Is my GF 5200 worse than a GF 4 ti 4200?

[Fire_Zealot]

Is my GF 5200 worse than a GF 4 ti 4200? I was on BFG's website when I noticed my 5200 can do 63 mil triangles, while a 4200 can do something like 120 mi. Is the 5200 worse?

 

[Guest]

Yes, the Ti4200 was one of the best performance/price card released by nVidia.

The FX series was probably the worst line up of card nVidia ever put up and the FX5200 was the worst of the worst

Sorry to hear you got one :?

 

[WR2]

Unless you have the 5200 Ultra - yeah the Ti4200 is quite a bit more powerful.

 

[MrCommunistGen]

In my experience an FX5200 is closer to a GF4MX than a GF4Ti (performance-wise). Sure, the 5200 has DX9 whereas the MX is only DX7 and the Ti is DX8, but it doesnt really matter since the 5200 is so slow.

-mcg

 

[Mach5Motorsport]

ditto to what previous posters said. It is very misleading to assume performance expectations based upon the card numbering structure.

The Ti4200 is truly a Hall of Fame video card. 8)

The FX5200 a Hall of Shame video card.

 

[fatcat]

What could be misleading as well beside card denomination is that it is not because a product is newer that it will perform better. For exemple, and your facing something similar, we recently bought a new rig for my wife and since she is not into gaming her GPU is a 7300 GT. On the other hand, I had a 6800 GT which would have eaten the 7300GT for breakfast without even burping and this even though this card is of of an older generation. Often, older high end card still perform better then low end newer generation card

 

[4745454b]

Not only that, don't bother paying to "upgrade" to a 5500. Most of the reviews I've read for that card also show it to be a poor performer. Who cares about DX9 if the card is so crippled that it can't run that code at high enough frame rates? You really should be looking for a 6600 if you want something faster.

 

[kaotao]

The Ti4200 is truly a Hall of Fame video card. 8)

The FX5200 a Hall of Shame video card.

:lol:

 

[minim3]

lol! that brings back memories!
I used to own a geforce ti 4200!!! Best gfx ever!! (at least when I bought it)
Then moved to a Ati 9600 pro and now back to nvidia with a 6800 gs agp!

But to answer your question: Yes! your 5200 is way worse than the 4200. meh, nvidia took a blow with the lamest ever 5+++ series! They did right after that with the 6+++ series though!

 

[megame255]

Like others have said there's no comparison between the two cards and the entire FX series did really suck. I made the mistake of "upgrading" a Ti4200 to an FX5700 Ultra about 3 years ago, and while there was some increase in performance, it wasn't worth the money for what it was.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Not to beat a dead horse, but what are you doing with it?

In gaming GF4Ti was a damn fine card and in most games will outperform the FX5200 (except the ones that the GF4ti can't play at all, but then the FX5200 would likely be a slideshow anyways).

For some professional 3D apps and for 2D quality the FX5200 is better, but people rarley care about that stuff, but that was the primary focus of my previous laptop so the FXGO5200 was ok enoguh for everything but serious gaming (but it did 'eek' along with HL2 and D3 with everthing turned off).

Really at this point their both dinosaurs, but loking back at your purchas, a GF4ti likely would've given you better performance in games over time.

Edited because my brain isn't unified and the back-end compiler is stuck!

 

[redwing]

Well, maybe she's not 5200 times worse ... I guess you have to put things in perspective. Your girlfriend might not render things quite as fast, but I'm sure she has other redeeming features.

 

[3lfk1ng]

LOL....gf = girlfriend....I get it.

I had to read it twice to understand it ...maybe Im a little slow or really nerdy about the Nvidia fx and ti's with the numbers.

 

[coolsquirtle]

In gaming GF4Ti was a damn fine card and in most games will outperform the GF4ti

sorry.. couldn't resist

 

[Slobogob]

With one exception. All i say is "XT". *ducks for cover* :?

 

[4745454b]

Actually, I agree with you there. The 5900XT was a very capable card, and could even outperform the 9800pro/xt. Wasn't loud like the 5800XT, and the only problem with it was the "driver issues". All in all not a bad card, just not a great one.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

D'Oh!

I blame it on the lack of coffee!

Or... wait.... I meant GF4Ti4800 > GF4Ti4200, yeah that's it, someone erased my digits!

 

[coolsquirtle]

D'Oh!

I blame it on the lack of coffee!

Or... wait.... I meant GF4Ti4800 > GF4Ti4200, yeah that's it, someone erased my digits!

"HA HA! OH! GOT YOU! AFTER ALL THIS TIME, I STILL FREAKING GOT YOU! OH GOD! I feel as invincible as Superman" - Stewie Griffin

 

[Mach5Motorsport]

Actually, I agree with you there. The 5900XT was a very capable card, and could even outperform the 9800pro/xt. Wasn't loud like the 5800XT, and the only problem with it was the "driver issues". All in all not a bad card, just not a great one.

FX5900XT nice card. Just wish Nvidia came out with it sooner. Almost a non-factor with the 6800 series just over the horizon.

 

[sirheck]

one good thing about the fx5200 is that it plays
call of duty 2 great. smoke effects and all. 8O

in dx8 though.

 

[stallyn]

Ya the 4200 was a enduring card, went through 2 fans and still kicking, however I sold it for $10

 

[I]

Weren't there multiple flavors of FX5200? Like one with 128bit mem bus and one with 64, and large variations on GPU and memory speed?

Seems like some FX5200 were almost competitive with a TI4200, but fewer of those souped up FX5200 variants were made, and they wouldn't o'c as far as Ti4200 did.

 

[randomizer]

in dx8 though.

dx7 you mean, I wish there was dx8 coz my 9800 pro could do that. Theres so much of a difference between dx7 and dx9: dx7 is very smooth with all settings pumped and 12x10 res (except in smoke grenades); dx9 is slow with low settings at 10x7 res

 

[sirheck]

it might have been dx7.

cod2 is quite adjustable. i have tried it with dx9=slideshow.

 

[randomizer]

With what card?
I caused major glitches in the russian level where you start in the pipe (like the pipe and characters disappeared) and an eventual crash when I set it to dx9 at 16x12 res with virtually full graphics on my 9800 pro 128mb. I had about 3-5 fps for about 20secs before it crashed.