BFG Tech 5500FX Review

F1N3ST · Sep 26, 2006, 09:09 PM

I think that the 5500FX from BFG Tech, is a pretty good deal. Pre overclocked 20mhz over, even though this isn’t needed, it gives you a little extra performance, without breaking the warranty. I overclocked my card another 25mhz, and 86mhz on the memory. I havent had any shut downs, malfunctions, or artifacts. The fan on this card seems to have a decent quality, requires no external power connector. The only downside to the installation of this card, is that no 5500FX driver is supplied on the driver CD, just download it from NVIDIA. This is an anti-low profile card, it is pretty big, almost as wide as the PCI bracket.

Now to the game performance, and benchmarks, my test setup is below,
Celeron D 335 2.8GHZ
768MB DDR-400 (512+256)
80GB 7200RPM HD
17” CRT Monitor Max Res is 1024x768
BFG 5500FX 295/486 Overclocked

I used 1 game, Counter Strike Source, to benchmark, and one benchmarking program, Aquamark3.

The game performance was good, all resolutions were playable, but note, everything is on low, and no AF or AA. Counter Strike: Source performance is below.

Aquamark3 performance was pretty bad. It went above 30fps only once. But Aquamark3 uses 4xAF, and 1024x768 resolution. So, it would have been playable maybe in a lower resolution.

Overall, this is a mid range PCI card, costing around 60$, it is not that bad of a deal, if you can settle for lower resolutions. Do not buy this card if you dont plan to overclock it. Performance is horrible without overclocking. I would recommend this card to people stuck with PCI slots, and arent looking to buy Windows again, or a new motherboard. A better option to this card would be a 6200, or the new X1300PCI, which i now own

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firyace · Oct 2, 2006, 04:33 AM

Yeah I got an fx5500 BFG, but it is in my secondary computer right now. its not bad, as I never play new games on it or anything, but I don't know why, I can't oc as much as you do, my memory can only oc to 426, but my core is at 312.

Sato · Oct 23, 2006, 05:29 PM

Hy all,

I have fx 5500, nice video card with low price, run games good ;], acctualy not with best grafic but runs

Which drivers to use beter, now i have installated 91.47_forceware_winxp2k_english_whql
but sometimes i have problems in full screen mode, the screen is strech ;].

Sep 26, 2006, 09:09 PM	#1
F1N3ST DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 123 Rep Power: 0	BFG Tech 5500FX Review I think that the 5500FX from BFG Tech, is a pretty good deal. Pre overclocked 20mhz over, even though this isn’t needed, it gives you a little extra performance, without breaking the warranty. I overclocked my card another 25mhz, and 86mhz on the memory. I havent had any shut downs, malfunctions, or artifacts. The fan on this card seems to have a decent quality, requires no external power connector. The only downside to the installation of this card, is that no 5500FX driver is supplied on the driver CD, just download it from NVIDIA. This is an anti-low profile card, it is pretty big, almost as wide as the PCI bracket. Now to the game performance, and benchmarks, my test setup is below, Celeron D 335 2.8GHZ 768MB DDR-400 (512+256) 80GB 7200RPM HD 17” CRT Monitor Max Res is 1024x768 BFG 5500FX 295/486 Overclocked I used 1 game, Counter Strike Source, to benchmark, and one benchmarking program, Aquamark3. The game performance was good, all resolutions were playable, but note, everything is on low, and no AF or AA. Counter Strike: Source performance is below. Aquamark3 performance was pretty bad. It went above 30fps only once. But Aquamark3 uses 4xAF, and 1024x768 resolution. So, it would have been playable maybe in a lower resolution. Overall, this is a mid range PCI card, costing around 60$, it is not that bad of a deal, if you can settle for lower resolutions. Do not buy this card if you dont plan to overclock it. Performance is horrible without overclocking. I would recommend this card to people stuck with PCI slots, and arent looking to buy Windows again, or a new motherboard. A better option to this card would be a 6200, or the new X1300PCI, which i now own .

Oct 2, 2006, 04:33 AM	#2
firyace DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Yeah I got an fx5500 BFG, but it is in my secondary computer right now. its not bad, as I never play new games on it or anything, but I don't know why, I can't oc as much as you do, my memory can only oc to 426, but my core is at 312. __________________ http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v361/firyace/02.jpg Free Gundam Model Kits\|Free Real Estate Listing\|My Biomed Engineering Projects Go now for a chance to win an MG Strike Freedom Model Kit!!!!! My computer spec: Pentium 4 3.0GHz\|2x512mhz Kingston PC3200\|Ati 9800Pro AIW wth VGA Silencer 3clocked @ 430/390 \|Tiger 3in1 Controller port\|2x250GB WD 7200rpm hard drive\|

Oct 23, 2006, 05:29 PM	#3
Sato DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lithuania Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	G Force Roolz Hy all, I have fx 5500, nice video card with low price, run games good ;], acctualy not with best grafic but runs Which drivers to use beter, now i have installated 91.47_forceware_winxp2k_english_whql but sometimes i have problems in full screen mode, the screen is strech ;].