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Jul 18th, 2003 at 8:44pm

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Can I direct anyone to this link: http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=tweek;action=display;num=1...

I post it under tweaking and overclocking instead of posting it here.........you can see my specs there and is my NVIDIA card that bad? What should I get. I went to BestBuy and didn't find the GeForce TI4200 ( or IT) only the 5200 one. I don't remember its price though. WHat should I get? Thanks.
 

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Reply #1 - Jul 18th, 2003 at 8:54pm

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If you have the money you have four options. Ti 4200, Ti 4600, FX 5600, and FX 5900. I only got the 5200 because it's a good mid powered card at a low price.
 

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Reply #2 - Jul 19th, 2003 at 10:46am

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That 5200 is 99.99, a good price.......how would you recommend it? What did you have before and is the change noticeable.

One last question, do you think the video card I have right will manage? I don't want to be spending any money when I don't need it.
 

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Reply #3 - Jul 19th, 2003 at 4:06pm

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That 5200 is 99.99, a good price.......how would you recommend it? What did you have before and is the change noticeable.

One last question, do you think the video card I have right will manage? I don't want to be spending any money when I don't need it.


The 5200 is a good card at a good price like I said. I got it for $67US off eBay from a place called Hytek PC Labs. I didn't notice a lot of differenc between my old Geforce2 and my FX5200 except Jedi Outcast runs faster and FS2002 doesn't shutter as much and is a bit faster.

Lets compair your TNT2 to the Geforce2, Geforce4 Ti 4200,  FX5200, and Nvidia's top card the FX5900.
-TNT2 Price Unknown
Memory Bandwith: 1.2 GB/S
Graphics Core: 128bit
Fill Rate: 250 Million Pixles/Second
Ram: 64MB SDRAM

-Geforce2 MX400 Approx $50-$70 US
Memory Bandwith: 2.7 GB/S
Graphics Core: 256bit
Fill Rate: 800 Million Textles/Second
Ram: 64MB SDRAM or DDR

-Geforce4 Ti 4200 Approx $150-$200 US
Memory Bandwith: 8.0 GB/S
Graphics Core: 256bit
Fill Rate: 4 Billion Samples/Second
Ram: 128 MB DDR

-Geforce FX5200 Approx $70-$100 US
Memory Bandwith: 10.4 GB/S
Grapics Core: 256bit
Fill Rate: 1.3 Billion Textles/Second
Ram: 128MB DDR


-Geforce FX5900 Approx $500 US
Memory Bandwith: 27.2 GB/S
Graphics Core: 256bit
Fill Rate: 3.6 Billion textles/second
Ram: 256MB DDR2

I hope this comparison helps. Check out Nvidia's web site or internet electronics stores to compair features and prices. I think with the Geforce 5200, you will see a major difference in speed and image quality.
 

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Reply #4 - Jul 19th, 2003 at 7:12pm

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OK Well its a good price. Hopefully I can buy it soon. Oh darn it, I wish I still had money. Lol!

PS: Thanks for the help!
 

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