Just got another fx5200, this one is 128 bits

[AMD_Man]

One question, what's the point? When do you play games if you're switiching obsolete cards in and out all the time?

[LordOPain]

i have to say: i cant believe that after the trashing you gave your other card that youd buy another, but oh well to each their own(level of sanity that is)..

the asus that i got some time ago was 80$ shipped(retail) and it came w/ a buttload of software.. some of which was a GUI for adjusting the clockcycles.
i havent used it yet, the card has no active cooling nor ramsinks..
id definitely invest some time and $ before i ever tried.

http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/v9520m/overview.htm

mine gets about 580+ marks in 2K3 and around 5800+ marks in 2k1 w/out any tweaking(250/330), which like you said compares to a Ti200 in overall speed for the test...

in some tests(other than 3dmark) it does as well as a ti4200 in others as slow as a ti200.. it has dx9 features(albeit mostly useless at that speed, but then so are most others at this time)..

some ask: why buy one? one would ask the same of anyone who bought an MX card or a 7500.. but they did and still do..
its cheap$ and itll run any game on the shelf with little effort..

[Voodoo 5 5500]

Does he not realize if he never bought all these **** cards he could have just pooled all his money and bought somthing decent?

FYI I got 90fps innature with my albatron Ti4200

[Awwcrap]

Lordopain what is a gf3 ti4200? I thought that would be a geforce 4?
(talking about card in your sig)

[hwmicre]

Originally posted by Voodoo 5 5500
Does he not realize if he never bought all these **** cards he could have just pooled all his money and bought somthing decent?

FYI I got 90fps innature with my albatron Ti4200

Then he'd have to compare his benches with no qualifiers, straight up.

[Intimidator]

Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
its just a bit slower than a ti200 and trust me, for the special price I got that fx5200, I am happy. I also want to see what dx9 looks like, even if its slow. I collect cards as well and want the best score for each. now lets get serious, does anyone here ever got an fx5200 to overclock, was it locked or not and does anyone know where to get a bios flash to unlock my card? thank you so much

TBird your my hero i want to be just like you

[LordOPain]

Originally posted by Awwcrap
Lordopain what is a gf3 ti4200? I thought that would be a geforce 4?
(talking about card in your sig)

lol.. uhh thats a special prototype card that was sent out to myself and NASA... it uh... is an NV500 GPU that offloads the cpu 100%..

heh, heh.. whoops... actually its a remnant of the card that was written there before..(now just under it in the sig).. i usually dont post a sig unless it pertains to the topic in some way, so i dont usually see it unless ive changed hardware and go edit it....

thx, ill fix it

[al bundy]

Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
remember the thread about the old 64mb, 64 bit fx5200 I had which the mx440 eats it? This time mines 128mb and 128 bits and its nearly as fast as a stock ti200 which arent bad at all! one problem however, it is still clock locked! man I hate it when they decide to lock it, so any idea what to do? ... do I need to flash the bios or what?

So did you ever get your card unlocked, and if so, how did it perform?

[LordOPain]

Originally posted by al bundy
So did you ever get your card unlocked, and if so, how did it perform?

yea.. did it truly spank the one from the first time(64bit)? or did you find dissappointment again..(keep that purchase price in mind when you respond)