eVGA GeForce FX5200 128 MB Graphic Card Reviews

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If you have an old system, then this is the best card you can get for the money. I have an old Dell Dimension 3000 and a new LG 42'' LCD TV. Odd combination, but with the EVGA GeForce 5200, this card is awesome! The card supports true HD and looks fantastic with the large monitor. from Compusa.com (I set everything to run for "performance" rather than "quality"). I just wouldn't recommend this for 3d applications at all. 128 MB of video memory is nothing in this day and age. Not worth buying, overall. from Newegg.com Pros: 128mb and it's dx9.0 ps2.0 capable. also it's a pci card which just might breathe some extra life into your system... from Newegg.com The e-GeForce FX 5200 128MB GPU was an upgrade made to an older Dell Dimonsion 4600 machine with minimum graphics capabilities since the original purchase. The increased graphics capabilities provided support for larger monitors at higher resolution and was certainly worth the meager price to upgrade. from Amazon.com Pros: Advanced picture quality for old machines that only have PCI slots and low volt PSU's. Fan noise is minimal and picture quality is good. I am running this card in my old Compaq S6100NX (Mirco-ATX Giovanni MB) with 1GB of Kenston Value RAM and the machine now runs video smoothly with minimal power consumption. Cons: Old technology, Using PCI slots for video is outdated and new MB's have PCI-E x16 slots for modern cards. from Newegg.com Cons: PCI and old. This just plain is NOT a modern (2008) video card. As of this writing, you can get cards 2 or 3 series ahead of this (FX 7xxx and 8xxx) and with more memory for 2/3rds the price (though they are generally not PCI cards, but AGP or even PCI Express). Other Thoughts: If you have AGP or PCI Express slots, buy something else for a primary video card. from Newegg.com The improvements are very noticeable. Cons: The graphics card fan has a slight hum to it, but will be real easy to get used to for the improvements! Other Thoughts: The FX 5200 had the connections I needed and is fan cooled. The FX 6200 only has a heat sink,(probably draws more power),so I believe the FX 5200 will be easier on my PSU. from Newegg.com Pros: I bought this as a test card for my computer business. I needed something with 128MB RAM that supports DirectX 9 for testing Vista machines using Aero. It also had to be PCI so I could use it in just about any machine. from Newegg.com It supports OpenGL for graphics drivers tweaking (my fav part) I guess a fan could go for pro or con, depending on your view, but considering most pci cards dont come with a fan, id say a pro, so you dont have to go out and buy one. I would say fairly nice card for people who only have pci slots. (Emachines T1116) Cons: Right off the back its only 128mb, barely enough for casual gaming. Plus its only 64 bit. from Newegg.com Pros: It gets the job done. Cons: Slightly disappointing performance after coming from a Geforce 6200 (AGP) and the price was only 10 dollars less. I used Rise of Nations (2001) to test the card. from Newegg.com

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Graphic Card, GeForce FX 5200 VPU, 250 MHz , AGP 8x Interface, 64-bit, 128 MB (DDR SDRAM)

Specs

Released	over 3 years ago
Installed Memory	128 MB
Graphic Processor	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Display Interface	VGA - 15 pin D-Sub x 1
Output Interface	S-Video TV Out
Card Interface	AGP 8x
Compatibility	PC
Fill Rate	.5 Billion texels/sec 0.5 Billion texels/sec
Form Factor	Plug-in card
GPU Clock Speed	250 MHz
Input Type	S-Video
Installed Memory / Techno	128 MB (DDR SDRAM)
Installed Memory / Technology	128 MB (DDR SDRAM)
Interface	AGP 8x
MPN	128a8n305a
Max. Screen Resolution	2048 x 1536
Memory Bandwidth	3.2 GB/sec
Memory Data Width	64-bit
Memory Tech	DDR SDRAM
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or later
Package Type	Retail
Refresh Rate at Max Res	2048 x 1536 @ 75 Hz 75 Hz @ 2048 x 1536
Special Features	MPEG Decoder Card
UPC	819829001354
Video Compression Standar	MPEG-1 MPEG-2
Video Compression Standards	MPEG-1 MPEG-2

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