Using OLD cards

[scaremonger]

so i have a question for you smarties. i have a radeon 850 in my current computer. and in my old computer that dates back to 2001 i have GF FX5200 256MB. i was wondering if its ok to use the GF next to the radeon?

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

so i have a question for you smarties. i have a radeon 850 in my current computer. and in my old computer that dates back to 2001 i have GF FX5200 256MB. i was wondering if its ok to use the GF next to the radeon?

whut? do u mean preference to the GF?

 

[scaremonger]

its what i have

 

[scaremonger]

besides the GF is some weak looking card. i bearly ran CS

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

x850 isnt a bad card

 

[scaremonger]

i m just wondering if its ok to use the GF next to the 850 and if it would help in any way

 

[KainXS]

do you mean use the 5200 instead of the x850 or what

x850 blows it away

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

i m just wondering if its ok to use the GF next to the 850 and if it would help in any way

One at a time

 

[scaremonger]

are you kids not understaning my question? double cards. one radeon the other GF. together maybe they can occomplish something

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

are you kids not understaning my question? double cards. one radeon the other GF. together maybe they can occomplish something

And i SAID one at a TIME

 

[Furr]

you can only use one or the other. nVidia and ATI don't mix dude. you can'y have both cards installed. they are both different chipsets and of course... different brands.

 

[phanbuey]

you can use the gf to practice soldering v-mods... and then mod the 850.

 

[scaremonger]

oh yess. finaly the answers i was looking for. thanks it dosent hurt to ask. hey Phanbuey thats hilarious

 

[JrRacinFan]

If you don't mind driver conflicts you can install both, but don't expect a performance increase. Mainly would Only do this if I really need multi monitor support. But then again, I would come back and suggest a Matrox video card. Advisable to install both: no. Possible to install both: yes.

 

[scaremonger]

thanks JR

 

[mrhuggles]

no you cant crossfire/sli them, and no the 5200 wont do physx, so definatly not, it would only add more ports which you probably dont need....

 

[JrRacinFan]

thanks JR

Hey your welcome.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Wait a min, you have agp slots only?
You are using windows XP, so you can can a geforce and a ati card together. Use the ati card, and use a geforce card for Nvida GPU physx. However, you may need to buy a Radeon HD card, and get a cheap 8 series card to enable the gpu physx.

 

[Darren]

so i have a question for you smarties. i have a radeon 850 in my current computer. and in my old computer that dates back to 2001 i have GF FX5200 256MB. i was wondering if its ok to use the GF next to the radeon?

Why would you want to? By today's standards both cards are lower than low-end. The Geforce FX 5200 was one of the worst DX 9.0 cards by Nvidia, those cards blew back in 2002/2003, in 2008/2009 I doubt they'll run the intro of any games. The x850 was good 5 years ago but just like the Geforce FX 5200 it wouldn't play any of today's games, not even on low settings, unless you plan on running games from 2002/2003 or you don't game I'd put both cards in the trash.

If you've got an AGP slot pick up a ATI 3850, they aren't the fastest cards but at least you'll be able to play today's games at moderate detail. Consider a Nvidia 9800 GTX/4850/8800 GT etc if you've got a PCI-E slot available.

 

[MRCL]

The Geforce FX 5200 was one of the worst DX 9.0 cards by Nvidia

Back then I thought I made a killer deal buying it for 120 bucks... eh, I was young and didn't have a clue

Nowadays it can't even run 3dm06, and back when the card was new, it was barely good enough for minimum details. I remember playing GTA VC on that card. It sucked.

Anyway: I agree with Darren, get a nice and fast AGP card of todays time.

PS: Radeon x800 is GOD compared to the 5200.