Abit FX5200 PCI

Yallrun · Oct 6, 2004, 02:07 PM

Ok i'm trying to help a buddy out so any info would be great. He has a FX5200/256 PCI card. I know what your saying oh god not PCI...lol Anyway it run fine but is there anyway to tweak this card for better performance or will the omega drivers help the card to perform better?

Thanks,
Yallrun

GerbilJammer · Oct 7, 2004, 02:27 PM

Download NV Hardpage and disable Unified Back Buffer under the Open Gl tab if it is enabled. I have a FX 5200 128 MB PCI. It runs games decent.

Nymins · Oct 7, 2004, 06:27 PM

if you disable the Unified Back Buffer does it boost the speed much? i also have a Fx5200 pci card too. it runs games great.

Yallrun · Oct 8, 2004, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GerbilJammer

Download NV Hardpage and disable Unified Back Buffer under the Open Gl tab if it is enabled. I have a FX 5200 128 MB PCI. It runs games decent.

Sweet thanks, I'll let him know!

Yallrun

GerbilJammer · Oct 10, 2004, 07:07 AM

Quote:

if you disable the Unified Back Buffer does it boost the speed much? i also have a Fx5200 pci card too. it runs games great.

Yes, it helps alot. Most drivers enable it by default. Also, in NV hardpage you have to click enable then disable to really disaboe it.

Nymins · Oct 10, 2004, 03:04 PM

have you got any more tips to up the performance of the fx 5200?

GerbilJammer · Oct 11, 2004, 06:51 PM

Yes. Set the quality slider to quality and enable the ansiotropic and trilinear optimizations.

Use Rivatuner to set the buffered frames to 0 in direct x and the lowest setting (which I think is 2) in Open GL. You can also disable vsync and use 8x ansiotropic filtering in most games with the 5200. Use application profiles. The best resolution for most games is 1024 x 768. Set the system memory for PCI textures to 0 in Direct 3d and the minimum in Open GL with Rivatuner. Set it to compress to dxt3 instead of dxt1 under Open GL in Rivatuner. Hope I helped you. Also use the 66.81 drivers. They have the app profile bug, but the settings will remain after you exit and renter the Nvidia control panel.

Oct 6, 2004, 02:07 PM	#1
Yallrun DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 71 Rep Power: 0	Abit FX5200 PCI Ok i'm trying to help a buddy out so any info would be great. He has a FX5200/256 PCI card. I know what your saying oh god not PCI...lol Anyway it run fine but is there anyway to tweak this card for better performance or will the omega drivers help the card to perform better? Thanks, Yallrun __________________ DFI LP UT 250 AMD 64 3200 Newcastle [color=#dddddd]160 SATA WD[/color] [color=#dddddd]2X1 Gig G.Skills Extreme[/color] [color=#dddddd]ATI X800XT PE[/color] [color=#dddddd]500W X Connect[/color] [color=#dddddd]Antec DVD/CDRW SP1 [/color]

Oct 7, 2004, 02:27 PM	#2
GerbilJammer DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Download NV Hardpage and disable Unified Back Buffer under the Open Gl tab if it is enabled. I have a FX 5200 128 MB PCI. It runs games decent. __________________ No administrators, moderators, or forum users were harmed in the typing of this post. =)

Oct 11, 2004, 06:51 PM	#7
GerbilJammer DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Yes. Set the quality slider to quality and enable the ansiotropic and trilinear optimizations. Use Rivatuner to set the buffered frames to 0 in direct x and the lowest setting (which I think is 2) in Open GL. You can also disable vsync and use 8x ansiotropic filtering in most games with the 5200. Use application profiles. The best resolution for most games is 1024 x 768. Set the system memory for PCI textures to 0 in Direct 3d and the minimum in Open GL with Rivatuner. Set it to compress to dxt3 instead of dxt1 under Open GL in Rivatuner. Hope I helped you. Also use the 66.81 drivers. They have the app profile bug, but the settings will remain after you exit and renter the Nvidia control panel. __________________ No administrators, moderators, or forum users were harmed in the typing of this post. =)

Oct 7, 2004, 06:27 PM	#3
Nymins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	if you disable the Unified Back Buffer does it boost the speed much? i also have a Fx5200 pci card too. it runs games great.

Oct 10, 2004, 03:04 PM	#6
Nymins DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 118 Rep Power: 0	have you got any more tips to up the performance of the fx 5200?