Nvidia Geforce 6200 128mb PCI (not express!!)

ChampionFx · Feb 20, 2007, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by josh2thad

i personally would go with the faster memory, -128 bit then overclock the core.

Yeah, I forgot , get only 128-bit X1550 PCI bus card which Diamond Stealth is.

I don't know if HIS model is only 64 bit but if it is, that would be no go.
Also same with Visiontek , if they keep making 64-bit version of PCI bus cards then there will be no sales for them.

I can tell, there is a huge performance boost between poor 64-bit and faster 128-bit PCI bus card.

@ Nymins:

Thanks for checking back in here and for starting this Topic

frusciante · Feb 21, 2007, 01:29 AM

Thanks a lot for the answer Champion FX
i wont get the card right now but maybe is better because i will be able to read reviews and benchmarks on the x1550.
About the 64 -128 bit issue, i read in another forum that the diamond x1300 128 bit was recognized as a 64 bit on some software, anyway ati tool still recognize it as a 128 bit, i dont know if there is a way to be sure about this 64-128 bit issue.

killazebra · Feb 21, 2007, 02:43 AM

I'm sorry my fellow pci brothers, but I have seen the gaming future for pci and its looking pretty grim

sadly I have decided its time to upgrade, Dell has a very nice deal going on for their E521, which are pretty much compatilble with all of the new cpu's and new cutting edge video cards. and can have up to 4 gb of ram

, and if you are a gamer with a pci card I'd advise you to start saving and get this deal. I almost feel like I'm abandoning you

but for $419, its a deal that i just can't pass up. I hope you guys fare well with your pci cards, maybe you guys will just get that nividia generation 7xxx card.

ChampionFx · Feb 21, 2007, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frusciante

Thanks a lot for the answer Champion FX
i wont get the card right now but maybe is better because i will be able to read reviews and benchmarks on the x1550.
About the 64 -128 bit issue, i read in another forum that the diamond x1300 128 bit was recognized as a 64 bit on some software, anyway ati tool still recognize it as a 128 bit, i dont know if there is a way to be sure about this 64-128 bit issue.

Hello frusciante

It's always better to wait a little bit so you won't end up with collection of latest PCI bus video cards that are getting released about every two months or so

My ATITool is recognnizing x1300 as 64 bit PCI-Express card probably because of PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge to allow the Radeon X1300 visual processing unit with native PCI Express interface to work on mainboards with PCI slots only.

That's where ATITool may not recognize probably the 128-bit.
Other folks are also saying that ATITool is not optimized to recognize x1300 in PCI bus version yet.
BFG 6200 OC 256MB 64-bit PCI bus got choked badly when game was using full potential of shader 3.0 but Diamond X1300 is choping FPS like a charm.
I strongly suspect 128-bit performance over 64-bit even though I may be wrong.
I'm already happy with X1300 but if they came up with something even better , that would be nice.

@ Kilazebra

yeah , that's the way to go in near future that may be also for me pretty soon

Unfortunately, because there is nothing much yet that is pushing me immediately
to upgrade for a new machine , I'm gonna stay in here for a while .
I can get new machine tomorrow but there are a lot of good guys who will resolve any
possible issues with new Windows Vista first and then I will jump on bandwagon

.
I have already enough over few years fixing issues with PCI bus card and Intel Extreme Graphics.
I'm going to relax and wait until a lot of PC gurus will say it's time to switch to Wista.

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

Nymins · Feb 21, 2007, 11:00 PM

No problem ChampionFX. Hows the X1300 going for you? Good performance in games for a PCI card? Im still on my old FX5200 in my Dell Dim2400.

ChampionFx · Feb 22, 2007, 01:07 PM

Hello Nymins

,

How are you ?
thanks for asking , my Diamond X1300 is like a rocket comparing to old days starting with my Visiontek Extasy 9200 256MB PCI card 128-bit.
It's realy so nice to be member of this forum as here is a great bunch of guys helping each other .
If not for this forum members I would probably completely missed new X1300 PXI bus model and will not know it for a while that there is new X1300 model and now even X1550 PCI bus

I love experiments with PCI bus video cards, trying get something out of nothing is very rewarding

squeezing and tweaking the last bit from PCI bus card.
I'm so scared, that once I get new bad @ss machine I won't have that much fun anymore.
Do I need to seek a doctor ?

