Verto GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 128 MB AGP Graphics Card (05/15/2003)

BUT it can output to 3 video sources...by Wolffriendx3 - June 22, 2006

Pros: It has survived in a HIGH dust environment for 3 years.

Cons: None since unified drivers update

Review: Try this, Play your best destruction games & output HEMI/DVI to a 60" HD tv, your regular monitor thru the ps2 plug and then (OK so I was screwing around and I accidently did this and have no idea how to dplicate it...exactley) set the zoom( s-video through an HD Cable box to HD TV monitor and get rid of that I can't see the guys leg behind the tree shooting at me from 1/2 mile away. u also have to enable mouse gestures and can throw the zoom to another screen. ps Use Creatives SBS750 speakers and make your own gamers chair ....Hey u live where its 115 deg. in summer!

not alot of product help updating driversby spyderman31 - June 28, 2005

Pros: graphics card is from Nvidia

Cons: never seem to find the exact driver update or product description

Terrible supportby DLBelton - March 7, 2005

Pros: None whatsoever

Cons: Product NOT supported by PNY

This Card Screamsby - January 17, 2005

Pros: I can't believe that so many people are belly aching over this card! If you bought this card and dont like it then listen up and I will tell you how to make this card worth while. #1 Don't bother with the drivers on the companion CD. They are out of date.

Cons:

Good 2D perormance, not for gamesby - January 1, 2005

Pros: The packaging has nice eye candy. Worked fine with 2D applications. Installed without any problems.

Cons: Should not be listed as a 3D gaming card. Could barely run Splinter Cell (came with the card). Most games crashed my system. Screen froze up and had to re-boot. I was able to run Call of Duty on minimum settings at 640x480. Doom III ... forget it. C

not recommended for low end Pcsby - September 25, 2004

Pros: If you have a good motherboard like the Is7 or NF7 this card kills i play at maximum settings and resolutions

Cons: if you use cheap ECS mobos this cards works like crap even at the lowest resolutions and details

Powerlessby - September 4, 2004

Pros: Does the trick with older games like GTA3 and doesn't give problems.

Cons: Not powerful enough for upcoming titles like Doom3 or HL2.

Great video card for the moneyby - September 4, 2004

Pros: Plays UT2K4 with all settings maxed with no problems at all. Awesome card.

Cons: You may have to have an IQ in the double digits to install this card. And a fairly up to date computer to take advantage of its potential.

''an updated Geforce 3''by - September 1, 2004

Pros: very cheap,has the newest pixel and vertex shaders,has a 128bit bus, 128 mb vram, can run doom 3 at 640x480 on med with 20-55 fps, i could overclock it from 250/400 to 300/450 with stock cooling..

Cons: all i have to say is you get wut you pay for..if anything get atleast fx 5700 or 5700Ultra if your a hardcore gamer who wants to play doom3,halo2,half-life2 in all its glory..but if you have a geforce 3 or 4 ti series stick with those...and save till you

<retch!>by - September 1, 2004

Pros: This card was simple to install; its software and performance is adequate for CAD work. The Nvidia engine is required for top AutoCAD performance. I can't speak for the gaming world. However - - -

Cons: The integrated fan and heat exchanger is not reliable. On mine, the bearings began buzzing after one month, failed after a year. PNY tech staff refused to offer any assistance at all. After I was transferred to a new duty station and lost the receipt d

Decent card.... for the priceby - July 12, 2004

Pros: Great graphics accelerator for the price only 100 USD ! smooth graphics.. Installation was as smooth as ever.

Cons: some problems on certain resolutions (could my old monitor)

PNY Support Non-Exsistantby - June 1, 2004

Pros: Decent Graphics Card. I have been using them in OEM type computers, which I sell. Customers love them as it is much better than your typical OEM card.

Cons: No Support. Had a few problems with the fan failing. Could not get any help from PNY at all!! Lifetime warranty is crap! If you get a good card out of the box you'll be fine...If something goes wrong your SOL.

Poor Warranty service.by - May 7, 2004

Pros: It works while it lasts.

Cons: The heat sink fan started making noise after a few months. Tech support was very hard to contact. They sent a replacement with a fan with shot bearings. Tech support would not respond to US mail. I finally had to replace it with another brand.

