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Question nVidia FX5200 - any good?

Anyone using the nVidia FX5200 card? I saw one on sale for $150. 650mhz w/128mb ram. I think it is a PNY. Sounds like a good deal, but I haven't followed hardware much lately.

Just wondering how it ranks among other video cards.
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Sucks! Its just an mx card thats DX9 compatible. Really weak bandwidth.
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As Jol said, only FX worth buying are 5600 and 5800.

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Thanks guys! Sure glad I asked before buying it.


* MrBill scratches that off his list.
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It should be the same speed as an MX440 (core 250, mem 200 [400]) but with DirectX 9.0 support, for a budgte card ghet a Ti4200 or a 9500Pro.

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^ yeah, what he said.
You're better off with a 4200 than an FX5200. My friend and I were looking at the 5200 at easter because it was cheap and then we saw the reviews. The 4200 scored much better.
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I visited my neighborhood CompUSA last night and they have 2 versions of the FX5200. One is a plain 5200 and the other is an ULTRA. The ULTRA says 650mhz ram. I'm still not getting it, but just wondering if the ultra is the card all you guys are talking about. The plain FX5200 is $99 and the Ultra is normally $199. Must be some difference, isn't there?
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Originally posted by MrBill
The ULTRA says 650mhz ram. I'm still not getting it, but just wondering if the ultra is the card all you guys are talking about. The plain FX5200 is $99 and the Ultra is normally $199. Must be some difference, isn't there?
That's like having Dual Channel 1GB PC3700 DDR SDRAM with a Pentium II 266.
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If i had to buy a budget Geforce FX i would get the FX5600. the FX5200 just sucks
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Originally posted by dNA3D


That's like having Dual Channel 1GB PC3700 DDR SDRAM with a Pentium II 266.
LMAO! I understand that analogy very well.
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Originally posted by MrBill
I visited my neighborhood CompUSA last night and they have 2 versions of the FX5200. One is a plain 5200 and the other is an ULTRA. The ULTRA says 650mhz ram. I'm still not getting it, but just wondering if the ultra is the card all you guys are talking about. The plain FX5200 is $99 and the Ultra is normally $199. Must be some difference, isn't there?
yeah there are too, but seeing as Mr.BIl lwas talknig about the non ultra thats why i said those particular core and mem speeds

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The 5200 wouldn't be worth it. It sucks for what it suppose to do and that is DX9 games. Spring for a Radeon 9500 or 9600. You won't be sorry...
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I ordered and received an MSI ti4200 Platinum 128mb 8x AGP. Any comments on that card....good or bad?
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Id say its a better card than the low end FX's, and MSI make nice gfx cards. Should be fine.
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Originally posted by MrBill
I saw one on sale for $150.
Where?! Pricewatch lists them as low as $65
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Originally posted by MrBill
I ordered and received an MSI ti4200 Platinum 128mb 8x AGP. Any comments on that card....good or bad?
Good card, agree that MSI has always made a decent vid card. The 8X agp isn't anything spectacular though... the reality is, we could still be getting great bandwidth running 2X agp... the gains from 2x-4x was 10%, 4x-8x like 5%. I don't know enough about the spec to explain why, just know the benchmark's I've seen and articles I've read clearly deomonstrated this.
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The 4200 isnt really very high end anymore, so its not going to have amazing performance on the latest game, but thats the trade-off for the price really.

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Originally posted by NightShade737
The 4200 isnt really very high end anymore, so its not going to have amazing performance on the latest game, but thats the trade-off for the price really.

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Ya, I know it's not the best out there, but I don't play games. I just wanted a good card at a good price.
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