One big difference to look for between Geforce 5200 models is whether the memory interface (NOT the amount of memory) is 128-bit or 64-bit. The 64-bit models will perform much worse. Just to warn you, the Geforce 5200 is a very low end model.
Hi thanks for answering,well here is my story,I purchased a dell xps system in April,in June it crashed,after getting the runaround with many dell techs,finally got the one who is xps certified to help me,we got it up & running however when I went to put back the graphics card it did not say 128 DDR NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200(graphics card) as per my contract but it says NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200.
The tech told me it was the same but I have reservations as when I went to play a childs candyland game I had another error.
sorry to go on & on but as you can see I am very frustrated as this is an expensive sysyetm and this was bought to do alot of graphics on it
You mean it didn't say that on the card itself? The 128MB DDR just refers to the amount of RAM the card has. It's almost certainlly the correct card.
Have you upgraded the graphics drivers with the newest ones from www.nvidia.com ? (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_61.77 is the direct link for the Windows XP drivers) I'm hesitant to recommend that if you're not used to replacing drivers, but if you continue getting video related errors, that might help. (Basically you download Nvidia's newest ForceWare drivers, uninstall your current nvidia drivers from the control panel, reboot your computer when it tells you to, and then run the install program you downloaded)
Some games might also have errors if they weren't designed for Windows 2000 or XP (while other games will run just fine despite that).
Message Edited by tigerwolf7 on 08-27-2004 06:06 PM
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Are there two specific models you're looking at?
One big difference to look for between Geforce 5200 models is whether the memory interface (NOT the amount of memory) is 128-bit or 64-bit. The 64-bit models will perform much worse. Just to warn you, the Geforce 5200 is a very low end model.
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Hi thanks for answering,well here is my story,I purchased a dell xps system in April,in June it crashed,after getting the runaround with many dell techs,finally got the one who is xps certified to help me,we got it up & running however when I went to put back the graphics card it did not say 128 DDR NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200(graphics card) as per my contract but it says NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200.
The tech told me it was the same but I have reservations as when I went to play a childs candyland game I had another error.
sorry to go on & on but as you can see I am very frustrated as this is an expensive sysyetm and this was bought to do alot of graphics on it
(my poor husband)
thanks
Norma
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August 27th, 2004 22:00
You mean it didn't say that on the card itself? The 128MB DDR just refers to the amount of RAM the card has. It's almost certainlly the correct card.
Have you upgraded the graphics drivers with the newest ones from www.nvidia.com ? (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_61.77 is the direct link for the Windows XP drivers) I'm hesitant to recommend that if you're not used to replacing drivers, but if you continue getting video related errors, that might help. (Basically you download Nvidia's newest ForceWare drivers, uninstall your current nvidia drivers from the control panel, reboot your computer when it tells you to, and then run the install program you downloaded)
Some games might also have errors if they weren't designed for Windows 2000 or XP (while other games will run just fine despite that).
Message Edited by tigerwolf7 on 08-27-2004 06:06 PM