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Great
- Pros: Works great! wish i had a pci-e slot but nice card if u dont have one.
- Cons: none
Good investment
- Pros: Shipping with Newegg is always fast for us. We have some older computers in our office that needed upgraded video cards for a dual-monitor set-up. A previous review stated could not run dual-monitor, that is not true. I have this card in two computers, each with dual monitors and one computer with three monitors. You just have to know how to configure them.
- Cons: Not really a con, but I forgot to print out the rebate form when I originally ordered and the forms are no longer available.
- Other Thoughts: We use this for strictly a business setting, but run up to 10 programs simultaneously and have had no lag or other issues.
FX 5200 isn't as bad as some say
- Pros: Very cheap card. If you're looking to get a boost in performance in some older games and you only have a motherboard with PCI expansion slots, look into this card. Combine with the right set of drivers, you can make this card fly on certain games. I couldn't get it to run HL2, GMod and other source engine games. Doesn't seem to be able to handle it. But so far this card is excellent for games like Battlefield 1942, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, and many other games from that time period!
Framerates.
bf1942 = 50 - 60 Average. 1280x960
Desert Combat Final = 30 - 60. 1280x960
GTA Vice city = 30 - 60. 1280x1024 Depending on how your system handles Vsync/Frame Limiter. Had Draw distance at max and this game still ran beautifully.
Here's what really impressed me...
Far Cry = 30 - 50. 1024x748. Windowed mode
If you experiment with drivers, you can get some great performance out of the card. I'm going to start playing WoW again, and I'm looking forward to some decent performan
- Cons: PCI. Seems to hate the Source Engine. Typical old video card, but again, not everyone is rich and can afford a $1000 PC. :)
- Other Thoughts: My main Specs used for the games mentioned above.
Pentium 4 3.06GHz HT.
NVidia GeForce FX 5200. (Forceware Drivers 56.64)
2936MB of RAM. It's really 3072, as my BIOS states, but my system may be stealing a small amount of it, no big deal. Even if it was 3072MB, I would not see any difference.
I'm not done seeing what this card will do, when I come across more old but interesting games, I'll try them out! Might see how Counter-Strike handles with this card.
Shipping - I ran out of area in the Pros, so I'll put it here.
The parts we ordered around Monday, afternoon, and arrived on Wednesday shortly after noon, very speedy processing and delivery. :)
| Model |
| Brand |
CHAINTECH |
| Model |
P-FX20 |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
NVIDIA |
| GPU |
GeForce FX 5200 |
| PixelPipelines |
4 |
| Memory |
| Memory Size |
256MB |
| Memory Interface |
128-bit |
| Memory Type |
DDR |
| 3D API |
| DirectX |
DirectX 9 |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL |
| Ports |
| D-SUB |
1 x D-SUB |
| DVI |
1 x DVI |
| TV-Out |
S-Video Out |
| General |
| RAMDAC |
350 MHz |
| Max Resolution |
2048 x 1536 |
| RoHS Compliant |
Yes |
| Cooler |
With Fan |
| Operating Systems Supported |
Windows 2000/XP |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
P-FX20
Driver Disk
User Manual |
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Reviewed By: jamsval on 12/23/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