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

Nymins · Feb 22, 2007, 04:25 PM

Lol a doctor may be a bit too much

. The new cards seem really tempting for my old Dell, but what are the prices like? The last time i checked the 6200 PCI was pretty expensive in the UK.

ChampionFx · Feb 23, 2007, 12:24 AM

Yeah, the price is still concern for a lot of folks .
It's not fair to get PCI bus video card for a price of already many next generation powerful PCI x 16 graphics cards

I bought my Diamond x1300 PCI bus video card from newegg.com including rebate for something like $80 while they did offer rebate a while ago.

Right now prices are on newegg.com:

3DFuzion 6200 PCI bus video card = $42.99
Visiontek x1300 PCI bus video card = $79.99
Diamond x1300 PCI bus video card = $119.99 (out of stock and no rebate at this time)

Diamond website online store:

x1300 PCI bus video card = $129.00
x1550 PCI bus video card = $129.99

Most expensive of them all is for sure still BFG 6200 PCI bus card , it was something like
$155 when I got one from BestBuy and they're still I believe quite pricey

I'm waiting for next breakthrough in the world of PCI bus video card models.
How's the prices going in the UK ? probably also expensive.

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

Nymins · Feb 25, 2007, 09:57 PM

Well they are basically just the same as the US conversion. However, i have only seen the BFG 6200 at my local store and none of the others

frusciante · Feb 26, 2007, 07:33 PM

i found the x1550 pci on buy.com for just $113
Buy.com - X1550 PCI 256MB GDDR2 - X1550PRO256P
but it isnt on stock yet
im still waiting

ChampionFx · Feb 27, 2007, 05:37 PM

Hello

That's not bad at all considering free shipping.
Thanks buddy, I saw this website for the first time thanks to you.

With my current overclocked Diamond X1300 there would be a little gain in performance
for me so I have to wait for newer PCI bus model if there is any coming out anytime soon.
Will check back to Buy.com from time to time, fishing for anything new around.

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

frusciante · Mar 3, 2007, 08:27 PM

finally i found 2 online stores where the x1550 is avaiable
http://www.computerhq.com/Best_Data_...id-870159.html
http://www.upgradenation.com/Best_Da...id-646061.html
also i avaible on buy.com !!!

they are not pcie because the Part No:X1550PRO256P

is the same that the one on the diamond store so these are pci.
and also the prices are close to the pci price.

looks like they only have 5 of them :P
i hope someone from this forum can buy it and then make a review for us :P
Good luck

Cro_Cop · Mar 8, 2007, 10:36 AM

Newegg has a very good deal on the Diamond X1550 just $87.99 after mail in rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103031

frusciante · Mar 9, 2007, 03:49 AM

yes
just like they did with the x1300 , nice price
i only got 2 questions
whats the difference between X1550PRO256PSB and X1550PRO256P
it seems like both of them are pci cards, on diamond online store the only pci card is the X1550PRO256P, but on some online stores the only pci card i can find is the X1550PRO256PSB, that SB at the end means something right?
maybe a low profile version? someone knows?
And , i wonder if anyone here got this x1550 card!!
please please i need some reviewsss i want to buy a pci card and the only reviews i got is from the x1300, come on guys!! help please i bet there are a lot of people waiting for benchamrks and reviews for the x1550 pci.
Thanks

Cro_Cop · Mar 9, 2007, 04:45 AM

This guy at another forum bought the HIS X1550 and OC'ed his and now he plays CSS at 1280x1024 res with all settings at max and gets 25-48 fps. I would imagine the Diamond versions are better because they're 128 bit and all the HIS versions that I've seen are 64 bits. Heres the link to the thread, scroll to the last post.

http://www.overclock.net/ati/161212-x1550.html

frusciante · Mar 9, 2007, 06:07 AM

Hi
nice find
well it looks like the diamond x1550 will kick ass for a pci
i will be searching for more reviews like that

apoo · Mar 10, 2007, 03:45 AM

hi i am new to this thread ,i live in india and here the 6200 pci is not available nor is are the x1300 and x1550 pci card available.

the only pci card available is fx 5200

will it be able to run games like nfs carbon,fear,prey,fable,elder scrolls 4 oblivion,quake4,doom 3

on very low settings

apoo · Mar 12, 2007, 07:35 AM

come on guys say something please

ChampionFx · Mar 12, 2007, 02:19 PM

Hello apoo ,

FX 5200 is not a choice anymore , it may not probably run many latest games because
of much higher video card requirements like Shader 3.0 etc.
I don't know how to help ya to get one of those latest X1300 -1550 Radeon PCI bus graphics cards as I don't know how things are going in India with PCI bus card sales.
Probably international shipping delivery is the only option for ya .

