Name: Mcky Date: January 8, 2007 at 17:29:42 Pacific Subject: Is it adviseable to ugrade my X1600 OS: XP CPU/Ram: 2.8MHZ Model/Manufacturer: DIY
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I have an X1600 Pro ATI( Sucks, does not support 3d hardware acceleration. cannot play 3d games at all). If i upgrade to FX5200, can i at least play 3d games in 640x480?
Going from a x1600pro to geforce fx5200 will be a huge downgrade... Have you even try to install the drivers properly before try to play your 3D games??
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Uhh, I assure you, it supports 3D hardware acceleration.
Something is definitely wrong here. LOL...
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Make sure everything is connected properly, re-read the instruction manual to make sure that you aren't missing a power plug-in [if you are but don't have the necessary wires then it's time for a new power supply] and finally download the latest drivers.
FX5200 is what i can afford right now. i saw reviews that it can play Half-life 2 at low settings! now that's great! half-life 2 and other 3d games cannot even start on X1600. Tried reinstalling latest ATI catalyst drivers, DirectX 9.0C and windows. nope, still does not help.
The FX5200 is a low end piece of crap but the X1600Pro is a reasonably good card. You obviously don't have it setup properly & my guess is you didn't connect one of the 4-pin HDD power plugs to the back end of the card.
"FX5200 is what i can afford right now. i saw reviews that it can play Half-life 2 at low settings! now that's great! half-life 2 and other 3d games cannot even start on X1600."
How about I trade you a brand new fx5200 for your x1600 pro and I pay for all the shipping cost? If I'd know such hilarous thing happen, then I would not even bother to upgrade from fx5200 all the way to 7600gt for $125. Rather simply trade it for your x1600pro for a small shipping cost. I'm sure everyone here own a AGP system will do the trade even they have to pay for shipping...
TMP-Man
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Have a look at following chart. The X1600Pro run HL2: Episode one at 48 FPS. The worst card on the list is the 6200TC which runs it at 20 FPS. I guarantee you that the FX5200 is even worse than the 6200TC.
This is funny. This guy wants to go backwards in technology for improved 3d preformance when infact that will make it even wors if not a lot worse. That would be like like going from a Core 2 Duo E6700 to a Pentium 4 2.8ghz.
Equating the FX5200 to a Pentium 4 2.8GHz is either being nice to the FX5200 or insulting the P4. :-)
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