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Old July 11th 03, 01:08 PM
Bratboy
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As much as I've always sworn to never go ATI I wish I could afford one at
this point as Im so mad. Unfortunatly tho when you live on a measly $550 a
month disability like I do its hard to get 2 pennies to rub together let
alone the cost of a card hehe. My GF3 was my last purchase before I lost all
my income so was despratly trying to make do but the 5200 just WONT do hehe.
Think I saw it at one point doing a whooping 3-4 fps in some of the old
3dmark01 High qual tests and it sure didnt handle Nature test even 1/2 as
well as my old gf3 (for a real laugh try the scene with the fish, ran like a
dog on the fx5200. Sigh..... sux to be poor and too old for presents hehe.
Still no matter which way you slice it the fx5200 is a sorry example of
Nvidias capabilities and Gainward, as well as any other company makeing em,
should be ashamed of even producing a 128 meg/64 bit card to begin with.
From what I could find on Nvidia's site everything I did find said for spec
128 meg should use 128 bit not cut its legs off and use 64bit. Wonder if ATI
would trade for the fx5200 if I promised to write a Glowing "I've Converted"
email for it wink
Just Jess

"John" wrote in message
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Yeah, I know the feeling. I was forced to replace my
gainward golden sample gf3 that ran at 230/570, with a
fx5200,128 mb...believe me, it doesnt matter much if its a
128 or a 64 bit version, both of them suck!
Even when I overclocked the thing to 300 core and 600 mem, it was a lot
slower that my gf3 not overclocked....about 3/4 in preformance.
What the point of getting all the dx9 stuff, if the game runs
at 3 fps??? Anyway, I got a 9700 pro yesterday,and I am happy as hell!

John
"Chimera" wrote in message
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Bratboy wrote:
Buyer beware, apparently the only fx5200 by gainward that uses the 128

bit
mem path is the Golden Sample versions all others in the 5200's are

using
a
crappy 64 bit pathway which absolutly kills the card as far as ANY
performance at all. A company sent me a Gainward fx5200 (lite version)

to
replace a failing gf3 and it royally sux. Apparently Lite means lite

on
performance. No where on the box do they even dare mention that it

only
uses
a 64 bit bus. You have to go look at their site to learn that. Anyway

an
some tests using both cards:

3DMark01 SE
1280x1024, 32 bit, 2xAA and 2xAF

Old GF3 - 2698, 2695, 2699
FX5200 - 1058, 1050, 1055

All in all so **** poor a performer I wouldnt even wish it on my worst
enemy. Really glad the company sent it to me free as if I'd paid even

$50
for it I'd be way more ****ed. As is I wrote to Gainward and am

hopeing
they
have some sort of step up p[rogram to deal with this but know better

than
to
hold my breath that they will do anything.

Just Jess


Man, Id be on the phone giving them a serious WTF! They are either

stingy
or stupid, and there is no way that an entry level GFFX 5200 is an
equivalent to a GF3.