Is this a good vid card?

[funkymonky8u]

awhile a go i got a geforce fx 5200 (256 mb) and i thought back then that the more memory on a vid card is better but then i fou8nf out that theres other things like vertex shading etc. is this vid card worthy of far cry?

 

[canuck]

not stock out of the box, you can play but you will need to turn most of the settings down or off. O/C is an option with that card but without proper cooling they are subject to burning out, as with all o/c you should be very carefull and monitor temps and have safeguards in place to keep from frying your hardware.

 

[canuck]

awhile a go i got a geforce fx 5200 (256 mb) and i thought back then that the more memory on a vid card is better but then i fou8nf out that theres other things like vertex shading etc. is this vid card worthy of far cry?

no..........you can play but will have to turn most of the settings down or off to get decent frame rates

sry about double post....browser error.....

 

[P11]

With a Geforce fx 5200 you wont even be able to play lag free on low settings.

 

[Cromewell]

With a Geforce fx 5200 you wont even be able to play lag free on low settings.

sure you can, just don't turn it to medium

 

[Praetor]

is this vid card worthy of far cry?

No.

not stock out of the box, you can play but you will need to turn most of the settings down or off. O/C is an option with that card but without proper cooling they are subject to burning out, as with all o/c you should be very carefull and monitor temps and have safeguards in place to keep from frying your hardware.

No amount of OCing wil save it

 

[double-dragon]

OC it til it dies see what you can get out of it before you throw it in the trash, hehe.

 

[Praetor]

Thats kinda futile ... when you could sell it (that is, if you're adapment about getting a new card)

 

[funkymonky8u]

well wuts a good vid card for at around 130 bucks and how much do u think i can get for my vid card

 

[double-dragon]

you might get something out of that card. i have a Radeon 7500 in this pc and it runs C&C Generals perfectly fine...hell, it nearly runs Doom 3, lol.

 

[b3n]

Its not a bad card though...just not good enough for FarCry.

 

[funkymonky8u]

ya well i bought it for 90 bucks??? good price???

 

[Praetor]

ya well i bought it for 90 bucks??? good price???

I dunno ... if you're lucky here in Canada you can get 5200s for 90CAD .... radeon9600s kick in just over the $100CAD mark.... so prolly not that great a price.

 

[Tha Killa]

I dunno ... if you're lucky here in Canada you can get 5200s for 90CAD .... radeon9600s kick in just over the $100CAD mark.... so prolly not that great a price.

Thats a nice price for 9600's. Where did you find it?

 

[Praetor]

Thats a nice price for 9600's. Where did you find it?

Its a normal price for 9600s man (i.e., damn near everywhere). 9600Pros are a different animal and weigh in just under 150CAD.