shockme17 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 hello..i just installed vista, and i'm quite pleased with it. the only thing, is that it gives my system a rating of 1.0 because my graphics card isn't up to snuff. I have a GeForce MX440 which was pretty decent in XP, and I know NVidia hasn't released any drivers yet for older cards- but since my card isn't DX9 compatible, could someone recommend one that is, that is fairly cheap? Also, if there are any that are compatible with a 200w power supply, that would be ideal as well (yes, i know it's low- but apparently it's propietary to my HP case..)and one other thing, if there is an ATI card, do ATi cards have dualscreen options similar to TwinView on Nvidia?Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 try to buy a nVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockme17 Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 thanks for that suggestion. the ones i'm looking at seem to require a 250w power supply.. do you think i can still install it in a system with 200w? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 (edited) Honestly man, you are really limited. Becase even little cards like the old FX series require at least a 300W PSU. If you try and put in a higher power card on a system with a low PSU, you're going to have random shutdowns. Edited November 16, 2006 by CptMurphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stead Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 personally i'd go for a x300 card, its got a lot more power than the fx5200, i've been looking up on the best budget card to run vista, and to me it seems like the x300, lots of places have reported the fx5200 to be sluggish when compared to an x300, they are roughly the same price.out of interest what cars are you looking at that require the 250 watts?also if you want to stick with nvidia i'd go for a 6200, which should be able to handle aero easily, its around the same price again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMurphy Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 personally i'd go for a x300 card, its got a lot more power than the fx5200, i've been looking up on the best budget card to run vista, and to me it seems like the x300, lots of places have reported the fx5200 to be sluggish when compared to an x300, they are roughly the same price.out of interest what cars are you looking at that require the 250 watts?also if you want to stick with nvidia i'd go for a 6200, which should be able to handle aero easily, its around the same price again!Here's the link for the x300se. x300SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockme17 Posted November 16, 2006 Author Share Posted November 16, 2006 thanks. but i don't have pci-E. only AGP 4X. i just bought an fx5200 off ebay, so we'll see how that works.. i don't run any games, or anything really graphics intensive, so maybe it won't matter?otherwise, i suppose i'll have to try cramming another psu in there. wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stead Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 ati's x300 se is avaliable in agp, as is the nvdia 6200the problem with vista (if the reason you are upgrading is to use the aero interface smoothy, gaming performance does matter as its all in 3D, a friend of mine has a 9600 with 512mb of ram and enabling Aero in that slows it down quite a bit, anyways good luck!and the fx 5200 would more than likely use more power than a x300 or 6200, you would'nt need a new psu to run these cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAbReAkA Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 radeon 9600 is capable of running aero quite good.. anyways, i would avoid ati rather avoid ati.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockme17 Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 well, i ended up getting the 5200, and i haven't experienced any random shutdowns on my 200w PSU.. so, thanks for the help guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJARRRPCGP Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 well, i ended up getting the 5200, and i haven't experienced any random shutdowns on my 200w PSU.. so, thanks for the help guys.But, if the power supply isn't sufficient, that may show up as random crashes instead. You may get video corruption when running any 3D. Symptoms to look for is video corruption and/or a crash in 3D Mark. If 3D Mark passes, the power supply is sufficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartel Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I had a 440mx and it was a powerhouse in its time and even after.I also upgraded to a 5200 and hated it, no offence but the 9600 would have been a better choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsiMoon314 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Hi,I was under the impression that you needed a card with hardware support for DirectX 9c to support the Aero desktop in Windows Vista?I thought that the FX5200 was a DirectX 9 card, not DirectX 9c?Is there some way to get the full Aero experience on such a graphics card?Kind RegardsSimon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLXX Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Almost any video card you can buy now can support Aero......supposedly even the lowly Intel integrated graphics beginning with the 900 series can be "forced" to use Aero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 My computer has an FX5200.I have never seen a stipulation separating DirectX 9 from 9c on any product, ever.There was no 'force' used.aero glass was enabled by default upon installing Vista.shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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