Customer Reviews Of PNY VCGFX522APB GeForce FX 5200 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 8X Video Card

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PNY Technologies, Inc.
VCGFX522APB
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Customer Reviews for PNY VCGFX522APB GeForce FX 5200 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 8X Video Card - Retail
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N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: more than 1 year	6/5/2008 8:20:05 PM Eh... Pros: Well, if you have an agp system and not much money this is an "option". Cons: Where to begin. Runs HOT. And it gets worse over time... And sure it's dx9 but I haven't encountered a game YET that it can run in dx9. Runs CS:S in dx8 and COD2 in dx7. Bought the orange box and well... It ran Portal and TF2 but couldn't run ANY of the half life campaign games. Comes up as either dx8 library issue or dx9 device not present. So unless you play strictly 2d games, I wouldn't recommend this card. Other Thoughts: I didn't buy this from newegg, at the time I got this card I didn't even know what newegg was. I got it at a retail store for three times this price two years ago... I would recommend getting a Radeon X1650 PRO given it's in the same price range and won't give you the garbage that this card does. Which is why I have one on the way from newegg :-) 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	5/14/2008 9:50:40 AM Pros: Good card for the price. This card is not for high end gaming but good for the average user. Cons: freezes up once in a while. I thought it might be the pc until it happened on both pc's that have this same card in it Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Steady Eddie Tech Level: somewhat low Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	5/10/2008 9:45:11 AM Pros: Good price. PNY quality. Fast Newegg shipping. Worked first try in my old AGP slot. OS system recognized it right away. Low power requiremnts allowed me to run 2 video cards on an older low powered system for multiple monitors. I'm running 4 monitors now for real time charting/graphing. Cons: Gets pretty warm with multiple monitors running. Other Thoughts: Trying to make an older socket 478 system run just a little while longer, until I can get up to speed on computer hardware and software issues. Then I'll buy or build a system for my future computing needs/wants. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Chris Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	4/2/2008 1:40:59 AM Good card for price Pros: The price is good if you want to update an older computer with an AGP slot. Graphics are decent and it was easy to install. I play guildwars and it works great. Cons: The drivers that came with it were very outdated and caused my system to crash especially when i was gaming. Also the card overheats very easily due to the practically non existent heat sink ( if thats what they call it) I updated the drivers on the PNY website and I have not had a problem yet. Other Thoughts: when you update the drivers make sure you uninstall previous drivers because they will conflict with one another. I know that sounds obvious but it is an easy mistake to make. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
apu media Tech Level: high Ownership: more than 1 year	4/1/2008 12:43:14 AM PNY Slow graphics Pros: this is a good card but Cons: after uses of gaming it will slow down Other Thoughts: We tested this one card on a system runing a intel pen 4 dule core 2.6 we found this card to be slow in the fps test this card ran slow on a older game, the other card we used was a radeon 256 same type of speed and older then this card it was faster then the gforce 5200 fx and the drivers are not able to be gotten by g-force them selfs took us 2 months to find the drivers. in all the the g force card was less then 2 years old, the radeon was over 4 years old we did match the manifacture dates to be in the same areas. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Scott H. Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	2/2/2008 12:34:14 PM love it Pros: 256M DDR RAM. Way better graphics then my previous card which only had 64M RAM. Multi monitor ready. Cons: none Other Thoughts: It was very easy to install. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: less than 1 day This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/2/2008 6:29:58 AM Not great so far Pros: I'll let you know when I find one. Cons: I was supposed to get free memory heatsinks with the card and did not receive them. Also, 3 day select...ISN'T! Other Thoughts: I ordered this 12/25 and it shipped on the 26, 3 day select. I received it on 01/02. Skipping the weekend and holiday, I still should have received it on 12/31. 0 out of 8 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
proclaimation Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/23/2007 8:24:08 PM Excellent Card Pros: The card works very good for windows. haven't tried linux but see no problems there. You can clone, span, or dual-view your monitors but you might find the software you're using won't let you do it. Cons: none. just make sure you have a high watt power supply (350W and up). Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/18/2007 5:37:37 AM No Problems Pros: No problem with hardware installation. Does what I need it to do. Cons: CD drivers are a joke. Installation stated that setup didn't support OS and gave a link to the web site. C'mon it's plain vanilla XP Pro! Web site was cumbersome to navigate. Eventually found drivers from their site. Other Thoughts: The hardware worked flawlessly. PNY driver was a joke. This situation called for dual VGA monitors in a business environment. Don't know if it would do the trick with low end gaming. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
andie_cee Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	6/29/2007 11:10:38 AM easy fix Pros: easy driver installation. boot up lead me to discover another problem in my computer (bad stick of ram). the nvidia desktop manager thing is pretty cool. all in all a cheap fix. runs well on WoW, Counter strike, halo. Havent tried doom3, halflife2, etc. Cons: None so far. Will update if necessary. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Jon Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	5/28/2007 3:35:15 PM Works as advertised Pros: Works as advertised, easy to install, runs well on both Windows and Linux, good price Cons: Not the best card on the market Other Thoughts: If you are looking for a nicely-priced video card that will let you run just about anything, this is it. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Jack Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	5/6/2007 7:00:15 AM good card Pros: I bought this card for my linux mepis box. I'm am now running dual 17" trinitron sceens. This card It also makes it possible. It is much better that the on board video card. I can run some of the beryl eye candy. The flameing screen looks kewl. Cons: I can't do all the eye candy Berl has to offer. Other Thoughts: I'm sure more expensive cards would do more. This card is wortyh the price> 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
