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Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 8:54 am
by Mike Thurman
Hey guys,

This is kind of a funny question, but could someone show me a screenshot of FS2004 with a GeForce FX5200 video card, i'm planning on buying one and i wanna see what i'm getting :)

BTW, does the FX5200 support the reflective water textures you find on simV ( they're 1.1 mb).




Thanks ;D



Mike

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 9:07 am
by Iroquois
Take a look at any of my shots. I use an FX5200. I don't use AA because of my relatively slow CPU so you'll see the "stairstep" in some of them.

Here are some I posted recently. Taken on the fly so what you see is what you get.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1083503368

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 9:08 am
by Scottler
Mike, check out my thread in this forum from Monday entitled "Last Known Photo".

They were taken with an FX5200 128mb card and the Bill Lyons water textures installed.

If you get the 64mb card, or if your system is a little on the slow side, you may not get the same result, or if you do, you may get some stuttering, but this will give you a good idea.

The shot was taken with everything maxed out for maximum detail.

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:32 am
by Mike Thurman
Well, here's my PC specs, can't say if it's slow or not, lol:


Intel Celeron Pentium 4   ,     850mhz       , 512mb SD RAM, GeForce MX/MX400 64 mb

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 12:08 pm
by GeForce
Intel Celeron Pentium 4 850mhz


??? ??? ???

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 12:30 pm
by Scottler
Beats me, GeForce.  lol

The card upgrade will help you a little, Mike, but your processor (if it's truly an 850 as you said) will still run a little slow.  In the RAM department, you're all set for now.  Hope this helps!

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 12:32 pm
by ozzy72
Agreed Jon, err Mike either its a Pentium or a Celeron, it can't be both...
I'd guess from its speed that its a Celeron, as virtually every P4 runs above 1GHz........
You system should be able to handle the card okay, which OS are you running?

Mark

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 1:36 pm
by Iroquois
[quote]Well, here's my PC specs, can't say if it's slow or not, lol:


Intel Celeron Pentium 4

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:38 pm
by congo
A GF FX5200 isn't gonna make a lick of difference too what you have now for a screenshot!

And it's barely worth the upgrade effort. Your "Celeron" 850 can't keep up with it anyway. (It's not really a P4's backside now is it?)   ;)

A shiny new P4 in the CPU slot could make a significant difference though! (if the mainboard will support any CPU currently on the market)

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 9:50 am
by Dannyboy
Mike if you look at my screenshot posts you will see what a FX5200 looks like. They are by "Dannyboy". It is a good graphics card for the cost. All of my posts are in Freeware Screenshots.  8)  ;D I suggest that you get a AGP slot card, the PCI slots do not seem to work as good.

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2004 10:41 am
by Scottler
Assuming he has an AGP slot.  I run the 5200 PCI card and have had nothing but great luck with it.

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2004 5:33 am
by Mike Thurman
sorry guys, i was getting it all screwed up, it's an Intel P4, lol, got a 'lil confused there, hehehe ;D

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2004 7:36 am
by Delta_
What is its MHz of the processor?
It is not possible to get 850MHz P4's.

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Sat May 15, 2004 6:00 pm
by clemens79
Hi folks!

over here P4 2.8GHz P4, 1GB 3200, FX5900 128MB, WinXP... runs FS9 super, all graphics settings to highest and FPS at 25. But i have a friend with almost the same environment, but an FX5700 128MB... and there's the real difference, didnt believe first, but he sucks with the same settings (even 20fps). So we tried changing the card, he got my fx5900 for some days, and it was much better performance.

Hope that helps

Re: Shots with an FX5200

PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2004 12:54 am
by aafuss
'Hey guys,

This is kind of a funny question, but could someone show me a screenshot of FS2004 with a GeForce FX5200 video card, i'm planning on buying one and i wanna see what i'm getting :)

BTW, does the FX5200 support the reflective water textures you find on simV ( they're 1.1 mb).
'

Yes, I have a FX5200 and in FS2004 all display settings maxed out, with 8x AA and 4x ansitropic filtering  and I get very realistic water textures. See the following post  for some screenshots of my AFCAD 2 created Irken Airport using a FX5200 :

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=display;num=1085017999;start=0