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| 250108 | 2004-07-06 05:14:00 | from the 2 cards at the begining what is really wrong with them, will they play todays new games | help_me (1501) | ||
| 250109 | 2004-07-06 05:30:00 | will they play todays games? very badly. I personally don't consider a fx5200 a gaming card at all,More something thats a better option then onboard. And the 9600se is just a disgrace. |
metla (154) | ||
| 250110 | 2004-07-06 05:40:00 | > Do a forum search and you'll find that for every graphics card reckonmendation (3-4 a week, god damm it gets repeatitive) anyone on a budget is reckonmended a Radeon 9600XT or Geforce FX5700. :^O Indeed. Stupid questions pop up every week. :^O Just out of interest Pete, have you run 3dMark03 on that MSI card you have? If so what score do you get with default settings? I can get 5598 with my Ati Radeon 9800pro. That plays Far Cry marvellously at 40fps even with 4x AA on and mostly high/ultra high settings. |
kiki (762) | ||
| 250111 | 2004-07-06 05:48:00 | As metla says, if your going to by a low spec card save your money and get a ge4mx, the ge4 ti's out-perform an 5200. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 250112 | 2004-07-06 05:49:00 | I get 5950, but its also worth remember thats with out any overclocking or BIOS flashing my card wont preform any better than a standard 9800Pro. My system specs are: AMD Athlon 1800+ @ 2.2GHz 1024Mb Kingston Hyper X PC3500 @ 200Mhz CL2.0 2x120Gb Seagate Barracudas 7200rpm 8mb Cache RAID 0 I need some better cooling when i up the core to 412MHz i get some artifacting in the Nature benchmark. I've got a feeling that the HSF isnt making very good contact with the GPU. I'm pretty confident that when the cooling problem is fixed breaking 6000 should be easy peasy. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 250113 | 2004-07-06 07:47:00 | Yo Pete, have u tried flashing ur card yet?? It has a 360 core and hynix ram ... and I want to try and do it ...but would like some reasurance first : ) I have the same card, except I got mine for $425 incl GST. BTW: I ve already tried running the card at XTs clock 412//365, and it works with out a glitch. |
Kenshin (2501) | ||
| 250114 | 2004-07-07 00:03:00 | Nope havent tryed flashing it yet, gotta find a floppy drive (not really a big problem). Tryed running mine at XT speeds but i get artifacts, so i stuck a 92mm Sunnon fan underneath it and the artifacting reduced significantly. Ive got a feeling that the actually cooler isnt making very good contact with the core/memory. Im going to take the cooler off and re-apply thermal paste, otherwise im going to have to get a new cooler for it. Ive been hearing conflicting stories in regards to flashing the BIOS, Adrian Rojok Pot and Bit-Tech say you can use any brand of BIOS as long as the ram is the same brand, a couple of other forums that i havent heard off say you have to use a BIOS by the same brand (MSI dont make a 9800XT :( ). So im not to sure who to believe, my gut is telling me that it should be fine, so when i get a new cooler i will flash it and let you know. Im planning on using the Club3D BIOS as people seem to be having alot of success with it. Theres a couple of guys over @ OCNZ with the same card but as of yet nobody has flashed the BIOS. Just flashed your BIOS as long as you back up your original BIOS you should be fine. If it doesnt work you can either flash it back blind or use a PCI vid card. Worse come to worse i can send you a copy of my BIOS. As long as you can run @ XT speeds you wont have any problems. This card has to be the best 9800pro on the market at the moment, the bundle is huge, 11 cds plus you get a guaranteed R360 core. And its not really the expensive compared to Powercolour and Gexcube (both cheaper slightly but with smaller bundles etc) |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 250115 | 2004-07-07 07:42:00 | yeah definitely, always a good idea to back up the original bios and should properly remember the exact sequence of flashing in case it goes wrong and you have to do a blind flash.....would be handy to have a PCI card too : ) Yeah, let me know how it goes : ) I ll be interested to know! |
Kenshin (2501) | ||
| 250116 | 2004-07-07 23:25:00 | > > Hi i want to get my computer a graphics card, one > > that is reasonably priced and has good performance > in > > games . > > Umm those two things dont go hand in hand . Do a forum > search and you'll find that for every graphics card > reckonmendation (3-4 a week, god damm it gets > repeatitive) anyone on a budget is reckonmended a > Radeon 9600XT or Geforce FX5700 . Both can be found > for under $300 if you shop around . In order to get > decent preformance in games those cards are the bare > minimum you need . 5200's and 9600SE's are absolute > crap and a waste of time when it comes to gaming, > they are only any good for the family computer . These comments are completely over the top . How do you know what games he wants to play anyway? Besides I run two of the latest games, with really demanding graphics , both single player and online multiplayer with just an old Radeon 9000 256MB! |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 250117 | 2004-07-08 00:08:00 | which games and at what settings? I have a comp here running a fx5200 which can run nfs:u just fine at low detail and at 800x600. Crank up the detail,raise the res to 1024x768 and apply a little aa and anti-trospic (that aint spelled correctly) filtering and it comes to a shuddering halt,rendering less then 1 frame per second. Might as well buy an xbox if your after low res and low detail,Both are equally ugly. |
metla (154) | ||
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