tried a new vid card and omfg...

test_tube_tonytest_tube_tony Dallas TX Member
edited November 2003 in Hardware
I put a PNY Ge-Force Fx 5600 Ultra in my machine and much to my surprise, it was absolute crap. I felt like I was running a oced Ge-Force 2. It was so sluggish, I had to drop my resolution settings to 800X600 in UT2003. I give it -2 out of 5 stars. :shakehead

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  • CreepCreep Hell Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Well I'm thinking that if you read the reviews for that card you never would have bought it.......
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2003
    tony, I hate to sound like an uncaring SOB, but...

    yeah, and? What else is new?

    If you can possibly return it, do so. The GeForce FX line is the single biggest screw-up in the history of the graphics card industry, if not the entire computer industry. They're slower than the cards they replace in most cases.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2003
    For the record: I warned him.
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited November 2003
    take that pos back and get a radeon. The speed and graphics quality are SOOOO much better.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    test_tube_tony had this to say
    I put a PNY Ge-Force Fx 5600 Ultra in my machine and much to my surprise, it was absolute crap. I felt like I was running a oced Ge-Force 2. It was so sluggish, I had to drop my resolution settings to 800X600 in UT2003. I give it -2 out of 5 stars. :shakehead

    Surprised it was crap does mean you didn'read the reviews.
    An old GF2 is faster.
    You were generous to give it 2 stars.
    FX=crap
    PNY=crap
    So add it all up=uber crap vommit.gif

    Take it back or else smackbum.gif
  • DodgerDodger
    edited November 2003
    Sorry if this is a little cold hearted but...

    This is why you always look at customer reviews and ask for people's opinions before you buy pretty much anything computer related.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    He said -2 stars.
    You know how it goes, he thought that he found a great deal. Cut him some slack. He'll make up for it.
  • test_tube_tonytest_tube_tony Dallas TX Member
    edited November 2003
    Well, keep in mind, I got it used for a very cheap $75 and it was my dad that payed for it. I was hoping for maybe a little speed increase, I mean I knew they sucked, but who would have guessed it was that bad. So, I put it in my sister's computer. Im so mean.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited November 2003
    test_tube_tony had this to say
    ...So, I put it in my sister's computer. Im so mean.
    Sounds like the makings of a pretty grim situation around the table at Thanksgiving dinner... :vimp:

    Live & Learn. :)
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    profdlp had this to say
    test_tube_tony had this to say
    ...So, I put it in my sister's computer. Im so mean.
    Sounds like the makings of a pretty grim situation around the table at Thanksgiving dinner... :vimp:

    Live & Learn. :)

    I'd hate to think of what she puts in your Turkey or even worse the stuffing! :tongue:
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2003
    Tony, yeah... it's one of those live & learn things, like Prof. said.

    In future though, if you want my advice, stick to ATi cards.
    I've used both, I use nVidia stuff in most of the office machines I configure for people, but ATi's cards have always had better 2d & 3d image quality, with little performance disadvantage, if any at all.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited November 2003
    All GF4 Ti stuff works great for me.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    Ti's DO, FXs not unless you have the very latest nVidia drivers and DirectX 9.0b and a vERY fast box--UBER FAST.

    John-- who finally talked Opera into showing things right-- I like MY choices of fonts until the eyeglasses come tomorrow (I REALLY DO HOPE). But the NEC LCD172 looks good (LCD Panel, only 17" but what I could afford.)
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