jacoby0419 Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	4/12/2007 8:50:55 PM Great card even better price Pros: Great card, I used this to replace an old 64 m radeon dual monitor card. This new card runs to 19" widescreen LCD's beautifully. Also PNY had a Vista driver available for download on their website, installed grreat. Cons: None Other Thoughts: If you have an older AGP system that you are wanting to get a little more life out of before its time to upgrade, but you need to run dual monitors i would definitely recommend this card, especially at the price Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Shamus Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	3/9/2007 6:38:30 PM Drivers.... Pros: Nice Entry level card, gets the job done, Play's CS source on medium settings at around 50-60 fps Cons: Drivers are Horrible, They crash my machine :( Have to use standard Plug and play drivers, games say that drivers are out of date, but play just fine. Alot of heat builds up on this card, because of the lack of a fan. Other Thoughts: I didn't buy this card from newegg.com, i bought it at a retailer cough, stxxes Cough cough and payed xx, I am going to return and rebuy from newegg Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	2/17/2007 3:44:03 PM Good card, after some tweaking... Pros: 256mb... easy instalation Cons: 128 bit Other Thoughts: This card, from the beginning was a dissapointment... until one day as i was bored i began looking through the bios... and lone behold, if you o/c the core to 333mhz, and set memory to 256mb it works great... 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Archstroke Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	2/4/2007 9:11:47 AM Good for the cost Pros: This card was an upgrade from a 64 MB onboard graphics card. It works great with all my games. Plays WoW and Halo CE fine on full graphics settings. It's very easy to set up dual monitors with this card, and it never gets hot. Cons: None so far. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/14/2007 11:47:36 AM Pros: Good price for the chipset of the card and memory Cons: Same as many others. I took out an old Ti300 which ran better and faster than this card. The new one lags and freezes in games all the time. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Pinecone! Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	1/7/2007 1:23:33 PM i expected more Pros: this card is 256Mb AGP 4x/8x, i like that. i can play MoHPA on max settings up to 1024 res. with hardware shader 2.0 off, and that gives the game a realistic look. this card cant handle it. it plays source games with no lag but at 30Fps on max settings at 1024. Plays Halo on max settings but on 640res and still has a bit of a lag and its a 32mb game, 128 reccomended :? Cons: its only 128-bit so, it wont play as great as you think. even though its 256Mb, it plays low reccomendation games like if it was only a 64mb card. i definantly wont get it again. Other Thoughts: its better than my other card, FX5500 PCI 128mb. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
TD ThunderKis65 Tech Level: somewhat low Ownership: 1 day to 1 week	12/30/2006 8:25:58 PM Just got it for Christmas and PROBLEMS already Pros: Its says it is a 256. Hmm.. doesn't play WoW like it. Plus i didn't waste money on it, go it for free.It looks pretty kool. Plus its NVIDIA there company is GREAT!! Cons: The CD that came with it. The drivers were all messed up. All my games lagged baddly. Then they would freeze for a few seconds all the time. The one that i got is not good at all!! Other Thoughts: I have a ATI Raedon 9200 LE 128 mb card. This card ran so much better than the PNY 256. Like lots of people said do not use PNY so HORRIBLE!!! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
conanthebarb Tech Level: high Ownership: less than 1 day This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/30/2006 7:57:49 PM Do Not Buy Pros: Easy to install -- as any AGP card. Cons: Flickers when loading Windows -- 5x dueing each Windows load Flickers when selecting vid card or Nvidia settings. PNY tech support said it was a known issue with Nvidia. Only known with PNY cards. Other Thoughts: NEWegg rocks -- as always -- returned the card after 2 days -- as it took 1 day to get in touch with PNY tech support. Will never buy a PNY card again. Spend a few extra bucks and get another vid card -- stay away from PNY!!! 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Cesium Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/24/2006 8:14:30 AM Works as advertised Pros: Easy to install. Runs well. Great price (at least when I bought it). Cons: None. Other Thoughts: I bought this just so I can do basic XNA programming (and play somewhat recent games) and it works great! I would recommend this for any casual programmer/gamer. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Frob Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	7/26/2006 9:16:42 AM Dual Monitor Project Pros: I was givien the project of adding dual monitors for our Customer Support team so I researched the video card options and spoke to a local IT company and this card was the one I choose. This is a low-tech project therefore no 80 fps was needed in Oblivion. My needs was 8X AGP and 2 VGA connections. The desktop resolution ranges from 800x600 to 1024x768. These card are perfect and the software made "spanning" the desktop painless. I am very pleased with this card for this project. There are 8 computers running with this card and no problems. Cons: There are no screws to install the card in the included accessories. Again, this project was for adding dual monitors to computers so I could have done without the S-Video cable in place of screws. Other Thoughts: 4\8X AGP, 256MB DDR Ram, 250MHz Core speed, Dual monitor support and resolution up to 2048x1536, S-Video cable included for TV's. 15 out of 16 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!