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May 15, 2005, 11:07 AM
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FX5200 drivers?
Howdy, I'm currently using Omega's 66.93 drivers, but I was wondering if perhaps there was a particular set that worked exceptionally well for 5200 cards. I've read of people having better performance when using older drivers, so I assumed that older drivers may have the same effect on my card. Anyone know of any like that?
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May 15, 2005, 01:40 PM
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Anyone?
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May 15, 2005, 06:28 PM
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-=[DHzer0point Author]=-
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Try the DHzeropoint 76.44 release.  |
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May 15, 2005, 07:15 PM
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Like a Fish
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newer drivers always give you better performance over older drivers. But what do you want the extra performance for? Gaming, benching, or something else????
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May 15, 2005, 08:17 PM
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I want the extra performance entirely for games. |
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May 15, 2005, 08:19 PM
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Oh, and after trying several of the dhzeropoint drivers, I've decided that Omega's are still better. I continue to notice an increase in performance (perhaps marginally) with the Omega drivers.
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May 15, 2005, 08:31 PM
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Delete Me
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Then use the omegas 
Our drivers are geared more toward the higher end cards (the FX59s and the 6x00s) since we put our emphasis on image quality...if you want flat out frame rate, Omega is definitely a good alternative. |
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May 15, 2005, 09:52 PM
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Like a Fish
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if you can, get a higher end video card. like even a 5700LE would be MUCH better over what you have right now.
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May 15, 2005, 10:51 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by zenkmander
Howdy, I'm currently using Omega's 66.93 drivers, but I was wondering if perhaps there was a particular set that worked exceptionally well for 5200 cards. I've read of people having better performance when using older drivers, so I assumed that older drivers may have the same effect on my card. Anyone know of any like that?
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Well useally newe driver are better some drivers are or maybe better then others for certain games. New drivers useally have more bug fixes and so forth.... The newer
drivers are the ones one should use unless thier haveing a "problem"
Not meaning to be rash but i'm going to put it blunlty. Thats one of the worst NV video cards you can get and I don't see drivers impoveing that any.If you can an can afford to you really need to upgrade your video card. even older card like the much older 4200TI lays absoululte waste to the 5200. Stay away from the 5600 and 5500 as well they are just
faster or o/c vesion of the 5200... ... 5700LE that was reccomended is better but with
it low clocks not by to much...
If you game i'd be looking into a 6600 that start at around $130
that my two bits....
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Intel Celeron D 330 Processor 2.66GHz
XFX GeForce FX5200 256mb 256-bit
768mb PC2700 DDR RAM
SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS
Intel 845G chipset
Intel Motherboard Model D845GVSR
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(BTW: 5200's are 128bit or 64bit, there is no such thing as a 256bit 5200) |
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May 15, 2005, 11:31 PM
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Yeah, I'm planning to get a new card in the future. Unfortunately, I'll need to get an entire new motherboard to be able to use the 6600GT (AGP) I plan on buying. It's near $200, so it may be a while.  |
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May 15, 2005, 11:33 PM
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But hey, if anyone has an old AGP card lying around (a good one, preferrably) and is willing to sell it cheaper than usual, lemme know.
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May 16, 2005, 12:33 AM
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Banned
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Well ive got a NVIDIA TNT ULTRA 16MB SGRAM !!! RUNS VICE CITY 19fps AT 640x480x16 !!!! HAAHAHAHEHEHEHEHE
lol just joking
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