PNY Geforce FX5200 256MB PCI Graphics Card

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.5 x 2.9 inches ; 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F5IE9Y
• Item model number: VCGFX522PPB
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 5, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The PNY Geforce FX5200 256 MB PCI Graphics Card features NVIDIA's CineFX engine to deliver film-quality effects and studio-quality color for every application. The high-performance, high-precision 3D rendering engine offers 128-bit, studio quality floating point precision through the entire graphics pipeline and support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures. The integrated TV encoder provides best-of-class TV-out functionality up to 1024x768 resolution, while Microsoft DirectX 9.0 support ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all DirectX 9 applications.

Open GL 1.5 support ensures the best application compatibility performance for all OpenGL applications, while unified driver support guarantees forward and backward compatibility. The card offers 256 MB of 128-bit memory with a 6.4 GB-per-second memory bandwidth.

What's in the Box
NVIDIA FX 5200 PCI Graphics Card, Quick Installation Guide, CD which includes: detailed Installation Guide (PDF file); NVIDIA Forceware Drivers; NVIDIA GeForce Demos; and PNY and NVIDIA Desktop Wallpapers; and S-Video cable.

Product Description

Box Packages: NVIDIA FX 5200 PCI Graphics Card, S-Video cable, Quick Installation Guide; CD with PDF installation guide, NVIDIA Forceware Drivers, NVIDIA GeForce Demos & desktop wallpapers.

The GeForce FX5200 Graphics Card delivers High-Performance, High Precision 3D graphics -- the kind of graphics you need for real gaming. Its powerful rendering engine gives you true color support, high-speed rendering and more true-to-life textures, lighting & coloring. NVIDIA's CineFX engine delivers film-quality effects and studio-quality color for every application. The multibuffering design provides you with smooth animation and video playback. The Integrated TV encoder supports resolutions up to 1024x768; the Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) supports multiple video windows with full quality and features in each window. Digital Vibrance Control 3.0 allows the user to adjust color controls digitally to achieve accurate, bright colors in all conditions. Advanced CG support ensures that the newest, cutting edge special effects in applications will run flawlessly. Memory Speed - 400 MHz RAMDAC Speed - dual 350 MHz Max Resolution - 2048 x 1536 Refresh Rate at Max Resolution - 85 Hz Color Depth at Maximum Resolution - 4.3 Billion Colors (32-bit) Flat Panel Max Resolution - 1600 x 1200 Video Standards - HDTV Port Connectors - 2 VGA, 1 S-Video Graphics Support - DirectX 9.0, Open GL 1.5 Operating Systems - Windows 98 or higher, ME, 2000, XP, or Windows NT4.0 System Requirements - Intel Pentium III, AMD Duron or Athlon processor (or higher); 128MB RAM; 50MB hard disk space; CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive; free PCI slot; VGA compatible monitor; 250W power supply

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good value for money, January 9, 2007

By	S.E. Poza (Rimersburg, PA) - See all my reviews

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This is an excellent card for owners of older or low end machines who cannot use newer PCI-E slots or AGP. I have a 3 year-old eMachine which this installed easily in and worked well with. Prior to installing this card, 3D games were jerky and nearly unplayable but this card fixed that up quite well.

Be forewarned though that it won't overcome the limitations of a sluggish or cheap processor. It will improve the look and feel as well as screen refresh speed. If you've got a poor integrated graphics chip which off-loads a lot of the graphics rendering tasks onto your CPU, this will help tremendously. It'll also reduce the possibility of overheating.

As a bonus, the card adds a video port as well as S-video (S-video is commonly missing from low-end PCs). S-video allows you to see your computer's screen on your television as well as interface with S-video devices (such as video capture boxes and cameras).

One note about installation though, you will probably have to disable the driver for your integrated video chip to get the card to function.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Upgraded from integrated graphics controller and can see a huge improvement!, November 26, 2007

By	R. Webster "RaySildur" (Lynn, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have a Dell dimension 2400 desktop with an integrated video/graphics controller (Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller) After reading the reviews on this site, I wasn't certain that the geForce FX 5200 would be much of an upgrade over what I already have. But, I installed the card last night and it is great! I've been trying to play games like Half Life2, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Counter Strike Source, NBA Live 2004, etc. on my PC for a while. And, although these games do run, there is a considerable amount of lag and slowdown which really ruins the gameplay. Especially in games like Half Life2 where there are a lot of things on the screen at the same time. Like a huge open area. Outside maps run extremely poor. But, the geForce FX 5200 gave it enough of a boost where the games run seamlessly, with little to no lag/slowdown. The graphics are noticeable better (lighting, textures, shadows). The load times are faster. I'm very thrilled that such an inexpensive card could make such a big difference. There were maps I couldn't even play on Half Life 2: Deathmatch. But, I played them after installing this card and they run with no problems. I have never used a high-end graphics card before, so I have nothing to compare this card to. But, it is a huge improvment over my integrated graphics chip that came preinstalled from Dell.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great card, great with Vista, July 19, 2007

By	P. Wagner "P-Dub" (Flagstaff, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this card after purchasing a Windows Vista upgrade for my Dell Dimension 3000 (no AGP or PCIe slots, integrated on-motherboard video, Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, 2GB RAM). It installed in a snap, the directions were clear and well-written, and I was up and running within minutes. Windows Aero works and looks great. I'm not a gamer, so I can't vouch for how this card performs on really graphics-intensive games, but my flight simulators run smoothly.

Best of all, Vista drivers are included on the CD (and are also available for download from PNY's web site). Vista didn't think twice about hitting the ground running with this card. I'm very happy with my purchase.