Good Card for average gamerby - March 22, 2004

Pros: Fairly cheap, slightly faster than my geforce 440 mx card. Games load faster and play well on higher resolutions due to the increased memory.Compatabiliy with never games using shader 2.0

Cons: Very misleading lifetime warranty.(WILL REPLACE YOUR CARD ONLY IF IT IS STILL BEING MADE) Not for the hardcore gamer.

Got great 3DMarks for being low end!by - March 21, 2004

Pros: I got score of over 11000+ on 3dmark01(848/648)resolution. Also scored 9600+ on 1024/768. Scored over 2200 (848/648) and 2002 (1024/768). I play on a big screen so as far as I'm concerned it looks great! Not to mention it's connected using the DVI connect

Cons: none

Decent mediocre cardby - March 18, 2004

Pros: East to install, works fairly well with many games, decent performance.

Cons: Not to much of a good value. Could've got a better video card for cheaper. Wouldn't recommend Geforce 5200 Ultra to anyone.

I think it is a great card.by - March 1, 2004

Pros: I installed it, easy enough. Followed the instructions, and everything runs great. I have not run into any of the problems that these other reviews are stating. I have games requiring lots n lots of mem and gpu along with cpu time, and this card has hel

Cons: The only prob I have found is running Windvd with card plugged in hardware excell mode. The screen has white haze over it, but works fine with hardware excell off.

Don't consider anything less than a Nvidia 5600 XT Ultra.by - February 27, 2004

Pros: Quiet, easy to install, looks good.

Cons: It is SLOW SLOW SLOW and the graphics you do retrieve are not that good. Consider a card with more power definately!

Plays Battlefield 1942 Fineby - February 9, 2004

Pros: This card plays battlefield 1942 great, even with 64 players and planes flying everywhere, it seems to hold up fine!!

Cons: ive got no complaints!

You must take FULL advantage of this cardby - January 29, 2004

Pros: Right out of the box, this card will not stack up to the ti4600, however, overclocked it beats it by a fair margin. Download coolbits from somewhere, and follow the instructions. I am running on a 1.3ghz processor, and with a little overclocking, I am get

Cons: This is a budjet card, with budget performance. It'll play top-of-the-line games now, but I think it will be fairly usless when Doom 3 and it's peers start hitting the market.

horrible tech support, no real warrantyby - December 3, 2003

Pros: none

Cons: absolutely a horrible product! I rue the day I bought this junk. Here I lie, waiting on the phone for what will never happen--talking to a live person!!!

A good cheap video cardby - November 7, 2003

Pros: I have used this card heavily for 3 months. I like the card, but it isnt a speed demon, its ALLRIGHT for 100 US :D

Cons: Its too slow on DX9 games like Halo, and it lacks a processor thats present in the 5600 modelos, so antialiasing is a no-no

XP drivers SuCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!by - October 22, 2003

Pros: still displays some sort of video without a driver loaded.

Cons: loaded driver and restarted pc to accept changes. when it booted up and started windows the images were massively distorted. had to do a complete reload of XP, not a repair but a total reformat of the drive.

LCD DVI will not wake up after re-bootby - October 20, 2003

Pros: Great video on 20" LCD, fast reliable

Cons: Will not turn LCD monitor back on after re-boot with DVi (works fine with VGA). Had to pull the card and replace it! No tech support from PixelView!

Good Card, never had any problemsby - October 13, 2003

Pros: Good graphics, never had a problem. Had problems with my old Radon playing SWG but not anymore now that I got this one.

Cons:

This card will kick major ass!!!by - October 1, 2003

Pros: What??? I suppose you guys don't have RivaTuner or nVHardPage?? This card rocks, and performs nearly identical to the FX 5600 with memory speeds of near 800 megahertz. I can run 16x antialiasing / 8x anisotrophic filtering with blistering frame rates,

Cons: none that i can think of

A big tease, with serious drawbacksby - September 24, 2003

Pros: Pretty decent graphic quality and speed for the price. Easy to install with XP.

Cons: I was upgrading from a cheap SIS 32 meg card that was a temporary replacement for my old GeForce2 which wouldn't fit in an AGP slot. I decided to get a new card and based on the CNet review bought the PNY GeForce FX 5200 Ultra for about $140. Well, it

It's Okayby - September 11, 2003

Pros: Relatively inexpensive, good performance (though I'm not a gamer). I recommend it, but purely on a cost basis.

