Bought a new video card

polatouche · Rated PG Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 15

Overclocked to 350 Mhz for the core and 330 Mhz for the memory... So far so good... Grin

I'll post some benchmarking results here later

polatouche · Rated PG Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 15

Borrowed an FX 5200 from a friend in order to compare performance.

Below are the results I obtained, resolution is 1024x768, all details are set to Highest, but no FSAA enabled

3dmark03
Volari V5 : 1622 points
Sparkle GeforceFX 5200 : 1065 points

3dmark 2001SE
Volari V5 : 8762 points
Sparkle GeforceFX 5200 : 5081 points

UT 2003
Volari V5 : 45,9 fps
Sparkle GeforceFX 5200 : 41,9 fps

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:41:40 Post Subject:

Wow... wonder what it is fairly matched up? Obviously beats the 5200 easily... maybe a 5700?

Is that at default speed or overclocked?

BeerCheeze · Posted: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:56:53 Post Subject:

Nice... sure looks like a great budget card.

polatouche · Rated PG Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 15

those were at default speeds.

I'm not sure it can beat a FX5600, let alone a 5700 - I believe the 5700 would get something in the 3000 range in 3DMark 03.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

Anybody seen any of these cards for sale? Might not be a bad option for my son's computer Smile

Get him off that old ATI Rage 128XL LOL

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 13:25:21 Post Subject:

Most places seem to have them... Newegg, ZipZoomFly, and Tigerdirect, to name a few...

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

They seem to only have the V3 version.

I want the V5, or V8 versions Smile

Although, I'd LOVE to get one of the V8 Duo cards, but those are just a bit out of my pricerange....

BeerCheeze · Posted: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:44:14 Post Subject:

I dunno... I was looking around, and all I could find is the V3... at least here in the US.

polatouche · Rated PG Joined: 27 Nov 2004 Posts: 15

I don't know if there's which stores are selling it in the US, but you could try eBay.

Otherwise, maybe I could write up an article or something if anyone's interested.