Any hope for FX 5200 256mb?

[boomdart]

I'm seriously considering selling my brand new 5200 to buy a 9600 Pro, but if there is any hope for the 5200 I'd like to know first

System setup:
(Btw, i bought the card before I realized that the 5200 didn't mean it was better than a 4200 :/ I should have researched before I bought, I know...this was a week ago also)
Asus N-Force2 motherboard
256mb 3200 ram
256mb fx5200
Audigy 1 sound card
dvdrw
xp 2600 processor
Scorpio 868w case (Bad ass!)

1360 3dmark2003 score! (Free version)

 

[high]

sell it horrible 3dmark score

 

[wkabel23]

I've seen people get in the 5000s w/ 128MB FX5200s. Guess you got a bad card or something.

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: wkabel23
I've seen people get in the 5000s w/ 128MB FX5200s. Guess you got a bad card or something.

Not in 3dmark03. You need a 5900/9700 to get that. And yes, sell the card. There is no saving it. Also getting a 256mb model was a completely mistake. Also, getting the ram on your system up to 512mb would probably help a little too.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: modedepe

Originally posted by: wkabel23
I've seen people get in the 5000s w/ 128MB FX5200s. Guess you got a bad card or something.

Not in 3dmark03. You need a 5900/9700 to get that. And yes, sell the card. There is no saving it. Also getting a 256mb model was a completely mistake. Also, getting the ram on your system up to 512mb would probably help a little too.

Couln't have said it better myself.. Ditto

 

[jim1976]

No offense man, but go ahead and sell that useless gpu for the 9600pro you mentioned.
It's a complete piece of crap.

 

[Doomer]

Welcome to the club.

I made a similar mistake with my 9600np 256mb. It's a bow wow. My R 8500 knocks it in the dirt.

 

[boomdart]

Just installed new drivers, got a 1360, good improvement but still very deficient of performance.

Now, to find someone to buy it for oh... $110. Btw, I didn't know I was getting the 256mb version, I told Ken to order one for me and he got it, I thought I was going to get a 64mb...

Spineshank r0x0r!

I finally actually *bought* cd's today, (Adema, Spineshank, Orgy's cd's, Soil, Ultraspank, Enema of the State) and they sound so much better than my mp3s, I have never realized just how much difference there is. Now, to replace my collection of 4,120 mp3's with real CD's.

 

[VIAN]

It should just be called fx 52, half of that VRAM is just there to make the board look like its brutal.