Worth upgrading an GeForice 4 MX440 to FX 5200?

Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate
that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to my
graphics performance?

Cheers.

Bobby

The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400. But
other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have?
Dave

"Bobby" <> wrote in message
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> Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate
> that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to
my
> graphics performance?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Bobby
>
>

Hi Dave, I have an Athlon 2000XP with 540Mb RAM and 60Gb (ATA 133) HD.

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400. But
> other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have?
> Dave
>
> "Bobby" <> wrote in message
> news:be47uv$ded$...
> > Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I
appreciate
> > that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to
> my
> > graphics performance?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> >
>
>

Hi Dave, I have an Athlon 2000XP with 540Mb RAM and 60Gb (ATA 133) HD.

"Dave" <> wrote in message
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> The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400. But
> other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have?
> Dave
>
> "Bobby" <> wrote in message
> news:be47uv$ded$...
> > Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I
appreciate
> > that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to
> my
> > graphics performance?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> >
>
>

I just made that upgrade... very well worth it ~if~ you play games (I play
UT)... also OpenGL screen savers, etc are much nicer and smoother. Not
the best reason in the world to upgrade though... depends on you.


"Bobby" <> wrote in message
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> Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate
> that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to
my
> graphics performance?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Bobby
>
>

I play games Jared - have you noticed much improvement in UT?

"Jared Richardson" <> wrote in message
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> I just made that upgrade... very well worth it ~if~ you play games (I play
> UT)... also OpenGL screen savers, etc are much nicer and smoother. Not
> the best reason in the world to upgrade though... depends on you.
>
>
> "Bobby" <> wrote in message
> news:be47uv$ded$...
> > Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I
appreciate
> > that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to
> my
> > graphics performance?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> >
>
>

"Bobby" <> wrote in message
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> Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I appreciate
> that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference to
my
> graphics performance?

I guess so, but most importantly you will get DX8 features making your games
nicer (DX9 is hardly supported by any games yet but you get that also).

/M

2000+? Definately go for the upgrade. If you are a serious gamer then you
might want to spend a little more and get a GF4ti4200 or even a GFX5600
Ultra.
Dave

"Bobby" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Dave, I have an Athlon 2000XP with 540Mb RAM and 60Gb (ATA 133) HD.
>
> "Dave" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > The 5200 is good for about a 30% gain in frame rate over a GF4mx400.
But
> > other things need to be considered. What CPU do you have?
> > Dave
> >
> > "Bobby" <> wrote in message
> > news:be47uv$ded$...
> > > Is it worth replacing my MX440 (64Mb) with an FX5200 (128Mb)? I
> appreciate
> > > that this FX is bottom of the range. But would it make any difference
to
> > my
> > > graphics performance?
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > >
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>