XFX Geforce FX5200

[sagsall4u]

Originally Posted by thegame_rulez

by the time he waits and gets the geforce 6600gt it wud come to the level where geforce 5200 is now..
thats what happens always..

Not if he does save up fast
LOL

[lavan_joy]

hmm.
I read all the posts above.

I am using XFX FX 5200 card.Thats enough for a budget buyer like me and it gives better performance.

[sagsall4u]

Originally Posted by lavan_joy

hmm.
I read all the posts above.

I am using XFX FX 5200 card.Thats enough for a budget buyer like me and it gives better performance.

what do you ue the car for is it any good to play games like GTA counterstrike hl2 (no doom) etc
reply fast coz i'm plannig to buy one

[teknoPhobia]

if u use winme/98 then yes

[premrajeev]

yes u can use FX5200 for all the above games + doom 3 at low resolutions. (640x480 / 800x600). It's an OK card for any budjet buyer.and it's available for around 2.5K

[rollcage]

@lavan_joy
Ya, .... FX5200 is a very good card for budget buyer & Casual Gamer, & certainly its not for a Fulltime Gamer.

@sagsall4u
I have finished the NFS-Underground on it, at 800x600 with full effects n textures.

You can play almost all the games on medium settings.

[premrajeev]

the game quality also depends on the mobo- ram - processor u use.

if u use more ram nd a faster processor, u will be able to get better results using fx 5200 ( and all other cards, needless to say).

[premrajeev]

for that matter,

I have played nfsug 1 on my earlier pII 450 Mhz m/c, with 128mb/ and with Geforec 2 MX card w/64 mb ram...

I havecompleted the game somehow.....

still, sometimes using that m/c to play older games..But not an exciting feeling after playing the same on my athlon box with fx 5200 ..

[goobimama]

In my opinion, it depends on what games you want to play. If you don't mind pretending that Hitman is the latest game, then go ahead with the FX5200, but deep down in your heart want to play Doom3 and Half-Life2, then don't buy this card cause its not worth wasting the time of the guys who created Doom3 and the likes of it. Doom3 is a beautiful game meant to be played at least at 1024*768 rez with all effects turned on. If you try to play it on a 5200, the effect is lost.

But, like me, If you don't mind playing an older game (older game doesn't mean bad game, there are so many lovely games released just a year or two back), then the 5200 is your best bet.

Also, the money.

[premrajeev]

AGAIN,

I HAVE COMPLETED BOTH DOOM 3 AND HL2 WITH FX 5200.

AND I USED TOPLAY ALL THE GAMES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET.

[chirayu garg]

XFX FX 5200 128 MB is good to me . I play NFSU2
and DOOM3 at 800*600 and it works great for a part time gamer like me.

[rollcage]

@chirayu garg
Very correct dude... me too play at these rate...no probs

and as i wrote:

FX5200 is a very good card for budget buyer & Casual Gamer

[chirayu garg]

But rollcage the hsf of the card is covering my one PCI slot.

[rollcage]

Dear Its not possible.... it doesnt have a big HSF

Plz. clearly state your problem...

Also which motherboard you have?

[darklord]

Whatever it is ,it is a pathetic card.

Its good for value based usage but definately not for gamers.

Also when you use SM 2.0 on this card,you should see how this card crawls.
But hey isnt this card DX9 capable and isnt SM2.0,the main attraction of DX9 ?

I would recommend you to go for ATI Radeon 9550 based card.It will be slightly expensive but worth it.

Also another good one would be Geforce 6200 128MB one.
Nice card.
If you are hellbent on getting FX5200,so be it but mind you,stay away from XFX 5200 as its 64 bit.

Try getting BIG FX5200 256MB,very good card and it is 128bit.

[chirayu garg]

Originally Posted by rollcage

Dear Its not possible.... it doesnt have a big HSF

It is possible.I have it on a MSI-KM4M-L which is a Micro-ATX board.

[abhishek_sharma]

which is a better card geforce mx 4000 128 mb or geforce fx 5200 128 mb.
somebody was sayinf geforce 4000 supports only dx 7 while my gf 4000 card supports dx 9. iamin a fix. plz help!!!

[rollcage]

Originally Posted by chirayu garg

It is possible.I have it on a MSI-KM4M-L which is a Micro-ATX board.

ok .. thats the prob with Micro Atx man..

so, wats u r plannin to do !!

[premrajeev]

covering the pci slot is highly possible.I have a Full atx mobo DFI make, and the XFX 5200 HSF is just above the 1st pci slot.. (I've installed a custom fan, that's why).But with the stock fan also, there is hardly any space left if u install a pci card in the 1st slot, which will make the card difficult to breathe.