Newer games won't even start with FX5200.

PS: you still need more RAM , 512 is not enough

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

apoo · Mar 12, 2007, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChampionFx

Hello apoo ,

FX 5200 is not a choice anymore , it may not probably run many latest games because
of much higher video card requirements like Shader 3.0 etc.
I don't know how to help ya to get one of those latest X1300 -1550 Radeon PCI bus graphics cards as I don't know how things are going in India with PCI bus card sales.
Probably international shipping delivery is the only option for ya .

Newer games won't even start with FX5200.

PS: you still need more RAM , 512 is not enough

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

well thank you championfx.

can you suggest me some good online sites which do international delivery at decent prices.

the ram too hopefully at least i will be upgrding this soon

.
please reply champ

ChampionFx · Mar 16, 2007, 11:10 PM

Hello apoo

I'm so sorry apoo with my late reply as I have been so busy with my stuff,
that I completely forgot to check back in here

Unfortunately, except for Diamond company online store that is shipping International I don't know at this point about anyone else who would ship outside the U.S
Someone may came to the rescue with more possible on-line stores with Intern. shipping.
I wish that you will get your X1550 PCI bus graphics card soon

.

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

frusciante · Mar 19, 2007, 11:12 PM

well
it looks like this thread is dying so lets keep it alive for more time...
i know some of u guys got a pci card so maybe we can make a ranking or something, post your pc specs and then some benchmark scores like aquamark or 3d mark 01 , 03 , 05 , 06 etc.. you know, lets see which card is the best for pci slot (the x1550 must be the best but we dont have a review or something yet ..)

Frus

Nymins · Aug 19, 2007, 12:57 PM

Sorry to bump my old thread, but it seems that there will be 8500GT's in PCI form! See here for details:

http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments....=15773&catid=2

aNy_oNE · Aug 20, 2007, 07:49 AM

Rofl, so not worth it. Much better to save the money and spend it on upgrading your motherboard or whatever, if you're limited to PCI.

ChampionFx · Sep 3, 2007, 05:14 PM

WoW!!!!!
Thanks Nymins !!!!
Great find , long live PCI bus !!!
Tweaking PCI bus cards is such a lot of fun.
We will have new mystery about 8500GT's performance in PCI bus form

SPARKLE Introduced GeForce 8500 GT PCI And* GeForce 7300 GT PCI Graphic Cards For Entry Level PCI Users

[COLOR=#666666]Based on NVIDIA’s awarding G86 architecture, SPARKLE GeForce 8500 GT PCI[COLOR=#666666] Graphic Card[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#666666] adopts innovative unified architecture, dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. Built upon technologies such as NVIDIA Lumenex Engine, providing support for DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0, NVIDIA Quantum Effects technology for physics computation and GigaThread technology for extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=#666666]In order to provide aggressive price/performance ratio to [/COLOR][COLOR=#666666]special[COLOR=#666666] PCI platform [/COLOR]users, SPARKLE GeForce 8500 GT PCI[COLOR=#666666] Graphic Card[/COLOR] features 450MHz core speed, 16 stream processors at 900MHz shader clock and 512/256MB 128-bit DDR2 video memory, delivering good upgrade capability.[/COLOR]

Just waiting for first release

THX again buddy

sglider · Oct 5, 2007, 07:17 AM

Hi, I tried to flash my video card and it's not working anymore. I have a BFG GeForce 6200 256Mb PCI OC and I cannot see anything, just colored squares, after the flashing.

I didn't make the backup of the original BIOS, so I don't have it anymore.

Please someone can send me the original bios to recover the card, thanks

ChampionFx · Oct 5, 2007, 10:09 PM

Good job

I have BFG 6200 OC 256MB PCI bus biosROM still saved on my computer.
I can't upload here , tried to zip it but it's bigger than forum requirements limit.
Tell me what you want me to do .

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

sglider · Oct 6, 2007, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChampionFx

Good job

I have BFG 6200 OC 256MB PCI bus biosROM still saved on my computer.
I can't upload here , tried to zip it but it's bigger than forum requirements limit.
Tell me what you want me to do .

