agent_x007 wrote:Just FYI... my FX 5500 PCI (not AGP, NOT PCIe) is faster than 5k in 3DMark 01 SE.
Granted, I have 270MHz Core clock and 400MHz e […]
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Just FYI... my FX 5500 PCI (not AGP, NOT PCIe) is faster than 5k in 3DMark 01 SE.
Granted, I have 270MHz Core clock and 400MHz effective memory clock on DDR 128-bit bus, but still it's PCI slot card 😁
Lastly :
First graphics card (that I bought), was FX 5200 128MB/128bit AGP for my Pentium III 800MHz/1GHz PC 😀
It stayed with me in my Celeron D setup for few months as well.
This, is how it looked : LINK
I upgraded from GeForce 2 MX 400 32MB.
Yeah your 5500 is definitely faster. Looks like it has the full 128-bit memory bus.
PCI cards can get amazingly fast. I've amassed a collection of PCI cards just for the purpose of doing a video at some point on how fast PCI cards can actually get, so that will be something to look forward to. My preliminary testing has been very interesting though. Typically their performance is VERY inconsistent, depending on a large variety of factors.
swaaye wrote:NVidia made a new budget chip that's less efficient than its predecessor (GF4 MX) but has some new features that are somewhat useful if you are ok with poor performance. 😀 I don't think even the 5200 Ultra can keep up with any GeForce 3.
I have some strange fascination with the 5200 Ultra and have played a number of games on it. I would say it's ok for DirectX 7 games but you don't want to run higher than 1024x768 most of the time. I found that drivers 45.23 and 44.03 are best at compatibility with such older games.
You sound a lot like me haha! Sometimes I get hooked on how a graphics card performs just because it's so interesting. One of the best examples for me was when I got a Voodoo 5 5500. But I'd love to find a 5200 Ultra at some point just because it's a step forward in so many ways (more advanced shader engine, more capable raster backend, etc) and a step backward in so many others (no Z-buffer or color compression, similar to a GeForce 2) compared to a GeForce 3/4.
Sammy wrote:Nglide does not suppurt 3dfx Dos Games directly . It supports 3dfx Dosgames only via Dosbox. […]
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Nglide does not suppurt 3dfx Dos Games directly . It supports 3dfx Dosgames only via Dosbox.
Dgvoodoo 1.52 (beta2) dos support 3dfx dosgames via gilde2x.ovl
For static linked dosgames Dosbox is still needed.
I have an Pentium 3 500Mhz with FX5200 and it is to slow for Dosbox.
But with Dgvoodoo i can play 3dfx games on that Machine.
Good to know, thanks! I'll have to investigate this some time in the future.