I found an old video card

[james1701]

When I was putting away my Xmas decorations the other day, I found an old Radeon 7200. Is it still good for anything other than documents, or surfing the net? Can I still find drivers?

 

[vj8usa]

It'd be worse than modern integrated graphics. It's a DX7 card (no pixel/vertex shader capability).

 

[AzN]

no HDCP either. I have a 7200 vivo in my old p4 box. Does your basic 2d stuff. No vista drivers just xp and lower.

 

[SlowSpyder]

You can play Team Fortress Classic, that's what I did with my 7200.

 

[TemjinGold]

Is it PCI? If so, you could stash it away as a troubleshooting video card...

 

[james1701]

Yes, its pci. I have a 975x mobo laying around. I also found an old 350watt power supply up there too. I might pick up a cheap hd and chip and see if I can get it going. The kids might be able to play pogo with it. might be a fun legacy box too.

 

[IlllI]

you could hang it on your christmas tree next year

 

[themisfit610]

Keep it.

A working PCI video card is quite useful for troubleshooting purposes.

~MiSfit

 

[Sylvanas]

Could keep it for a Linux machine or simple word processing etc.

 

[FalseChristian]

I like to see what Crysis looks like on that Radeon 7200. Post some pics of it.

 

[Denithor]

Originally posted by: FalseChristian
I like to see what Crysis looks like on that Radeon 7200. Post some pics of it.

Pictures would be all you could get, if you could even find a way to get it running. Slideshow, at best...

 

[nemesismk2]

The Radeon 7200 is only useful for trouble shooting these days or for strictly none game.

 

[vj8usa]

Originally posted by: FalseChristian
I like to see what Crysis looks like on that Radeon 7200. Post some pics of it.

It wouldn't run at all unless you made some major modifications to the game itself. Like I said before, the 7200 has no shader capability, and Crysis requires SM2+.

That just reminded me of Doom 3 running on a Voodoo2.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: themisfit610
Keep it.

A working PCI video card is quite useful for troubleshooting purposes.

~MiSfit

i just got a couple old nVidia cards out of some old builds this weekend!

Riva TNT 2 - 64
[PCI, the old style with the two ways to screw it to the MB or the case; it replaces my SIS 8MB card that was used to troubleshoot many a build]

and

a GeForce3 Ti
[AGP of course and it reminds me of the days of my Radeon 8500-128MB ]

they look like toys compared to todays videocard; the TNT has no VGA fan
- i am using the Geforce3 in my new back-up 'net machine i traded my 2.8 Ghz CeleronD-powered emachine for]
[P4 2.26B/BX MB/Geforce3-Ti/1GB PC3200/Audigy2 ZS/4.1 speakers/Lian Li Brushed aluminum case & Antec 300w PS/Acer 14x9 LCD/WinXP Pro]
--it's almost like it's '04 again .. the good old days

forget Crysis ,, maybe FarCry