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

Thanks ChampionFx, i send a e-mail to you.

ChampionFx · Oct 6, 2007, 02:26 PM

Hi sglider

,

check your e-mail , I wish you good luck.
Please , let me know if the bios ROM was of any help and if you get it to work again.

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

sglider · Oct 6, 2007, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChampionFx

Hi sglider

,

check you e-mail , I wish you good luck.
Please , let me know if the bios ROM was of any help and if you get it to work again.

Sincerely,
ChampionFx

Hi ChampionFx

,

The card return to life and works perfect now

Thank you very much for support

Feb 21, 2007, 11:00 PM	Thread Starter #215
Nymins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	No problem ChampionFX. Hows the X1300 going for you? Good performance in games for a PCI card? Im still on my old FX5200 in my Dell Dim2400. __________________ Pc 1 (Dell Dim 2400): P4 2.8ghz\| 512mb ram\| Geforce FX 5200\| 160gb 7200rpm hard drive\| 17" Flat Screen Monitor Pc 2 (Custom PC): Athlon 64 3000+\| 1GB ram\| Gigabyte 6600GT 128mb PCI-E \| 80gb hdd\| 15" Flat screen monitor Pc 3 (HP d530 SFF): P4 2.8ghz\| 1GB ram\| Integrated gfx\| 40gb Hdd\| 17" Flat screen monitor

Feb 22, 2007, 04:25 PM	Thread Starter #217
Nymins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	Lol a doctor may be a bit too much . The new cards seem really tempting for my old Dell, but what are the prices like? The last time i checked the 6200 PCI was pretty expensive in the UK. __________________ Pc 1 (Dell Dim 2400): P4 2.8ghz\| 512mb ram\| Geforce FX 5200\| 160gb 7200rpm hard drive\| 17" Flat Screen Monitor Pc 2 (Custom PC): Athlon 64 3000+\| 1GB ram\| Gigabyte 6600GT 128mb PCI-E \| 80gb hdd\| 15" Flat screen monitor Pc 3 (HP d530 SFF): P4 2.8ghz\| 1GB ram\| Integrated gfx\| 40gb Hdd\| 17" Flat screen monitor

Feb 25, 2007, 09:57 PM	Thread Starter #219
Nymins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	Well they are basically just the same as the US conversion. However, i have only seen the BFG 6200 at my local store and none of the others __________________ Pc 1 (Dell Dim 2400): P4 2.8ghz\| 512mb ram\| Geforce FX 5200\| 160gb 7200rpm hard drive\| 17" Flat Screen Monitor Pc 2 (Custom PC): Athlon 64 3000+\| 1GB ram\| Gigabyte 6600GT 128mb PCI-E \| 80gb hdd\| 15" Flat screen monitor Pc 3 (HP d530 SFF): P4 2.8ghz\| 1GB ram\| Integrated gfx\| 40gb Hdd\| 17" Flat screen monitor

Mar 9, 2007, 04:45 AM	#225
Cro_Cop DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	1280x1024 This guy at another forum bought the HIS X1550 and OC'ed his and now he plays CSS at 1280x1024 res with all settings at max and gets 25-48 fps. I would imagine the Diamond versions are better because they're 128 bit and all the HIS versions that I've seen are 64 bits. Heres the link to the thread, scroll to the last post. http://www.overclock.net/ati/161212-x1550.html

Aug 19, 2007, 12:57 PM	Thread Starter #233
Nymins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	Sorry to bump my old thread, but it seems that there will be 8500GT's in PCI form! See here for details: http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments....=15773&catid=2 __________________ Pc 1 (Dell Dim 2400): P4 2.8ghz\| 512mb ram\| Geforce FX 5200\| 160gb 7200rpm hard drive\| 17" Flat Screen Monitor Pc 2 (Custom PC): Athlon 64 3000+\| 1GB ram\| Gigabyte 6600GT 128mb PCI-E \| 80gb hdd\| 15" Flat screen monitor Pc 3 (HP d530 SFF): P4 2.8ghz\| 1GB ram\| Integrated gfx\| 40gb Hdd\| 17" Flat screen monitor

Feb 21, 2007, 01:29 AM	#212
frusciante DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Thanks a lot for the answer Champion FX i wont get the card right now but maybe is better because i will be able to read reviews and benchmarks on the x1550. About the 64 -128 bit issue, i read in another forum that the diamond x1300 128 bit was recognized as a 64 bit on some software, anyway ati tool still recognize it as a 128 bit, i dont know if there is a way to be sure about this 64-128 bit issue.

