Graphics card advice

craigcharlie

Hi guys...

I'm fairly copped on about most aspects of pc modding/upgrading, but I don't know much about graphics cards because I never really did much gaming.

However, I now have the opportunity to get a new graphics card for free -
the geforce FX5700 .

only thing is, when I compare it against my old graphics card, the geforce 2 ti, I see that the m-texel fillrate for the Geforce 2 ti is 2000 mt/s, while the fx5700 is 1700 mt/s. can anyone tell me what this means for real world performance? Surely I'm not better sticking with an old agp 4x card with less memory bandwidth?

just fyi, I got the specs for the cards here, it's a pretty good side-by-side nvidida card comparison on wikipedia.

thanks for any help,
C

The Real B-man

5700

TerrorFirmer

As bad as the 5700 is for the current day stuff, it's infinity better then a Geforce 2.

Cuddlesworth

How much better would a 128mb 9600xt agp be compared to pci fx5200 256mb?

Dman_15

krazy_8s wrote:

How much better would a 128mb 9600xt agp be compared to pci fx5200 256mb?

easilt twice as good i'd say

K.O.Kiki

Dman_15 wrote:

easilt twice as good i'd say

Nah, more like four times:D

DemonOfTheFall

PCI fx5200 = counterstrike source at 800x600 in Dxlevel 7 with everything on low.

davie_b

had an agp 5200 gainward played everything well just about!!!
look if your not in to gaming min spec is good enough esp compared
to ps and x box gaming(restricted by tv)
if its free take it cause you get nothing for nothing:)

The Real B-man

DemonOfTheFall wrote:

PCI fx5200 = counterstrike source at 800x600 in Dxlevel 7 with everything on low.

lol Crises used to have that card got 15fps in css

Kintarō Hattori

Ahh the FX5700 was a disappointing card, unless it was the Ultra version which wasn't too bad. But yeah it would be a good whack better than the Geforce 2 which is positively archaic these days.

craigcharlie

cheers for the replies.

can anyone think of a way to quieten down the noisy fan on the 5700? should I just take off the fan and put some Wd-40 on the bearings?

I'm not going to buy a graphics waterblock or anything, I think that's just overkill given what I've been spending on the pc lately - I'd have to go to double rad then since I'm already running cpu and northbridge on watercooling.

but the card does have a really loud whine, so any practical ideas for quieting that down? can you buy a new fan for peanuts or anything?

cheers,
C

WizZard

Arctic Cooler + eBay if you can't afford HiTide

craigcharlie

agg that would be the perfect solution. damn you wizz for showing me something I can't justify buying

i've spent way too much on my pc. I've now decided i'm not allowed to spend anything but time on it :rolleyes:

aaf

krazy_8s wrote:

How much better would a 128mb 9600xt agp be compared to pci fx5200 256mb?

It so happens I've got a Sapphire Radeon 9600XT AGP 8x graphics card I'm selling for €75 incl p&p if you're interested? /shameless plug :rolleyes:

Cuddlesworth

Sry but iv got one

conzy

Where are HiTide based they seem reasonable enough, and whats delivery charge/time like.