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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:27:59 -0500
From: Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB
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Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a GeForce
>> 6200 with 512MB. It will be AGP since this is a older rig. My system is
>> something like this:
>>
>> Mobo: Abit NF7 2.0
>> CPU: AMD 2500+ No overclocking
>> Memory: 2Gbs of 333Mhz.
>> Monitor: Gateway 19" running 1280 x 1024
>>
> Based on the selection at Newegg, I would highly recommend going with
> one of the Radeon HD 3650 or 4650 cards which only cost a little more
> than the one you're looking at. HD3650 is going to be 5x faster than
> GeForce 6200 and HD4650 probably 10x faster.
>
> I think your motherboard supports AGP 8x, and I'm not sure if there
> are any power supply considerations or other features (number of DVI
> heads, etc) but anyway that's my 2 cents. :)
>
> I am an Nvidia video card guy through and through, but in this case
> the AGP Nvidia cards on offer there are ancient and slow compared to
> their ATI counterparts.
>
>
I'm a nvidia guy. I'm not big on ATI at all. Just sort of not my cup
of tea. I have read they have better Linux support than a long time ago
but they came in a little to late for me.
I just wish that thing had a bigger heat sink on it with fans. I may
change that thing pretty quick.
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)