Yah!!! I got a new graphics card!!

bookworm_020 · 01-24-07, 11:09 PM

I got myself a new graphics card for SHIV! I had a GeForce FX5200 AGP 128 MB Low Profile card. The New card is a Geforce 6200 AGP 256MB Low Profile Card.

It may not sound like much of an upgrade (It's the best you can do for a Low profile / half hight card), but it means I can run SHIV at something more than the lowest settings. I just have to get some more memory and I'll be set!!

It took some searching, as low profile cards for AGP are slim on the ground, especialy in Australia!!!

This means I can keep my system for another year or two, before replacing it!

nightdagger · 01-24-07, 11:20 PM

No offense, but that probably won't play SH4 better than low settings. It's still an upgrade, though, however minor it seems.

I dunno about half-heights though. That probably is the best, or at least close to the best, that you can get for low-pro AGP.

Konovalov · 01-25-07, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by nightdagger

No offense, but that probably won't play SH4 better than low settings. It's still an upgrade, though, however minor it seems.

I dunno about half-heights though. That probably is the best, or at least close to the best, that you can get for low-pro AGP.

Yep. A move to a 6600 may have been better but I'm not sure about this half-height stuff?

HunterICX · 01-25-07, 05:18 AM

Well

because the 6600 GT isnt so expensive..
I think you should cross ur fingers when installing SHIV with ur 6200

I would have gone to the 6600Gt because its a Performance card.

but anyway...its better then the 5200 thought

Konovalov · 01-25-07, 05:24 AM

@ Hunter ICX

The only concern with those 6200 cards is to make sure that you don't wind up with a 64-bit version as they a renowned to be absolute rubbish. Either a 128-bit one or as you suggested a better choice would be a 6600GT.

SUBMAN1 · 01-25-07, 11:09 AM

Everyone out here is soaking up these AGP x1950 Pro's. It ads life to an AGP only system. Two guys at work here have now bought them and swear by them! The Sapphire models have 512 MB and only cost $250.

-S

01-24-07, 11:09 PM	#1
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Yah!!! I got a new graphics card!! I got myself a new graphics card for SHIV! I had a GeForce FX5200 AGP 128 MB Low Profile card. The New card is a Geforce 6200 AGP 256MB Low Profile Card. It may not sound like much of an upgrade (It's the best you can do for a Low profile / half hight card), but it means I can run SHIV at something more than the lowest settings. I just have to get some more memory and I'll be set!! It took some searching, as low profile cards for AGP are slim on the ground, especialy in Australia!!! This means I can keep my system for another year or two, before replacing it! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

01-24-07, 11:20 PM	#2
nightdagger Officer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 243 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No offense, but that probably won't play SH4 better than low settings. It's still an upgrade, though, however minor it seems. I dunno about half-heights though. That probably is the best, or at least close to the best, that you can get for low-pro AGP. __________________

01-25-07, 05:18 AM	#4
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Well because the 6600 GT isnt so expensive.. I think you should cross ur fingers when installing SHIV with ur 6200 I would have gone to the 6600Gt because its a Performance card. but anyway...its better then the 5200 thought __________________

01-25-07, 05:24 AM	#5
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	@ Hunter ICX The only concern with those 6200 cards is to make sure that you don't wind up with a 64-bit version as they a renowned to be absolute rubbish. Either a 128-bit one or as you suggested a better choice would be a 6600GT. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

01-25-07, 11:09 AM	#6
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Everyone out here is soaking up these AGP x1950 Pro's. It ads life to an AGP only system. Two guys at work here have now bought them and swear by them! The Sapphire models have 512 MB and only cost $250. -S __________________