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GeForce FX 5200 Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the polys-per-second dept.

EconolineCrush writes "Tech Report has a great in-depth review of NVIDIA's budget GeForce FX 5200, which brings full DirectX 9 support down to an amazing sub-$70 price point. Any budget graphics card capable of running NVIDIA's gorgeous Dawn is impressive on its own, but when put under the microscope, the GeForce FX 5200 looks more like an exercise in marketing spin than a real revolution for budget graphics cards."

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  1. Hovercraft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This thing sounds like a hovercraft when you turn on the PC.

  2. FX by SugoiMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny
    I can only imagine what other useless computer paraphernalia I can waste $70 on. Hmmm. Maybe I'll get that USB toothbrush.

    The Monkey Pages: Not just another personal site...okay, so I lie.

  3. DirectX 9? by Trogre · · Score: 4, Funny

    I trust when you say it has DirectX 9 support you mean it implements OpenGL 2.0?

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  4. Why? by mrklin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why use all the unnecessary GPU processing to draw a semi-realistic, semi-naked chick (as linked to Nvidia's Dawn demo) when you can play pics and movies of real naked chicks that looks tons better using the system intergrated GPU?

    1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Why use all the unnecessary GPU processing to draw a semi-realistic, semi-naked chick (as linked to Nvidia's Dawn demo) when you can play pics and movies of real naked chicks that looks tons better using the system intergrated GPU?

      Even better: I can build a decent computer for my girlfriend who wants to do word processing and doesn't care about 3D graphics, using an even cheaper graphics card that provides even better signal quality and get laid for the favor. What porn movie can compete with that?

    2. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can build a decent computer for my girlfriend who wants to do word processing and doesn't care about 3D graphics, using an even cheaper graphics card that provides even better signal quality and get laid for the favor.

      You have to build your girlfriend a computer to get laid?

  5. Wow! by flatface · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks for the update! I've been waiting ages for a video card that will play Nethack at 10,000fps! Who cares about 3-D games when you can go dungeon hacking?

    1. Re:Wow! by brer_rabbit · · Score: 2, Funny
      Thanks for the update! I've been waiting ages for a video card that will play Nethack at 10,000fps! Who cares about 3-D games when you can go dungeon hacking?

      To put it in Nethack terms, think of it as an "uncursed +1 card of videoing"...

    2. Re:Wow! by SomeGuyFromCA · · Score: 2, Funny

      As usual, ATI beat 'em to it.

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  6. PCI version, woohoo! by brer_rabbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like PNY have made a PCI version of this card. Before you l33t gam3r start laughing that it's PCI, a number of us have server-type or older motherboards that don't have AGP slots. The lowest price on Pricewatch I found for it was $139, so it's quite a bit more than the AGP version.

  7. Dawn Nude patch by gatzke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Check out the nude patch:

    http://www.digital-daily.com/news/?view_options= by _message&message_id=202

    HA HA HA. I need a new card...

  8. Re:Nvidia's idiotic naming conventions by Ryu2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In another fine showing of developer humor, Tim Sweeney, Epic's 3D mastermind behind the Unreal Tournament engine and current Unreal technologies was seen at the show running amok with a pad of Post-It notes poking some light fun at the GeForce 4 MX. Tim could be seen labeling a VW Beetle as a "Porsche MX", a stair-case as "Elevator MX", and finally turning the joke inward, he labeled himself "Carmack MX" in deference to the industry's most famous 3D programmer.

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  9. Re:FX george foreman Igrill by JVert · · Score: 2, Funny

    well I have an extra $100 that I have been saving for the George Foreman USB iGrill...

    God my friends will never let me down for falling for that one...

  10. Re:Nvidia's idiotic naming conventions by Klox · · Score: 3, Funny

    But wait! You made a mistake: there never was a GeForce 1. It was the GeForce 256 (with both SDR and DDR versions). So the GeForce 4 is better than the GeForce 256...

    Yeah, yeah, we know what you meant, but NO! I know two GeForce 256 owners that are confused by this. They're answer to this: "whatever, I'll just buy whatever you tell me to when Doom comes out".

  11. I was worried for a second.. by EdMcMan · · Score: 4, Funny
    The Gigi FX5200P's blue board should nicely match Albatron's most recent motherboards, which sport the same color scheme.

    *breathe of relief* What would I have done if my video card and motherboard didn't match?!

  12. Re:Nvidia's idiotic naming conventions by PD · · Score: 2, Funny

    Overcooked dog-doo

    Ohhhh as far as I'm concerned, you just can't cook dog-doo enough.

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  13. Re:Bottom line question... by swankypimp · · Score: 4, Funny
    if you are going to be buying Maya in the first place, you might as well get the high-end Quadro, since it only costs a few hundred dollars as opposed to Maya at $2000 or $7000.

    I am setting up a l33t Maya workstation on my parent's Compaq Presario, but performance sux0rs. Where can I download teh warez version of this "Quadro"?

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  14. Re:He should have stuck a jesus fish on the VW... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ahhh young Jedi you have much to learn. Someday you too will drive the GTi.