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is this goo enugh for gaming
Name: daren31 Date: April 6, 2004 at 16:02:16 Pacific OS: xp CPU/Ram: 256 ram 1.83 ghz
Comment:
is this good enough for gaming 256 ram 1.83 ghz windows xp 80 gb hard drive nvidia ge force fx 5200 .
Name: Stu.B Date: April 6, 2004 at 16:53:01 Pacific
Reply:
Yup, but it depends on which kind of games you want to play on.
You may need some more ram, another stick of 256mb. Your CPU is fine Your Gfx card is fine as long as you have a motherboard that has 8X AGP. You may have a 4X motherboard (depending on the age of the Motehrboard) which will not let ur gfx card perform to its fullest.
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Response Number 2
Name: aznboy818 Date: April 6, 2004 at 17:33:45 Pacific
Reply:
4x is only like 1% difference from 8x
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Response Number 3
Name: daren31 Date: April 6, 2004 at 17:54:35 Pacific
Reply:
I have 8x
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Response Number 4
Name: daren31 Date: April 6, 2004 at 18:12:30 Pacific
Reply:
I have 8x
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Response Number 5
Name: j3r3my_07 Date: April 6, 2004 at 19:18:05 Pacific
Reply:
no..cuz that FX5200 is not that good enough to play hi-end games...
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Response Number 6
Name: rick152 Date: April 6, 2004 at 21:01:38 Pacific
Reply:
That system is <u>good</u>, but not great. Like what evans said, its not good enough for hi-end games. Processor may also not be fast enough for hi-end games, but thats something you shouldn't really worry about.
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Response Number 7
Name: daren31 Date: April 6, 2004 at 23:13:50 Pacific
Reply:
Is unreal a high end becuase it works great with and fx 5200 and you guys said wouldn't be good enough. Or maybe because it is the demo. And that I so big it is 400 mb.
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Response Number 8
Name: Hooner Date: April 6, 2004 at 23:30:18 Pacific
Reply:
The 5200 will play ALL recent games at decent frame-rates, just coz he can't max out the details doesn't mean he can't play 'em, and still have them lookin' good.
Get away from the fixation that spangly DX9 effects are everything, coz they aint.
I have a GeForce 4 MX440, and I play Far Cry, Battlefield Vietnam, UT2004, I can even run the Doom 3 beta at 30 FPS!!!
Your PC will do you proud mate, trust me. Although, as someone suggested, another 256 MB of RAM would be great, but not essential.
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Response Number 9
Name: rick152 Date: April 7, 2004 at 00:08:19 Pacific
Reply:
If you can run games at decent fps then just keep it that way. If you don't have a lot of money follow Stu.B's advice and get a 256mb stick of ram.
But don't expect your Fx5200 to run at 30fps. If Hooner's MX can run Doom III at 30 fps, then Im predicting a Fx5200 with PS 2.0 would run much slower. And like they all say, Fx5200's are more like a Geforce 2 with Dx9 Support, which means it is *slower* than Hooners MX.
I don't know about you Hooner but 30fps isn't *decent* enough for me, more like 40-50fps will do =P
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Response Number 10
Name: Hooner Date: April 7, 2004 at 00:25:32 Pacific
Reply:
I never said 30 FPS was enough for me, but it's damn impressive!! ;-)
Is it not possible to disable pixel shading on the FX cards?
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Response Number 11
Name: rick152 Date: April 7, 2004 at 01:48:48 Pacific
Reply:
I don't think so. It depends on the game I think.
Psst..where did ya get the Doom 3 Alpha.. =)
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Response Number 12
Name: Hooner Date: April 7, 2004 at 02:19:25 Pacific
Reply:
www.suprnova.org
You need to figure out how to use BitTorrent, go to their forums and look at the FAQs.........
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Response Number 13
Name: rick152 Date: April 7, 2004 at 02:46:05 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the link
I actually found it on Google but when I downloaded it was 27kb suprisingly so I thought it was some kind of virus..
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Response Number 14
Name: rick152 Date: April 7, 2004 at 02:56:25 Pacific
Reply:
Ok, never mind. Installed Btorrent, but I get this Track Error when I try to download it
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Response Number 15
Name: Hooner Date: April 7, 2004 at 04:32:26 Pacific
Reply:
:-(
That means the tracker is dead unforunately. Still, LOTS of other nice games to download!
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Response Number 16
Name: Stu.B Date: April 7, 2004 at 07:58:52 Pacific
Reply:
8X really does change the performance of your graphics card actually. That's stupid to think it doesnt.
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Response Number 17
Name: Hooner Date: April 7, 2004 at 08:34:10 Pacific
Reply:
Check out some benchmarks stu, the difference is like 1%..........
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Response Number 18
Name: Stu.B Date: April 7, 2004 at 09:41:19 Pacific
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I play CS. when i had my 5200 and 4X AGP mb i got 70-100 variance fps. Now i have my 8x agp mb i get 100 solid.
I think its total bull that it doesnt make a differnece. Show me your evidence
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Response Number 19
Name: Hooner Date: April 7, 2004 at 12:06:20 Pacific
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Look at the difference Stu, it's breathtaking...........
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Response Number 20
Name: Hooner Date: April 7, 2004 at 12:10:15 Pacific
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I'd actually be inclined to say that's LESS than 1%.
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Response Number 21
Name: rick152 Date: April 7, 2004 at 14:28:47 Pacific
Reply:
If I run 3dmark01 with AGP 4x, I would get a score of 14360
If I run 3dmark01 with AGP 8x, I would get a score of 14400
So there is barely any difference between these two. This is because video cards these days do not use that much bandwith. But say if you upgrade from PCI to AGP 2x, that would make a big difference because PCI uses a 33-bit bus while AGP 2x uses a 66-bit with higher bandwith etc.
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Response Number 22
Name: Bobthearch Date: April 7, 2004 at 21:02:57 Pacific
Reply:
Whoa, back to Daren...
That system should run any current games. But you should consider a better system if your budget allows. Sure, you're saving a few hundred dollars now, but buying better this time could be the difference between upgrading next year or in three years.
I bought nearly-high-end four years ago, and only now are there games I can't run smoothly. People who skimped four years ago and bought 'bargain' 400-500mhz machines had to upgrade two years ago.
The primary things to consider are the fsb (front-side-bus) rating of the motherboard, and the processor speed. The other components are easy to upgrade.
Just something to consider. Happy shopping, -Bob
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Response Number 23
Name: Bobthearch Date: April 7, 2004 at 21:07:36 Pacific
Reply:
Hooner, did you read the text or just look at the pictures? Here's a quote:
"You can see in the charts that there's actually quite a bit of advantage with AGP8X especially at lower resolutions. While the difference is not a lot, it is however pretty encouraging at this point as what we're testing here is only a Xabre400. You can definitely expect better gain in performance with faster GPUs such as the next generation of GeForce or ATI's upcoming RADEON 9700."
By the way, 30 fps sucks...
-Bob
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Response Number 24
Name: Hooner Date: April 7, 2004 at 23:15:58 Pacific
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Bob, please refer to UnR3aL's post. And I never said 30 FPS was great, I was simply impressed that an MX440 could produce such frame-rates.
Stu, don't get your knickers in a twist mate, calling people spastics is offensive and childish.
Go to Google and look up more benchmarks, there are plenty out there.
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