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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Soul Reaver on February 20, 2004, 11:57:01 AM

Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 20, 2004, 11:57:01 AM: God dammit

I used to have a very crappy Geforce 4 MX 420 and just recently upgraded to an FX 5200 but I have a problem. Halo looks much better now but the framerate is very annoying, when I snipe, the whole screen becomes blurry and now there is fog.

Any help?

BTW, I have the newest drivers. (53.03)
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: theomen on February 20, 2004, 12:43:42 PM: have you tried messing with the AA and AS settings?
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 20, 2004, 12:45:53 PM: Yes, it\'s still being ghey.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 20, 2004, 08:10:21 PM: you\'ve gone from one shit heap.. to another.. Sorry to say dood, but the fx5200 is probably on the same level as your ti4200 card. My Ti4400 card out performs my brothers FX5600 card... Shame really.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: -____- on February 20, 2004, 09:01:16 PM: Yeah, you basically went for the worst of DX8.0 to the worst of 9.0...sorry man...bad purchase.

Should have asked before you bought ;) return it if you can, and get a ti4200 :p

If you wanna stick with DX9, youre gonna have to spend more cash.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 21, 2004, 11:50:02 AM: I\'d return it but it was given to me by a friend who just bought a 5900. I\'ll just save up for a Radeon 9800...
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: -____- on February 21, 2004, 11:58:29 AM: I didn\'t realize it was free.

Yeah, 9800pros can be found under $200 now, sounds like a good plan.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Halberto on February 21, 2004, 12:07:18 PM: I have a MX420 also, for $150 what should I get?
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 21, 2004, 12:09:53 PM: Save up for a better card.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Lord Nicon on February 21, 2004, 05:50:24 PM: It seems as if nobody knows too much about vid cards, including me i guess. It would be nice to have a thread to see who could build the best pc for $1000 or less (ie hardware/software list and prices), but i dont know who would actually do it.

Of course this is just an evil plan to sit back and have people do my shopping for me. Bwahahahaha!!!
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 21, 2004, 10:19:25 PM: i could do it no problem.. but i won\'t.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Lord Nicon on February 22, 2004, 10:22:15 AM: Damn you:p
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Blade on February 22, 2004, 10:42:22 AM: There\'s budget, and then there\'s super-budget. (or "I don\'t care about performance.. just run my games")

Budget would be a Radeon 9600 or GFFX5700. If you couldn\'t spend more than $200 and you needed a solid card, either of these would do. Things like FX5600 and under and Radeon 9200 and under are old technology.

They market them as part of the same series, but they\'re in a different class altogether.

I\'m not sure who started it.. I think it was nVidia when they put out GF4MX\'s which were closer in performance to a GF2-GTS than a normal GF4..
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: THX on February 22, 2004, 10:52:56 AM: GF2 GTS > GF4 MX. It\'s a seriously stripped card that\'s meant for the average Dell user.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Blade on February 22, 2004, 11:37:44 AM: See? THX knows it. :)
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 23, 2004, 05:22:28 AM: I\'m saving up for a 9800 Pro. The FX 5200 I have can barely pass 20 FPS in Halo (on all settings) but when I see it running the game at high settings, the game looks very very good. The card still sucks though.

Anyway, I\'m back to using my MX 420, but at least it can handle Halo at 40-45 FPS on high textures, particles, and 1024 x 768.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 23, 2004, 05:57:00 AM: good choice.. :)
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Lord Nicon on February 23, 2004, 04:45:18 PM: For some odd reason no game ever seems to like me. I think computers just hate me. w/e
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: GigaShadow on February 24, 2004, 06:11:26 AM: All this for $960 - Great graphics card, great processor and 1GB of memory... All you need is a monitor and speakers which you probably already have.

Dell Dimension 8300 Series:    Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 3GHz w/800MHz FSB
Operating System:    Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Memory:    1GB Dual Channel 400MHz DDR SDRAM
Video Card:    New 128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Pro Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI
Hard Drive:    80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive
CD or DVD Drive:    Single Drive: 48X CD-ROM Drive
Network Interface:    Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
Keyboard:    Dell ® Quietkey ® Keyboard
Mouse:    Dell® 2-button scroll mouse
Sound Card:    Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio
Speakers:    No SPEAKERS
Monitors:    NO MONITOR
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices:    NO FLOPPY DRIVE
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options:    1Yr Basic Plan
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Lord Nicon on February 24, 2004, 02:03:02 PM: wow. not bad at all. A few extras here and there and you would have a pretty mean machine.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on February 24, 2004, 09:09:10 PM: and a good soundcard, burner and floppy drive.

I\'d want to know the specs of teh stuff in it.. Mb maker, mem maker etc..
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Soul Reaver on February 29, 2004, 06:34:53 PM: I won\'t be able to get my 9800 pro til next month. :crap:

The FX 5200 is garbage when it comes to Halo but runs other games smoothly. I\'m now constantly switching my cards.
MX 420 for Halo, FX 5200 for everything else... Thank God it only takes 4-5 minutes to switch cards.
Title: Asus Magic Geforce FX 5200
Post by: Paul2 on March 01, 2004, 04:13:46 AM: ^^^ 4 to 5 minutes to switch cards. And don\'t tell you will be switching back and forth depending on the games you are playing. That\'s amazing.