Feb 21, 2007, 02:43 AM	#213
killazebra DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	I'm sorry my fellow pci brothers, but I have seen the gaming future for pci and its looking pretty grim sadly I have decided its time to upgrade, Dell has a very nice deal going on for their E521, which are pretty much compatilble with all of the new cpu's and new cutting edge video cards. and can have up to 4 gb of ram , and if you are a gamer with a pci card I'd advise you to start saving and get this deal. I almost feel like I'm abandoning you but for $419, its a deal that i just can't pass up. I hope you guys fare well with your pci cards, maybe you guys will just get that nividia generation 7xxx card.

Feb 22, 2007, 01:07 PM	#216
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Hello Nymins , How are you ? thanks for asking , my Diamond X1300 is like a rocket comparing to old days starting with my Visiontek Extasy 9200 256MB PCI card 128-bit. It's realy so nice to be member of this forum as here is a great bunch of guys helping each other . If not for this forum members I would probably completely missed new X1300 PXI bus model and will not know it for a while that there is new X1300 model and now even X1550 PCI bus I love experiments with PCI bus video cards, trying get something out of nothing is very rewarding squeezing and tweaking the last bit from PCI bus card. I'm so scared, that once I get new bad @ss machine I won't have that much fun anymore. Do I need to seek a doctor ? Sincerely, ChampionFx

Feb 23, 2007, 12:24 AM	#218
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Yeah, the price is still concern for a lot of folks . It's not fair to get PCI bus video card for a price of already many next generation powerful PCI x 16 graphics cards I bought my Diamond x1300 PCI bus video card from newegg.com including rebate for something like $80 while they did offer rebate a while ago. Right now prices are on newegg.com: 3DFuzion 6200 PCI bus video card = $42.99 Visiontek x1300 PCI bus video card = $79.99 Diamond x1300 PCI bus video card = $119.99 (out of stock and no rebate at this time) Diamond website online store: x1300 PCI bus video card = $129.00 x1550 PCI bus video card = $129.99 Most expensive of them all is for sure still BFG 6200 PCI bus card , it was something like $155 when I got one from BestBuy and they're still I believe quite pricey I'm waiting for next breakthrough in the world of PCI bus video card models. How's the prices going in the UK ? probably also expensive. Sincerely, ChampionFx

Feb 26, 2007, 07:33 PM	#220
frusciante DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	i found the x1550 pci on buy.com for just $113 Buy.com - X1550 PCI 256MB GDDR2 - X1550PRO256P but it isnt on stock yet im still waiting

Feb 27, 2007, 05:37 PM	#221
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Hello That's not bad at all considering free shipping. Thanks buddy, I saw this website for the first time thanks to you. With my current overclocked Diamond X1300 there would be a little gain in performance for me so I have to wait for newer PCI bus model if there is any coming out anytime soon. Will check back to Buy.com from time to time, fishing for anything new around. Sincerely, ChampionFx

Mar 3, 2007, 08:27 PM	#222
frusciante DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	finally i found 2 online stores where the x1550 is avaiable http://www.computerhq.com/Best_Data_...id-870159.html http://www.upgradenation.com/Best_Da...id-646061.html also i avaible on buy.com !!! they are not pcie because the Part No:X1550PRO256P is the same that the one on the diamond store so these are pci. and also the prices are close to the pci price. looks like they only have 5 of them :P i hope someone from this forum can buy it and then make a review for us :P Good luck

Mar 8, 2007, 10:36 AM	#223
Cro_Cop DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Newegg has a very good deal on the Diamond X1550 just $87.99 after mail in rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103031

Mar 9, 2007, 03:49 AM	#224
frusciante DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	yes just like they did with the x1300 , nice price i only got 2 questions whats the difference between X1550PRO256PSB and X1550PRO256P it seems like both of them are pci cards, on diamond online store the only pci card is the X1550PRO256P, but on some online stores the only pci card i can find is the X1550PRO256PSB, that SB at the end means something right? maybe a low profile version? someone knows? And , i wonder if anyone here got this x1550 card!! please please i need some reviewsss i want to buy a pci card and the only reviews i got is from the x1300, come on guys!! help please i bet there are a lot of people waiting for benchamrks and reviews for the x1550 pci. Thanks

