775.

Try this mother board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E168131351 64



That won't fit in my case. At xmas last year i got £400, so lets pretend thats my budget if I get the same money this year. If I get a new mobo, it needs an AGP/PCI-e x16 slot, and preferably 4 DDR PC3200 slots. Then I'd need to buy the ram, then i'd need to buy the GPU and maybe a new case if the new mobo doesnt fit. Plus I want to buy a sound card and MIDI keyboard, and all this in £400 won't work.

Like I've said before, I'm not looking for the latest games. I don't use my comp primarily for games- I compose music (hence the soundcard etc), browse the net, and play older games like Ren. And about BF2: low settings don't bother me- for the past 6 years I've played on onboard graphics.

The reviews of the mobo i was gonna get show that there is bad PCI-e x16 support:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E 16813131586

Why did you even ask for feedback when you're just going to get the FX5200, anyways? You obviously seem too hard headed to realize that everybody who has/had it says it sucks and does the bare minimum. Why settle for that? ESPECIALLY since you can get graphics cards so much better than that for about the same price, why settle?


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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216296 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 13:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The FX 5500 IS BETTER than the FX 5200. You seriously have no idea what you're talking about if you think the FX 5200 is better because it has a faster clock speed. We know what we are talking about, we have made our mistakes before and we are trying to stop you from making the SAME MISTAKES we've all made.
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216307 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 14:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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The FX5500 also dual output. (SVid and VGA)

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216310 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 14:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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There are plenty of FX 5500 cards that have a VGA and a DVI port.
Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216321 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 15:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Am I one of the rare people who have the 256MB 5200? It seems like everytime people talk about the 5200, they always talk about the 128MB one. Huh

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216322 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 15:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I guess Razz I have the 128MB one.

In my main computer I have a Radeon 9550 which isn't that much better but, its better.

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216381 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 19:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I recommend my current card: http://www.bfgtech.com/7900GTX_512_PCIX.html
http://www.bfgtech.com/images/card_shots/7900GTX_512_PCIe_CardShot.jpg
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It even comes with some interesting stickers Surprised
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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216387 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 20:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Lol well not everyone can offord or needs the best Gforce video card in existance Huh

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Re: OT: The FX5200 [message #216394 is a reply to message #216034] Wed, 30 August 2006 22:50 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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They have a better one...the 7950GX2-SLI multi cpu on a single card,with 1GB of RAM :)And you can still SLI that one to go quad-GPU ... you seriously don't want to know how much that setup would cost though Smile
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