nv5200

[SavageX]

Well, I had a FX5200 for a short time. I was able to play Nexuiz 1.x at 16bpp at 1024x768 with "okay" framerates.

However, it's really important to have a recent driver. With newer drivers Doom3 is on the edge of being "playable" on my FX5200 - nVidia seems to have optimized the crap out it.

Whatever claims to be a "Windows standard driver" for sure is crap - those drivers don't care for OpenGL at all. It's really necessary to install a fresh driver from nvidia.com.

[leileilol]

I'm using an FX5200 right now

Nexuiz runs around 140fps in 800x600x16 with good texture quality and realtime light off, so i'm okay

[PHREAK]

I get steady 100 ish on my mx420 (fps capped at 115) on local games.
Thats with all on but bloom and RLLights, good textures, 800x600 32bit.
I'm really suprized how bad the fx5200 performs in general.

[Urmel]

I'm really suprized how bad the fx5200 performs in general.

Why? It's always been an entry model

[Fuddl]

i own two agp vga boards with fx5200 gpus and one agp vga board with a fx5900xt gpu.

the performance of the fx5900xt gpu is ok for nexuiz, but the fx5200s' performance is really disappointing! as urmel said, these gpus are bloody entry models...

if you're lucky and own a good sample of the fx5200 gpu, you can use nvclock to overclock the gpu and memory in a wide range. the fx5200 scales quite good with higher clock rates! please note, that using nvclock is on your own risk and there's nobody to blame if the vga card ends up in magic smoke ;)

have fun!

[esteel]

Nexuiz runs around 140fps in 800x600x16 with good texture quality and realtime light off, so i'm okay

That sounds actually quite good for that card. At least it shows the card can run better then many people seem to report

[Urmel]

Nexuiz runs around 140fps in 800x600x16 with good texture quality and realtime light off, so i'm okay

That sounds actually quite good for that card. At least it shows the card can run better then many people seem to report

Although I'm a little astonished about CheapAlert's statement....

[leileilol]

i'm running a radeon again now, and i still stand by that fx5200 performance brag statement

[JediKnight]

I have a 5200FX. Initially, I had severe performance issues (5-10fps on default settings.) I turned off dynamic light and shadows and now get over 100fps.

[PHREAK]

But I have the MX420!!!
This card is outdated as hell and it seems still better then fx5200. This is just a suprise to me...thats all.
Also nvclock is only good for linux so us poor windows bastards are a bit fudged, but that aint nothing new