ASUS Nvidia PCI Express 5750 256MB

[ShuckyD]

since i was upgrading my computer and the only kind of graphics card i could use was a PCI express card (16x) heh... my friend decided to give me his, never used and in box. For some reason its not even performing up to par with my old PNY GeFX 5200 which was a 128 card! The frame rate isnt even high running PCMark2001... I have the newest drivers and my BIOS is updated. Are there any settings or programs that will help me get better performance out of my card? any suggestions are welcome, i wonder why this card isnt performing all that great...?¿

J.D.

[ShuckyD]

ASUS tech support, doesnt help all that much

[EXreaction]

What are the specs of the rest of your comp, and your old comps specs would help to.

[ShuckyD]

well my old comp was a AMD xp3200 with 512XMS, 160 GB HD, ABIT Nf7 MoBo, and a GeFX 5200 on XP Pro... my new one is a AMD 64bit XP3500 with a ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe Mobo, 1 Gig of XMS, ASUS 256 PCI EX GeFx5750, 160 GIG HD, Windows XP Pro (Not 64bit).....hmm not much else i can think of, i have the sound blaster audigy 2 platinum Sound card, a 8X DVD RW, Antec Tower

[ShuckyD]

would modding the cards small fan and heatsinks be a good idea, like mayeb a small processor fan for like a Old AMD K6-2 be a good idea?

[SoloCamo]

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Originally Posted by ShuckyD

would modding the cards small fan and heatsinks be a good idea, like mayeb a small processor fan for like a Old AMD K6-2 be a good idea?

nope, not unless you have a way to properly place the heatsink so it would stick to the card evenly so it doesn't overheat

[ShuckyD]

heres a link to my card that i have, if this isnt all that great and you dont think it will perform much better whats the best PCI EX card i can buy under or around 200?

http://www.datarite.net/item1206.htm

[SoloCamo]

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Originally Posted by ShuckyD

heres a link to my card that i have, if this isnt all that great and you dont think it will perform much better whats the best PCI EX card i can buy under or around 200?

http://www.datarite.net/item1206.htm

you could get a much much better card then that for 200 US dollars

heres an x800 for the price
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121543

[ShuckyD]

what card would you reccommend me looking into for gaming and permance wise?

[bombledmonk]

You can sometimes catch a refurbished x800pro on www.newegg.com for under $200.