Found a GFX Card lying around

rian222 · Jul 13, 2006, 10:04 PM

I was just looking for some cereal the other day, and i stumbeled accross an old gfx card. Its a GeForce FX 5200. but one of the 2 screw looking things that holds the heatsink down is broken. Anyway, i was just wondering how this card would compare to my ATI radeon xpress 200?

rian222 · Jul 13, 2006, 10:12 PM

oh, and its 128mb memory

the big Firefly · Jul 14, 2006, 01:22 AM

the fx 5 series from nvidia was not that good so id say 2:1....

and remeber a fx5500 = the performance of a 6200 and 5700 = 6600gt(if not better....the 6600gt) and so it goes on.......the x200 will more or less = the radeon 9550 and the radeon 9 series was more stable the the nvidia 5 series.....(im a nvida fun all the way)

rian222 · Jul 14, 2006, 01:28 AM

So u think the Xpress 200 is better?

the big Firefly · Jul 14, 2006, 01:42 AM

id say yes......the 5200 is out dated anyway.....and the x200 is onboard....right?

if so then the more ram you have the better it will perform.....

i have n mx geforce 2 card in my pc and my friend had a onboard geforce 2 and he played nfs underground with better graphics then mine...

rian222 · Jul 14, 2006, 01:45 AM

okay, how about the Geforce FX 5200 compared to a GeForce 4 MX Integrated?

the big Firefly · Jul 14, 2006, 02:10 AM

id say the 5200...

what mx is it?

i knw its intergrated but i need to know what range it falls in.....

remember a series has 3 ranges: bottem range(5200, 6200,7300) mid range(5500 ,6600, 7600) top range(5700, 6800, 7900)......and in each of those ranges it has another 2-3 ranges (5200, 5200 ultra)(6600, 6600 le, 6600 gt) ect.

so you see thats why i said x200 more or less = fx5500

the card of one series = the card of the previous series that one range down from what the card is(ex. 6600gt = fx5700)
understand?

rian222 · Jul 14, 2006, 02:27 AM

It doesn't say. Both device manager and display both say 'NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU'

the big Firefly · Jul 14, 2006, 03:58 AM

IM not sure then but i think the 5200 will do better......

Matth · Jul 14, 2006, 04:23 PM

Fx5200 is "lowest of the low" in power, but with full DX9 support (Pixel shader hardware, Vertex shader software). Probably too slow to do anything worthwhile with DX9 support.

A Geforce 4 MX probably blows it away in DX7 performance, but lacks DX8 and DX9 hardware capability.

Al_Vampyre · Jul 14, 2006, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rian222

I was just looking for some cereal the other day, and i stumbeled accross an old gfx card.

Off topic I know but that one sentence practically defines 'geek'!

For a moment I thought that you had found a gfx card IN a cereal box...

The FX5200 wasn't a great card but don't know a great deal about nVidia cards

firyace · Jul 31, 2006, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matth

Fx5200 is "lowest of the low" in power, but with full DX9 support (Pixel shader hardware, Vertex shader software). Probably too slow to do anything worthwhile with DX9 support.

A Geforce 4 MX probably blows it away in DX7 performance, but lacks DX8 and DX9 hardware capability.

Also the 5200 has T&L support which is a must in some games. I wouldn't say an MX would be better, but a GF4 Ti4200 will.

Game-wise it can play Up to the point of Doom 3 in the lowest of the low resolutions with OC and a good CPU.

Jul 13, 2006, 10:04 PM	#1
rian222 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0	Found a GFX Card lying around I was just looking for some cereal the other day, and i stumbeled accross an old gfx card. Its a GeForce FX 5200. but one of the 2 screw looking things that holds the heatsink down is broken. Anyway, i was just wondering how this card would compare to my ATI radeon xpress 200?

