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July 4th 03, 04:54 PM
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Worth upgrading an GeForice 4 MX440 to FX 5200?
Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate
that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? Cheers. Bobby 
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July 4th 03, 06:23 PM
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The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400. But
other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have? Dave "Bobby" wrote in message ... Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? Cheers. Bobby
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July 4th 03, 07:36 PM
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Hi Dave, I have an Athlon 2000XP with 540Mb RAM and 60Gb (ATA 133) HD.
"Dave" wrote in message ... The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400. But other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have? Dave "Bobby" wrote in message ... Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? Cheers. Bobby
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July 4th 03, 07:38 PM
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Hi Dave, I have an Athlon 2000XP with 540Mb RAM and 60Gb (ATA 133) HD.
"Dave" wrote in message ... The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400. But other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have? Dave "Bobby" wrote in message ... Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? Cheers. Bobby
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July 4th 03, 08:37 PM
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I just made that upgrade... very well worth it ~if~ you play games (I play
UT)... also OpenGL screen savers, etc are much nicer and smoother.  Notthe best reason in the world to upgrade though... depends on you. "Bobby" wrote in message ... Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? Cheers. Bobby
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July 5th 03, 12:05 AM
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I play games Jared - have you noticed much improvement in UT?
"Jared Richardson" wrote in message . com... I just made that upgrade... very well worth it ~if~ you play games (I play UT)... also OpenGL screen savers, etc are much nicer and smoother. Notthe best reason in the world to upgrade though... depends on you. "Bobby" wrote in message ... Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? Cheers. Bobby
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July 5th 03, 11:24 AM
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"Bobby" wrote in message
... Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? I guess so, but most importantly you will get DX8 features making your games nicer (DX9 is hardly supported by any games yet but you get that also). /M
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July 5th 03, 07:50 PM
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2000+? Definately go for the upgrade. If you are a serious gamer then you
might want to spend a little more and get a GF4ti4200 or even a GFX5600 Ultra. Dave "Bobby" wrote in message ... Hi Dave, I have an Athlon 2000XP with 540Mb RAM and 60Gb (ATA 133) HD. "Dave" wrote in message ... The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400. But other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have? Dave "Bobby" wrote in message ... Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my graphics performance? Cheers. Bobby
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