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Offline Dextry

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« on: July 28, 2004, 11:07:04 PM »
Well I'm gonna get a PCI card for my computer and wanted to know if this is a good card, Chaintech Nvidia Geforce FX5200 128MB 128-bit....? If anyone knows of a better 128mb PCI card let me know.
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Offline jetb123

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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2004, 11:29:44 PM »
I am same with you dextry. I am about to buy my compputer. But deciding what card i should get. And I want to know will this card get me good fps. Here is specs.


     evga fx5200 128mb 128bit
     amd atholn xp 2500
     512 ram
     40gb HD
  I am planing on upgrading i just want to get to ah2 really quick. Gettign all this and a mobo for $289 of newegg.:D
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2004, 08:26:22 AM »
Dextry, I know a few folk that have that card and are playing fine on it. I've heard numerous accounts of FPS and I can only give an estimate as to what I have heard. 35-40 FPS is the average, but have also heard accounts of it being higher. In any case it does run AH2. I'm not to keen on really good PCI cards, I'll leave that open for someone else.
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2004, 08:43:37 AM »
I fly with that card. Its a good price and will play AHII well. However I strongly suggest you get one that is AGP if you have the slot. But I get about 60 frames max with it. In the worst cases it drops to about 14 FPS. Im about to upgrade though because my system is an XP 2000+ with 512 DDR and my video card is holding me back. Im going to buy a 5700 LE, which I hear is 10 times as good as the 5200.

I recommend it if you REALLY want to play and are tight on dough. But you won't be impressed by any means with the frame rates.
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Offline Dextry

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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2004, 09:27:07 AM »
thats the problem my motherboard does not have an AGP slot $#%^..... got a 2.5 Ghz pentium 4 so it won't hold the card back.I'm not worried about eye candy just want to play again:cool:
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Offline Dextry

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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2004, 05:14:42 PM »
Well no onc suggested a better PCI card so I guess thats the one I'm getting. Hopefully I can be playing AH2 by Monday night........BTW Jasta, New Orleans kicks ass!! used to live in Houma.Bourbon st!!
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Offline ChasR

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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2004, 06:49:32 PM »
That's the best PCI card you can get for AH.  The ATI 9200 PCI is probably a bit faster in most other games but at $90 it's too expensive for a bottom of the line card.  Tom's Hardware rates most of the video cards made but none of the PCI cards, which are slower than their AGP counterparts.  There is no point making a PCI card faster than the FX5200 or 9200 since the PCI bus would become the limiting factor.  You could save your money, buy a new mobo and a FX 5700 or ATi 9600 class card.
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Offline Dextry

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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2004, 07:36:06 PM »
I was wondering since  PCI slots  share eachother  would a PCI video card go any faster if that is the only thing in all of the PCI slots?
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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2004, 11:06:05 PM »
Dextry I got a computer. With a agp slot in it. It has a asus mobo. I dont need the mobo or prossecer. Its a petuim 3. If you send me the money to ship it to you I will. Just give me an e-mail.
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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2004, 11:22:13 PM »
Houma. damn I live in Luling.

i flew over houma today.

pretty cool
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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2004, 11:45:58 PM »
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Originally posted by jetb123
Dextry I got a computer. With a agp slot in it. It has a asus mobo. I dont need the mobo or prossecer. Its a petuim 3. If you send me the money to ship it to you I will. Just give me an e-mail.


yo Jet you think my pentium 4, 2.5Ghz chip will go with that mobo?, I also have one 512mb pc2700 kingston ram chip. My email is joel713@sbcglobal.net
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Offline Dextry

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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2004, 11:55:03 PM »
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Houma. damn I live in Luling.

i flew over houma today.

pretty cool


Luling huh cool, I still go visit friends in Houma when ever I get the chance to. Matter of fact we went go party in New Orleans last time I went to Houma lol
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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2004, 01:03:19 AM »
Yes it will dex.
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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2004, 02:11:28 AM »
Id want to see Jet's dxdiag file 1st ....
a HP  8240 was a real dinasour ... most of that model series had old slot  A  cpu's in them 233mhz 66 fbs . hp's have always been a pain finding out whats in them but with a dx file its pritty easy to see whats what .
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2004, 03:22:08 AM »
Rosc, I am not trying to scamm him. You told me that the hp is old. And I dont need so I wil help him out. And give him my agp slot mobo. I promise its agp. Bigger than the pci slots and blakish brown.
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