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well i just bought a geforce fx 5200 and i'm woundering are they any good, i mean for playing unreal 2 on high resolutions?
i was just wanting to know before i install it?

thanx for helping a n00b
 
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Yeah, it should be good provided the rest of your system is upto spec. If you have 512MB RAM and atleast a 2 Ghz P4 or better CPU, I think you should be fine.
 
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my specs are:
pentium 4 at 1.8GHz
256MB PC800 RDRAM
80GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA hard drive
and of corse a geforce fx 5200 128 DDR RAM

with these spec what resolution would be best, fps wise.
 
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the 5200 is meant to replace the GF4 mx line of video cards by actually offering shaders. They don't quite stand up to the GF4 ti4200.
 
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ur gonna want to stay away from high resolutions with the 5200, my m8s got a 2500 athlon, 512 ddr 400 [corsair], asus nforce 2 mobo, and 5200 ultra, and has to play ut2003 at 1024x768, with everything set to lower, just to manage 30-50 fps.
 
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Unfortunaltly I have a FX5200 also, and I despise it... I've got a P4 2.4b 1GB DDR (PC2700) intel D865PERL mobo, along with numerous other things... The card is the biggest bag of crap I've ever used, and I really wish my GeForce4 Ti4600 wasn't burnt out...
 
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The Geforce FX 5200 Sucks, get rid of it, quick. Trust me, I have horrabile experences with it.

It crashed a lot, I.E.: I could do something for 3 minutes, it would crash. I had horrible frame rates, My old Radeon 7500 is FAR better then the pice of **** that i had. If you want to get the most bang for your buck get a Radeon 9600 like i have now. I have a reletivly old computer (Specs: 1GHz athlon t-bird, 512 MB ram, 40 gb hdd, ect...) and i can play UT2K3 with HIGHEST DETAIL at 1024x768x32 with absoute lowest frame rate on any map of only 15 FPS, but the avrage is 40 and the high is 80FPS when looking at the floor
 
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its alot better to get Geforce 4 TI4200 or TI4800SE.

I just got a TI4600 8x last night, for $160/with tax/ship. ...not bad, and my system pretty good.

Right now, I can run UT2003 very well, cant wait for the new card, its gona run it much faster. :)
 
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I'm not particularly impressed by nVidia's FX line, but if that's what you got, then that'll do. In the end your Unreal 2 fps count doesn't depend entirely on your videocard (as said before). I'd pump up those 256MB of RAM and add another 256MB.
 
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I just upgraded from the gainward g4 ti4800 128 ultra to the gainward fx5900 256 ultra 1800 and the difference is unreal!

Here is my system:
Asus a7n8x Deluxe 400fsb
Athlon xp2500 barton
geil 512 pc3200 400mhz
gainward fx5900 256 ultra1800
WD 80gb 7200rpm 8mcache

I seem to run the game pretty well, no video lag now since the upgrade. The servers seem to have more lag issues then most peoples computers.
 
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Dont any of you people read graphics card reviews n the like?

The fx 5200 is a terrible card. and I dont know why anyone would purchase a ti 4xxx card when its a directx8 card. I mean it can run stuff, but there are radeon 9600 pro's and xt's for real cheap around now that can run dx9 stuff and older stuff quite well.

Me personally I have a 9700pro and its great, I know all of the 9600 range arent as good but they are quite cheap and run modern games very well. I mean you can probably pick up a 9800 non pro quite cheap and that would do even better, or maybe as one of you has a 5900 if you look hard enough and order online.

Really though, an fx 5200, have you no shame? :)
 
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maybe because some ppl like games but dont have loads of cash for topline cards

any geforce2 on or radeon will run UT2kX, U2 and XMP but be prepared to drop detail and resolution if it chugs

online the servers are affecting gameplay a lot atm too, find a good server and XMP rocks, a bad server makes most aspects of the game unplayable and thoroughly unenjoyable
 
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maybe because some ppl like games but dont have loads of cash for topline cards

any geforce2 on or radeon will run UT2kX, U2 and XMP but be prepared to drop detail and resolution if it chugs

online the servers are affecting gameplay a lot atm too, find a good server and XMP rocks, a bad server makes most aspects of the game unplayable and thoroughly unenjoyable
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You dont need to spend a lot for decent cards though. I look up the fx 5200 on my usual site and see it is like £50 but I dont see why people cant just splash out a little and go for 9600 pro or xt, I mean they are around the £120 mark, which isnt a lot of money for a card of that quality in my opinion. But really I just feel why skimp, why not get a decent mid-range card and enjoy the games to thier fullest rather than having to drop settings to thier minimum and complain about fps problems later.
 
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The truth is that today's games are pushing the hardware barrier a little too much. The 9600 Pro card is probably the best value card at the moment and it's very powerful. It won't run 3dmark 2003 properly without dropping a lot of frames, though.
 
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I don't think it's games fault, it's ATI/nVidia jacking the price of every new generation of cards. The only reason they do that is because people pay for thm :mad:
 
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You dont need to spend a lot for decent cards though. I look up the fx 5200 on my usual site and see it is like £50 but I dont see why people cant just splash out a little and go for 9600 pro or xt, I mean they are around the £120 mark, which isnt a lot of money for a card of that quality in my opinion. But really I just feel why skimp, why not get a decent mid-range card and enjoy the games to thier fullest rather than having to drop settings to thier minimum and complain about fps problems later.
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The whole point is what u or I may see the difference in price as insignificant that doesnt mean everyone can afford to do that

You shouldnt knock something as crap just because its now entry level
What you say is right, u do get a lot more performance by spending more its just that if some kid saves up his pocket money for months then goes and gets the best card he can afford doesnt mean u should slag it as crap

not everyone could afford that 70% extra
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