Geforce FX 5200 performance

Syphanx · 10-13-2003, 07:55 AM

Hey guys,
Today i bought a Geforce FX 5200, i installed the drivers etc etc right but it isnt improving my performance on games by much (it is a bit better quality though), btw i used to have a Radeon 7000!
Tomorrow i am getting an AMD Athlon Xp 2500+ with a Gigabyte 7s748 motherboard, will this make the performance on the gfx card better because the processor is faster?
And is the FX 5200's power limited because the cpu is so slow? (700MHz)

Thanks,

Coroner · 10-13-2003, 09:41 AM

Take back the GeForce. Nvidia is falling short and does not seem to be even trying to compete with ATI.
Get a new ATI 9600XT or 9800XT.
New models just came out and have very nice features.
The 9600 is not outrageously priced.

Syphanx · 10-13-2003, 10:10 PM

Yes but you havent exactly answered my question,
"What are the clock speeds etc on the Geforce FX 5200?" Because i cant seem to find them :S

Martin · 10-13-2003, 11:19 PM

Core: 250 MHz
Memory: 400 MHz
Texture Pipelines: 4
Texture mapping units per pipeline: 1
Memory Bandwidth Capacity: 6.4 GB/sec.

All info can be found here (Shameless self promotion)

In reality, the performance falls in between the GeForce4 MX 460 and the ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, which doesn't make it much faster than previous-generation cards, nor is it even up to the performance of the older GeForce4 Ti 4200 and ATI Radeon 9000-based cards.

10-13-2003, 07:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Syphanx Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 501	Geforce FX 5200 performance Hey guys, Today i bought a Geforce FX 5200, i installed the drivers etc etc right but it isnt improving my performance on games by much (it is a bit better quality though), btw i used to have a Radeon 7000! Tomorrow i am getting an AMD Athlon Xp 2500+ with a Gigabyte 7s748 motherboard, will this make the performance on the gfx card better because the processor is faster? And is the FX 5200's power limited because the cpu is so slow? (700MHz) Thanks, __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Cooled with Thermaltake Mini-Typhoon \|\| Intel Quad Core Q6600 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2gb Kingston 667 DDR2 RAM \|\| 4gb Kingston 667Mhz DDR2 RAM Gigabyte 512mb 8800GTS (683/2150) 250gb Seagate HDD (ATA133) 7200rpm/16mb cache \|\| 750gb SATA2 Seagate HDD ASUS MW221U 22" Widescreen 2ms. Logitech Z-5500D 5.1 Speakers Creative X-fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty edition 3DMark06 Score = 8524 (1280x1024)

10-13-2003, 10:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Syphanx Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 501	Yes but you havent exactly answered my question, "What are the clock speeds etc on the Geforce FX 5200?" Because i cant seem to find them :S __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Cooled with Thermaltake Mini-Typhoon \|\| Intel Quad Core Q6600 Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2gb Kingston 667 DDR2 RAM \|\| 4gb Kingston 667Mhz DDR2 RAM Gigabyte 512mb 8800GTS (683/2150) 250gb Seagate HDD (ATA133) 7200rpm/16mb cache \|\| 750gb SATA2 Seagate HDD ASUS MW221U 22" Widescreen 2ms. Logitech Z-5500D 5.1 Speakers Creative X-fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty edition 3DMark06 Score = 8524 (1280x1024)

10-13-2003, 11:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Martin Monster Techie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,423	Core: 250 MHz Memory: 400 MHz Texture Pipelines: 4 Texture mapping units per pipeline: 1 Memory Bandwidth Capacity: 6.4 GB/sec. All info can be found here (Shameless self promotion) In reality, the performance falls in between the GeForce4 MX 460 and the ATI Radeon 9000 Pro, which doesn't make it much faster than previous-generation cards, nor is it even up to the performance of the older GeForce4 Ti 4200 and ATI Radeon 9000-based cards. __________________ Martin's Page of Stuff I judge you when you use poor grammar.

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10-13-2003, 09:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
Coroner Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 17	Take back the GeForce. Nvidia is falling short and does not seem to be even trying to compete with ATI. Get a new ATI 9600XT or 9800XT. New models just came out and have very nice features. The 9600 is not outrageously priced.