Mar 9, 2007, 06:07 AM	#226
frusciante DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Hi nice find well it looks like the diamond x1550 will kick ass for a pci i will be searching for more reviews like that

Mar 10, 2007, 03:45 AM	#227
apoo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: india Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	hi i am new to this thread ,i live in india and here the 6200 pci is not available nor is are the x1300 and x1550 pci card available. the only pci card available is fx 5200 will it be able to run games like nfs carbon,fear,prey,fable,elder scrolls 4 oblivion,quake4,doom 3 on very low settings

Mar 12, 2007, 07:35 AM	#228
apoo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: india Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	come on guys say something please

Mar 12, 2007, 02:19 PM	#229
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Hello apoo , FX 5200 is not a choice anymore , it may not probably run many latest games because of much higher video card requirements like Shader 3.0 etc. I don't know how to help ya to get one of those latest X1300 -1550 Radeon PCI bus graphics cards as I don't know how things are going in India with PCI bus card sales. Probably international shipping delivery is the only option for ya . Newer games won't even start with FX5200. PS: you still need more RAM , 512 is not enough Sincerely, ChampionFx

Mar 16, 2007, 11:10 PM	#231
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Hello apoo I'm so sorry apoo with my late reply as I have been so busy with my stuff, that I completely forgot to check back in here Unfortunately, except for Diamond company online store that is shipping International I don't know at this point about anyone else who would ship outside the U.S Someone may came to the rescue with more possible on-line stores with Intern. shipping. I wish that you will get your X1550 PCI bus graphics card soon . Sincerely, ChampionFx

Mar 19, 2007, 11:12 PM	#232
frusciante DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	well it looks like this thread is dying so lets keep it alive for more time... i know some of u guys got a pci card so maybe we can make a ranking or something, post your pc specs and then some benchmark scores like aquamark or 3d mark 01 , 03 , 05 , 06 etc.. you know, lets see which card is the best for pci slot (the x1550 must be the best but we dont have a review or something yet ..) Frus

Aug 20, 2007, 07:49 AM	#234
aNy_oNE DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 162 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Rofl, so not worth it. Much better to save the money and spend it on upgrading your motherboard or whatever, if you're limited to PCI.

Sep 3, 2007, 05:14 PM	#235
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	WoW!!!!! Thanks Nymins !!!! Great find , long live PCI bus !!! Tweaking PCI bus cards is such a lot of fun. We will have new mystery about 8500GT's performance in PCI bus form SPARKLE Introduced GeForce 8500 GT PCI And* GeForce 7300 GT PCI Graphic Cards For Entry Level PCI Users [COLOR=#666666]Based on NVIDIA’s awarding G86 architecture, SPARKLE GeForce 8500 GT PCI[COLOR=#666666] Graphic Card[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#666666] adopts innovative unified architecture, dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. Built upon technologies such as NVIDIA Lumenex Engine, providing support for DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0, NVIDIA Quantum Effects technology for physics computation and GigaThread technology for extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#666666]In order to provide aggressive price/performance ratio to [/COLOR][COLOR=#666666]special[COLOR=#666666] PCI platform [/COLOR]users, SPARKLE GeForce 8500 GT PCI[COLOR=#666666] Graphic Card[/COLOR] features 450MHz core speed, 16 stream processors at 900MHz shader clock and 512/256MB 128-bit DDR2 video memory, delivering good upgrade capability.[/COLOR] Just waiting for first release THX again buddy

Oct 5, 2007, 07:17 AM	#236
sglider DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Hi, I tried to flash my video card and it's not working anymore. I have a BFG GeForce 6200 256Mb PCI OC and I cannot see anything, just colored squares, after the flashing. I didn't make the backup of the original BIOS, so I don't have it anymore. Please someone can send me the original bios to recover the card, thanks

Oct 5, 2007, 10:09 PM	#237
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Good job I have BFG 6200 OC 256MB PCI bus biosROM still saved on my computer. I can't upload here , tried to zip it but it's bigger than forum requirements limit. Tell me what you want me to do . Sincerely, ChampionFx

Oct 6, 2007, 02:26 PM	#239
ChampionFx DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Hi sglider , check your e-mail , I wish you good luck. Please , let me know if the bios ROM was of any help and if you get it to work again. Sincerely, ChampionFx Last edited by ChampionFx; Oct 6, 2007 at 08:50 PM.