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Name: Fred Paxton
Date: January 20, 2004 at 10:49:59 Pacific
Subject: geforce fx 5200 agp question
OS: windows xp home
CPU/Ram: p4 2.53 / 256 megs

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hi i have a dell diminsion 4550, which is very good but it came with the rubbish ati rage 128 pro. i am thinking of upgrading to an nvidia geforce fx 5200 agp 8x. is this a good buy?? will it work/ fit in?

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Response Number 1

Name: shauncroucher
Date: January 20, 2004 at 10:56:06 Pacific
Subject: geforce fx 5200 agp question

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Get a Radeon 9600 or 9800XP - They kick ass!!
Geforce are good competitors, but in my eyes, they don't lead!
Just my opinion,
Shaun

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Name: Petit Jean
Date: January 20, 2004 at 12:25:36 Pacific
Subject: geforce fx 5200 agp question

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The card will work at the bus speed you have up to AGP 8X.It looks like your computer was downgraded by the seller.You should have gotten a Radeon type card.Read:
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,110181,00.asp
The cost for a FX-5200 is low for a card very well suited to Win XP, DirectX 9 and high screen resolutions.The CD is easy to use to configure the card.Browse the CD to find all you need to setup the card even DirectX 9 and some dll's the setup is looking for.We have the MSI FX-5200 and find that hardware acceleration is a lot better than having to use the Microsoft 3D sofware acceleration(Direct Draw)when you play gamesIf cost is an issue ,it is a good buy.You can visit MSI and Nvidia websites for updates but the drivers you get on the CD should be enough.Good luck.

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Response Number 3

Name: Fred Paxton
Date: January 21, 2004 at 08:42:48 Pacific
Subject: geforce fx 5200 agp question

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what does bus speed mean? does this mean that the graphics wont be as good as a motherboard with agp 8x?? if so, how much worse? thanks for your help :)

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Response Number 4

Name: shauncroucher
Date: January 22, 2004 at 03:16:15 Pacific
Subject: geforce fx 5200 agp question

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Hi,
Well, a 4x speed compatible card and motherboard can communicate at up to 266MHz, an 8x motherboard card and slot will communicate at a higher speed.
So, you are limited to 266MHz maximum as your motherboard only supports 4x.
Shaun

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Response Number 5

Name: Fred Paxton
Date: January 22, 2004 at 08:15:55 Pacific
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so this means the graphics will be worse? how much? thanks again.

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Response Number 6

Name: shauncroucher
Date: January 22, 2004 at 11:29:14 Pacific
Subject: geforce fx 5200 agp question

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No, slower, the quality of the graphics rendering is related to the quality of the card.
It will not be as powerful.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/agp.htm
Shaun

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Response Number 7

Name: Fred Paxton
Date: January 22, 2004 at 13:10:54 Pacific
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slower? what does this mean. is it still worh buying it? thanks so much :)

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