Fx 5200 Good Enough?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by RGX+2 December 2003 - 16:21--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RGX @ 2 December 2003 - 16:21)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power@2 December 2003 - 20:38

Originally posted by atiVidia@2 December 2003 - 07:37
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@2 December 2003 - 12:18
wots that game called? the one use are talking about? is it kool?

also im thinking of downloading uh mean buying Halo.

is that a cool game? will my card handle it?

halo looks best on a 5600 or better

no, it worked fine on my gfx

but he said it works best

Meaning you could crank it up and get in a huge firefight without slowdown

can your FX5200 do that at 1280x720, all effects turned up? [/b][/quote]
at that reso, no, at least, i never tried

[raiserblade2003]

Originally posted by abu_has_the_power+2 December 2003 - 05:59--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (abu_has_the_power @ 2 December 2003 - 05:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-raiserblade2003@2 December 2003 - 00:24
it play the first level fine at 800x600 w/ texture pack set to high. but then after the "escape pod" crashes and we have to go find that one lady in the alien city (level 2) it was unplayable....and i mean UNPLAYABLE . it was basically a slide show.

lol. yea. how many megs is ur card again? and btw, not trying to promote anything, but my gfx ran the whole game perfectly, with no lag at any of the battle scenes or anything else

wat do u think of the game so far? i just beat Korriban, and killed everyone in the sith academy&#33; lol. that&#39;s a lot of people. and i also got a shit load of crazy shit, double lighsaber, and i&#39;m gonna get the dual lightsaber sometime soon [/b][/quote]
the game is okay, but i hate the control scheme. hate it. probably the worst controls ever. the battle system coulda been better but then agian,,, ive only play one level

[Dray_04]

lol,

so fx 5200 is basically a starting point for the game Halo.

meaning i cant crank it up to the max without it stuffing up on me

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by dray_02@2 December 2003 - 19:43
lol,

so fx 5200 is basically a starting point for the game Halo.

meaning i cant crank it up to the max without it stuffing up on me

well. i had everything on high. and all the stuff enabled. and it worked fine. if u want like 2000+ resolution, maybe not. but for 800x600 to 1000 something, it should be fine.

[raiserblade2003]

meh, i disable the onboad sound and it ran smooth......y does onboard sound slows it down so much....time to get a new sound card.

but the fx520 doesnt play it ne higher then 1024x768? my mx440 pci already play it at 800x600 fine set on high w/o sound......so there isnt going to be a big improvement is there?

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by raiserblade2003@2 December 2003 - 23:47
meh, i disable the onboad sound and it ran smooth......y does onboard sound slows it down so much....time to get a new sound card.

but the fx520 doesnt play it ne higher then 1024x768? my mx440 pci already play it at 800x600 fine set on high w/o sound......so there isnt going to be a big improvement is there?

it can go higher. i never tried it with 1280x reso. but yea, it does ur reso pretty well

[raiserblade2003]

wow 85 psot in this thread hehe

whoops 86 now

[abu_has_the_power]

Originally posted by raiserblade2003@3 December 2003 - 00:44
wow 85 psot in this thread hehe

whoops 86 now

and its all about one video card. lol

[Lamsey]

Originally posted by raiserblade2003@3 December 2003 - 03:47
meh, i disable the onboad sound and it ran smooth......y does onboard sound slows it down so much....time to get a new sound card.

but the fx520 doesnt play it ne higher then 1024x768? my mx440 pci already play it at 800x600 fine set on high w/o sound......so there isnt going to be a big improvement is there?

Onboard sound eats CPU time; a proper sound card takes a lot of strain off the CPU, thus improving performance.

Good gaming performance depends on balance - your motherboard, CPU, memory, video card, sound card, etc must all be of similar quality and speed for maximum efficiency.

I get very good performance out of my GeForceFX 5200+, because I have a well--balanced system - the DDR RAM matches the 2600+ CPU&#39;s FSB (333MHz), I use dual-channel RAM, etc. I also have a SoundBlaster Audigy 2, which is one of the best PC sound cards around (without going into the professional range).

Next time you think about getting a new video card, think about whether or not you really need it or if you might be better getting a new sound card, more RAM or something similar.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by Lamsey@3 December 2003 - 09:12
Onboard sound eats CPU time; a proper sound card takes a lot of strain off the CPU, thus improving performance

although a sound card isn&#39;t always necessary, if the rest of the system is strong enough to cope without