need help on my fx5200

regan1985 · Jul 8, 2006

randomly my friend got a new graphics card for his pc and now he has given me his old1. im puting it in my sisters machine as its not gd for me!

its a fx5200 agp 128mb
i want to overclock it and i was wondering whats the best tool and what else can i do to it?ie can i flash the bios????

breakfromyou · Jul 9, 2006

dont even worry about overclocking an fx 5200+ you wont gain hardly any performance from one. very weak cards.

POGE · Jul 9, 2006

You can flash it to a 5500.

x800professor · Jul 9, 2006

POGE said:
You can flash it to a 5500.

I have a FX5500 sitting around...that is garbage too. You'll go from playing games on low settings at 15fps to playing them on low settings at 18fps.

regan1985 · Jul 9, 2006

yeh like i said i got the card for free,and im not going to be using it for gaming!!! is that true i can flash it to the fx5500???

x800professor · Jul 10, 2006

regan1985 said:
yeh like i said i got the card for free,and im not going to be using it for gaming!!! is that true i can flash it to the fx5500???

They are just about the same card. They use the same core, but the 5200 runs slightly slower, so just overclock it.

breakfromyou · Jul 10, 2006

x800professor said:
They are just about the same card. They use the same core, but the 5200 runs slightly slower, so just overclock it.

true. the 5500 is just a higher clocked 5200.

POGE · Jul 10, 2006

the 5200 isnt that bad of card... until 6 months ago it was my main card... It plays BF2 fine on low settings...

breakfromyou · Jul 10, 2006

the 5200's suck. i remember trying to play need for speed underground with my 5200. it worked, but not very well at all.

x800professor · Jul 10, 2006

breakfromyou said:
the 5200's suck. i remember trying to play need for speed underground with my 5200. it worked, but not very well at all.

I have a FX5500 256MB sitting in one of my computers and it can barely handle AoEIII on ultra low settings. I have a Go FX5200 64MB and it oddly does a better job. It also has faster ram than the desktop 5500, but it's still 128 bit. Both cards can't get much better than a 1200 in 3dMark03. Oddly, the 5500 can handle Empire Earth II much much much better than the 5200 can. Maybe it needs the extra texture memory that the 5500 has. Anyway, the Go5200 just makes me wish I could upgrade my laptop's GPU. It seems kind of a waste in this Toshiba P25-S607, which looks like it would be rather powerful with it's 17" widescreen monitor and all.

regan1985 · Jul 10, 2006

so wot do people think i should do flash it to a 5500?which im not 2 confident doing or just overclock it on riva tuner??altho i have tried and its not stable at all which but a little overclock???

tried playing age of empires 3 on it and im have to play on low settings and its still laggy, even tho the recommended is 64mb

pt · Jul 10, 2006

does it have the stock cooler?

regan1985 · Jul 10, 2006

just a big heatsink!!! and i cant figure out how to check the temp if there is a way??

rpg711 · Jul 10, 2006

thermometer

breakfromyou · Jul 10, 2006

just overclock it. it is possible that the 5500 could be slightly different. so to be on the safe side, see what you can get out of it.

rpg711 · Jul 10, 2006

ya no big risk in burning it either

x800professor · Jul 10, 2006

rpg711 said:
ya no big risk in burning it either

5500=5200 with a fan.

breakfromyou · Jul 10, 2006

i had an FX 5200, and it didnt last long. i think it overheated because of the burn mark on the heatsink...

regan1985 · Jul 11, 2006

got nothing to loose i suppose!!!

x800professor · Jul 11, 2006

regan1985 said:
got nothing to loose i suppose!!!

The best samples of the NV34 chip (your chip) that I know of were in the FX5200 Ultra and hit 325 MHz from the factory. It has a better cooler (with a fan and all) than you do, and it probably has a cherry picked core. In other words, I'd keep it south of 325 MHz if I were you.

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Processor	yorkfield core 2 quad Q8200 3.2ghz 1.26v
Motherboard	asus p5Q SE
Cooling	akasa ak965
Memory	Kingston 1066 2x2gb 1104mhz 2.2v
Video Card(s)	SAPPHIRE HD 2600 XT DDR3 857/1078
Storage	2X Samsung spinpoint 500GB 7200 4x 1tb samsung eco 5400
Display(s)	2xSamsung P2270 22" Widescreen
Case	NZXT Hush Quiet Case in Black
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply
Software	windows 7 64

Processor	E6600 @ 3.5GHz
Motherboard	EVGA 680i
Cooling	Thermaltake Big Typhoon with high CFM LED fan + 25cm case fan
Memory	2GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066 C5 @ 1130 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	EVGA 8800 GTS 655/909
Storage	400GB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	20.1" SCEPTRE X20WC-Gamer
Case	Thermaltake Armor with 25cm fan
Audio Device(s)	On board for now
Power Supply	FSP Group (Fortron Source) FX700-GLN
Software	Windows XP Professional

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