Ge Force Fx 5200

[Elio Vierma]

Somebody can help me in obtain the ideal configuration for this video card, for a better perfomance of G3?
I have a dell dimension 8100, p4 1.5 and the video card has 256 of memory.
sorry my english is not very good, but I think you have the idea.
thanks,
Elio

[George Harkin]

I suggest you make sure your hard drive is defragmented and be sure to download the latest version of your video card drivers from www.nvidia.com. In addition, make sure to update G3 to the latest version (.410).

[Elio Vierma]

Thanks George,
In fact, the HD is defragmented, drivers of the video card are the latest version, and G3 is updated to .410 version, but I don't get more than 30-40 FPS.
My video card is 8X and the bug of the motherboard is 4X, is possible that is the problem?, if so, what is the solution?, what is the ideal configuration for the video card?
Thanks again.
Elio

[vitek]

The FX5200 is not a very powerful card. If you want to get better frame rates, you should try decreasing some of the quality settings. Shadow quality will have a very big impact. If you don't mind it, you may also want to disable clouds and terrain detail.

Travis

[Cobra]

Yeah, 30-40 fps sounds about right for that config. As the above mentioned you can start turning off some details in RFG3. I have that card, but in a 3.0G P4, and it's about the same frame rate, worse in multiplayer. I'm going to try a nvidia 6800 GT and see how much better it works.

[Elio Vierma]

Originally Posted by vitek

The FX5200 is not a very powerful card. If you want to get better frame rates, you should try decreasing some of the quality settings. Shadow quality will have a very big impact. If you don't mind it, you may also want to disable clouds and terrain detail.

Travis

Thanks, I'll do that and will send you a new message with results.

thanks again,
Elio.

[Elio Vierma]

Originally Posted by Cobra

Yeah, 30-40 fps sounds about right for that config. As the above mentioned you can start turning off some details in RFG3. I have that card, but in a 3.0G P4, and it's about the same frame rate, worse in multiplayer. I'm going to try a nvidia 6800 GT and see how much better it works.

Thanks, I'd like to know about results with the nvidia 6800 GT, would you please let me know when you get it?. Depending of that, I'll try too.

Thanks again,

Elio.