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stone_axe · 06-18-2004, 08:27 AM

I have a Dell P4 2.6ghz with 1 gig of DDR400 RAM and that FX 5200 card.

That setup runs all of my old games like Battlefield (1942 and Vietnam) just fine at high settings.

It has been running Painkiller just fine at fairly high settings until just now - when I encountered the 'snowy bridge' level. Rendering the weather effects with such vast horizons and soo many bad guys caused it to slog really hard. I thought something was wrong but as soon as I went to the next level that had mere arena sized map the game resumed its normal reasonable frame rate.

Need For Speed Underground did require me to run at medium detail levels to keep the frame rate up at 1024x768.

With that in mind, I would hardly call the FX 5200 rubbish. In fact, it marginally outperforms my previous nVidia GeForce 4 ti whatever - especially on DirectX 9 titles (which the 5200 runs in DirectX 9 mode).

The main reason I would be reluctant to shell out an additional $200 for a ATI 9800 is that it is only a few months from becoming old news and being deeply discounted as the X800 cards are widely available.

The FX5200 has been a perfectly acceptable interim solution until Half-Life 2 comes out. By then I will likely leapfrog the older 9600/9800 cards and go straight to the newer generation cards.

David

06-18-2004, 08:27 AM	#20 (permalink)
stone_axe is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 40 Hellbux: 1,205	I have a Dell P4 2.6ghz with 1 gig of DDR400 RAM and that FX 5200 card. That setup runs all of my old games like Battlefield (1942 and Vietnam) just fine at high settings. It has been running Painkiller just fine at fairly high settings until just now - when I encountered the 'snowy bridge' level. Rendering the weather effects with such vast horizons and soo many bad guys caused it to slog really hard. I thought something was wrong but as soon as I went to the next level that had mere arena sized map the game resumed its normal reasonable frame rate. Need For Speed Underground did require me to run at medium detail levels to keep the frame rate up at 1024x768. With that in mind, I would hardly call the FX 5200 rubbish. In fact, it marginally outperforms my previous nVidia GeForce 4 ti whatever - especially on DirectX 9 titles (which the 5200 runs in DirectX 9 mode). The main reason I would be reluctant to shell out an additional $200 for a ATI 9800 is that it is only a few months from becoming old news and being deeply discounted as the X800 cards are widely available. The FX5200 has been a perfectly acceptable interim solution until Half-Life 2 comes out. By then I will likely leapfrog the older 9600/9800 cards and go straight to the newer generation cards. David