Cons: Lousy instructions and drivers packaged with the card, next to useless website, deceitful warranty...read it carefully, before you buy.

Good entry level card for a medium game card-not an upgradeby - September 5, 2003

Pros: I got it for $99 which made it a better value. At over $100 its not worth it. I also have the Geforce 3 Ti 200. However, I bought the FX card for a different machine so I have both running. Had I bought it to replace the Geforce 3, I would have returne

Cons: If you have a really old card and you are a casual gamer this card will do it for you at a reasonable price. If you are a hardcore gamer and spending $250 to $300 on a video card doesn't faze you, this is NOT the card.

this graphics card is the best?by - September 4, 2003

Pros: i fink this graphics cards is the best one ever that i have had ever anyway. the one i have got has 128Mb ram for fast graphics. it was easy to use all you had too do is put it into your computer and turn it on install the hardware from the CD and it work

Cons:

PNY Verto GeForce FX 5200 Ultraby - August 19, 2003

Pros: This card is awwsome, if you are computer expereinced and you can install this G-FX agp in your system. This card FLYS!!! if you got errors, You must not really take care of your system, im not sure about that chip-set idea business...BUT THIS card is men

Cons: You're getting problems? The support value on this AGP is well supported, u can fix the issues if they're any... That's Why There is GOOGLE.com Search! -- Pay for a higher geforce, is paying for the extra support that goes for the installation for your

PNY Sucks!by - August 19, 2003

Pros: Decent entry level card!

Cons: PNY's support sucks! I am still waiting (3 weeks) for a different card to be replaced! Go with MSI or Asus!!!

Very good for what you pay forby - August 18, 2003

Pros: I have a 2yr old Dimension 8100 system and I wanted a card that was cheap yet a good performer until I was ready for a new system. I am pretty savvy with computers but some of the more hardcore system "tuning" stuff sometimes gives me trouble. When I f

Cons: Documentation and tech support from PNY is not that great. They did not even mention installing a power supply to the card even though you can. Also it would have been great if there was some documentation on how important it is to install new drivers f

Awesome card for it's priceby - August 4, 2003

Pros: price performance (for it's value it has great performance) easy installation free game!

Cons: not reccommended for hard- core gamers can't turn most of the features without sacraficing performance

Did cnet do this before or after the update to the driver?by - July 29, 2003

Pros: The 5200 is a good card. For 100 bucks you get a fast card that can run pretty much any game of the market today. It ain't a Radeon 9700, but it does tha job.

Cons: Seriously, for a brand new card out on the market today, you'd think Nvidia would have made it faster than their previous Ti cards. This card by even a margin should out pace a 4600. It doesn't even out pace a 4400. Sure it has new architecture, but if it

Cheap DX9 cardby - July 9, 2003

Pros: Cheap, reliable manufacturer

Cons: This card's retailing for 159-199, and CNET's review puts it close to a Ti4600. However, i agree with the rest of the user reivews here (performance is worse off than a gf3). Bottom line: if you absolutely need a DX9 compatible card, then try it, but a

Lame CNET reviewby - July 9, 2003

Pros: DX 9 budget card only (not really a plus, but it is pixel shader 2.0)

Cons: CNet doesn't know bench marks very well. A large chunk of the 3dmark2003 score comes from game 4 (Nature, dx 9.0 only) which does not even run on the Ti4600. If they wanted a proper benchmark comparison they should have used 3dmark2001. They should not

Not as fast as you thinkby - July 9, 2003

Pros: Decent FX5200 with fast memory

Cons: To the reviewer who says this card is slower in many things than his Geforce3...no surprise, the Geforce3 is leagues above the FX5200. For the price (>$150), this card offers below average performance. This card is no where near a Geforce4Ti, as the

Do not buy from PNY, terrible support!by - July 5, 2003

Pros: Good frame speed and color after you get it working. Better cards out their for less money!

Cons: Doe's not work with most via chipsets. Have to find updated drivers for xp/xp pro, the ones on the disk and at the PNY home page will not work correctly. Glorified 5200.

Not As Fast as claimedby - July 1, 2003

Pros: Good upgrade for its price.

Cons: Core was 75MHz. slower than the box advertised. Near imposible to contact PNY.