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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. 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?

  2. 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?

  3. 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...

  4. 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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