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More info?)
"CeeBee" <ceebeechester@start.com.au> wrote in message
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> debile9999@hotmail.com (Slim) wrote in
> alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia:
>
> > Hi, can someone give me an advice?
> >
> > I'have an old V7700 Ti that have to be replace with a FX5200 (non
> > ultra) by Asus as warranty replacement. They finally admit that the
> > V7700 cannot capture video on windows XP so they offer me that deal.
> > I'm not a super gamer.
> > I'have a P4P800 2.8 Ghz 768Meg ram
> > Is it a good deal ?
>
>
> FX5200 is a low range, low budget and thus low performance starter card
> for someone who does an occasional 3D game.
>
> I think that the V7700 Ti was marketed a bit higher in the market. Maybe
> comparable with an FX5600, if you're looking for an FX comparison.
> I don't know exactly, but an FX5200 seems a meager replacement to me.
Well, as long as it has working VIVO that's as least as good as the card
it's replacing, and as long as somebody isn't into heavy gaming, and doesn't
mind Asus fluffing off a little with a bottom-end replacement for a used
piece of near-obsolescence that was great in its day, it's not too bad at
all---as long as the 5200 is the V9520 VideoSuite, that is, with the full
retail package. If vidcap functions are the main concern, this seems pretty
honorable and fair. If you were to compare the going rate for used GF2 with
the cost of a used FX5200, the 5200 might not look so much like the
proverbial blind date. And the GF2 series isn't exactly known for crisp 2d
quality with most cards...
> CeeBee
>
>
> "I don't know half of you
> half as well as I should like;
> and I like less than half of you
> half as well as you deserve."