[chirayu garg]

Will removing the HSF decerease the performance of Graphics card.

[pimpom]

Originally Posted by chirayu garg

Will removing the HSF decerease the performance of Graphics card.

Technically, it won't affect the performance directly, for a short while at least. But the life and reliability will certainly be affected. The GPU chip will tend to overheat, crash and eventually die an early death.

If the heatsink is of reasonable size, removing only the fan will keep it alive longer than removing both fan and heatsink, as the heatsink alone provides some amount of cooling. But even this is not a good idea.

Cards that come with a fan probably have smaller heatsinks than models that do not have fans. Therefore, the heatsink alone will not provide enough cooling power.

[rollcage]

Originally Posted by pimpom

is not a good idea.

Cards that come with a fan probably have smaller heatsinks than models that do not have fans. Therefore, the heatsink alone will not provide enough cooling power.

I completely agree..

Change it rather than destroyin it...give it to ur neighbour instead man.
u should never touch orginal hsf.

[premrajeev]

u have to keep the heatsink- fan combo on the GPU otherwise it will blow away in not more than 10 minutes if u r gonna play games with it..with the hSf the temp levels should be around 65degrees nd up, so assume it without an HSF.


Dont waste ur money...

There are slimmer GPU coolers available from major vendors, but then that's gonna cost u more than ur FX5200 !!!!!

by the way if anybody is intrested in buying fx 5200 or is not intrested.....
he can look at my experience with a gigabyte fx5200(including stock hsf).
now a days very few provide hsf on fx5200.
1:- doom3 -lowest quality-640x468- timedemo1 framerate=28
2:-half life2-640x468-everything turned off-average framerate measured with fraps=41

i have completed these games with this card on my previous config which is-
amd sempron 2400+
gigabyte ga-7n400e-l nforce 2 mobo
perx(local make) 333fsb ddr sdram 512 MB IN SINGLE channal
and gigabyte geforce fx 5200 (nvidia driver version 71.84)

i bought this card in jan this year for 5000 and i used to think that i m having the best card...coz any time i called rashi or some any dealer and asked them about graphic acc they used to tell me that fx 5200 is in stock only.and one day i bought one.
now a days the same card comes for about 3k.and i do played the punisher demo with this card with lowest settings resulting about 30 fps measured with fraps.
when i switched to 800x600 it just culdnt make it to above 24 fps in any of the game i played....so its a card only meant for low resolutions and low settings.....dont expect much out of this card.

today as u can see i m having a socket 939 setup and having two 6600gt.
my fx 5200 is in its original packing and having some rest untill someone calls me to show his intrest in it.
currently...i m playing doom3 again with brothers in arms and coldfear with 1024x768 and ultra quality with fps in three digits.
wow what a transformation.but one thing is for sure...i miss my old buddy a lot...coz that was the card who let me played my fav numbers maxpayne 2 ,doom 3 and half life2.
THIS CARD IS NOW INTEGERAL PART OF MY LIFE AND I WILL NEVER SELL IT COZ IT TOUGHT ME TO RESPECT.IT TOUGHT ME THAT EVERY RESOURCE SHOULD BE UTILIZED.IT TOUGHT ME TO RESPECT RESOURCES.
AB JAANE BHEE DO YAARON.......ITS A GOOD CARD...COZ IT IS DOING ITS JOB OF PROVIDING GOOD STUFF AT LOWER SETTINGS...I MEAN THATS WHAT NVIDIA DESIGNED THIS CHIP.

[premrajeev]

that was a good one man..I like it..

When i too will have the money, i also will upgrade to something like this..

But i will never sell this card..as this is the one who helps me in my long idle hours.....

I Love my FX 5200!!!!!!!!!!!

[King_Niral]

Originally Posted by akshayt

If we regard VFM as a product that gives :
good performance
high performance / unit money
future proof etc

then fx 5200 is not a vfm card.don't buy it period.

in india
highest vfm card may be overall x800xl for abt 19-20k

6600gt for abt 9-10.3k is also not bad in pcie

Im P****d With U F**k*n AR*e H*le U better use ur Brains Before Posting next Time !!!

U piece of SH*T !!!!

U S**K Akshayt !!!

[deathvirus_me]

FX5200 is not that bad ... well ok its not good also .. but having a card is better tha not having one .... atleast u can play all the recent games at low res. ... but the prices of the graphics cards have droped ... the best budget buys would be a FX5700LE ....just over 3k's