On Wed October 25 2006 05:56, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
Russbucket <russbucket@nwi.net> wrote: On Tue October 24 2006 12:18, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
BRUCE STANLEY
wrote:
Matthias Hopf wrote: On Oct 17, 06 10:11:00 -0700, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
I am thinking about replacing my ATI RADEON 9250 PRO with a NVIDA Geforce FX5200 card.
How well is the FX5200 supported under Suse 10.0 ?
Works well, but I would suggest getting a 6200 instead. Is approx. the same price and much faster in certain cases (avoid the TurboCache variants). That said, if you already *have* a 5200, use it.
Would if be worth replacing the ATI card with the FX5200?
IMHO it's always worth replacing an ATI by something else... Hope this changes now after the AMD merger.
Matthias
Well I went window shopping this weekend but I could not find any 5200 AGP cards locally. PCI versions were available.
I did find several version of the 6200 card which brings up another question.
What is the difference betwee a 6200 card and a 6t200 LE card? I found both 6200 LE and 6200 LE Turbo cards (which I knwo now to aviod).
I
take it then that no one has any info on the difference between a 6200 card and a 6200LE card?
Look for a e-GeForce FX5200 from EVGA Intelligent Innovation its DDR 128MB AGP 8x/4x. I purchased mine at a local store here in Washinton state about three weeks ago. www.evga.com
Hope this helps
My FX5200 has been running for several weeks now with no problems. I have a PIII, 866MHZ Micron (MPC) system. I use SUSE 10.0 with all updates. I did install the Nvidia drivers from YaST. Will they let you exchange the 6200 for a 5200 so you can try it? After you installed the card did you run SAX? I know I did not install from init3 like many recommend but like I say it installed. My Googleearth now works with the 3d. The card also appears to work under XP, even though I just installed it there incase. Haven't used XP in almost 2 years except for TurboTax and to test my wifes webpage with IE. -- Russ