Jul 14, 2006, 01:22 AM	#3
the big Firefly DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: south africa Posts: 946 Rep Power: 0	the fx 5 series from nvidia was not that good so id say 2:1.... and remeber a fx5500 = the performance of a 6200 and 5700 = 6600gt(if not better....the 6600gt) and so it goes on.......the x200 will more or less = the radeon 9550 and the radeon 9 series was more stable the the nvidia 5 series.....(im a nvida fun all the way) __________________ [COLOR=darkorange][/COLOR] [COLOR=red]THE BIG FIREFLY [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE nForce4 AMD athlon64 3000+ @ 1.8ghz[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 512mb DDR400 ram(jetram, samsung)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]XFX 7900GT Extreme Edition, Clock Speeds: 520mhz/750mhz, 256 Megs RAM DDR3[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 80gb seagate ATA, 1 x 250gb seagate SATA[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]450W Aopen PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]modified 4 channel creative surround sound(4.2)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]17" samsung CRT[/COLOR] [COLOR=lime][COLOR=blue]LG DVD-RW, Samsung DVD/CD-RW[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE case, keyboard and mouse[/COLOR] [COLOR=yellow][COLOR=blue]Windows XP SP2[/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 14, 2006, 01:42 AM	#5
the big Firefly DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: south africa Posts: 946 Rep Power: 0	id say yes......the 5200 is out dated anyway.....and the x200 is onboard....right? if so then the more ram you have the better it will perform..... i have n mx geforce 2 card in my pc and my friend had a onboard geforce 2 and he played nfs underground with better graphics then mine... __________________ [COLOR=darkorange][/COLOR] [COLOR=red]THE BIG FIREFLY [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE nForce4 AMD athlon64 3000+ @ 1.8ghz[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 512mb DDR400 ram(jetram, samsung)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]XFX 7900GT Extreme Edition, Clock Speeds: 520mhz/750mhz, 256 Megs RAM DDR3[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 80gb seagate ATA, 1 x 250gb seagate SATA[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]450W Aopen PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]modified 4 channel creative surround sound(4.2)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]17" samsung CRT[/COLOR] [COLOR=lime][COLOR=blue]LG DVD-RW, Samsung DVD/CD-RW[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE case, keyboard and mouse[/COLOR] [COLOR=yellow][COLOR=blue]Windows XP SP2[/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 14, 2006, 02:10 AM	#7
the big Firefly DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: south africa Posts: 946 Rep Power: 0	id say the 5200... what mx is it? i knw its intergrated but i need to know what range it falls in..... remember a series has 3 ranges: bottem range(5200, 6200,7300) mid range(5500 ,6600, 7600) top range(5700, 6800, 7900)......and in each of those ranges it has another 2-3 ranges (5200, 5200 ultra)(6600, 6600 le, 6600 gt) ect. so you see thats why i said x200 more or less = fx5500 the card of one series = the card of the previous series that one range down from what the card is(ex. 6600gt = fx5700) understand? __________________ [COLOR=darkorange][/COLOR] [COLOR=red]THE BIG FIREFLY [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE nForce4 AMD athlon64 3000+ @ 1.8ghz[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 512mb DDR400 ram(jetram, samsung)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]XFX 7900GT Extreme Edition, Clock Speeds: 520mhz/750mhz, 256 Megs RAM DDR3[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 80gb seagate ATA, 1 x 250gb seagate SATA[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]450W Aopen PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]modified 4 channel creative surround sound(4.2)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]17" samsung CRT[/COLOR] [COLOR=lime][COLOR=blue]LG DVD-RW, Samsung DVD/CD-RW[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE case, keyboard and mouse[/COLOR] [COLOR=yellow][COLOR=blue]Windows XP SP2[/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 14, 2006, 03:58 AM	#9
the big Firefly DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: south africa Posts: 946 Rep Power: 0	IM not sure then but i think the 5200 will do better...... __________________ [COLOR=darkorange][/COLOR] [COLOR=red]THE BIG FIREFLY [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE nForce4 AMD athlon64 3000+ @ 1.8ghz[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 512mb DDR400 ram(jetram, samsung)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]XFX 7900GT Extreme Edition, Clock Speeds: 520mhz/750mhz, 256 Megs RAM DDR3[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]2 x 80gb seagate ATA, 1 x 250gb seagate SATA[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]450W Aopen PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]modified 4 channel creative surround sound(4.2)[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]17" samsung CRT[/COLOR] [COLOR=lime][COLOR=blue]LG DVD-RW, Samsung DVD/CD-RW[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorange]GIGABYTE case, keyboard and mouse[/COLOR] [COLOR=yellow][COLOR=blue]Windows XP SP2[/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 13, 2006, 10:12 PM	#2
rian222 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0	oh, and its 128mb memory

Jul 14, 2006, 01:28 AM	#4
rian222 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0	So u think the Xpress 200 is better?

Jul 14, 2006, 01:45 AM	#6
rian222 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0	okay, how about the Geforce FX 5200 compared to a GeForce 4 MX Integrated?

Jul 14, 2006, 02:27 AM	#8
rian222 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 0	It doesn't say. Both device manager and display both say 'NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU'

Jul 14, 2006, 04:23 PM	#10
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	Fx5200 is "lowest of the low" in power, but with full DX9 support (Pixel shader hardware, Vertex shader software). Probably too slow to do anything worthwhile with DX9 support. A Geforce 4 MX probably blows it away in DX7 performance, but lacks DX8 and DX9 hardware capability. __________________ Mary had a little lamb, Her father shot it dead Now Mary takes her lamb to school, Between two crusts of bread