Dumb 128mb Vid Card (?)

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Ok , I know the answer to this question but I'd like to find out what the general consensus is. I sold a BFG 5500 OC 128mb AGP vis card to this guy and he's upset that it's not playing his games very well and that it actually slowed his machine down. He hasn't stated what games he's trying to play and I'm under the assumption that he is using the stock XP driver - just talked to him and he is using a NV driver. He also stated that his 64mb card ran better. I used this card in my sons machine and it played WoW just fine. But I know this game isn't real demanding. I've already said I'd refund him.

What kind of games can actually be ran on this card? My assumption is that the cards game play would be highly limited.

LMK what you guys think:(
 
I am unsure as to what games it can play. I must say this though, just because it has a good amount of RAM doesn't make it a good card. It is all about the speeds that the core clock and the memory clock run at along with the architecture of the build. Don't assume that it having a large amount of RAM will mean it can power through things ^^. I assume that it can play a large amount of games. I would make the cut off limit for the games it can play around about a year ago or so. Anything created from about a year ago and up would probably be a bad idea to run on this thing. Once again though, I have never had the card so this is a guess from just looking at the generation.
 
I had the BFG 5200 OC 256MB AGP. It was very capable for Source (HL2, Counter-Strike Source) driven games. Doom 3 took a dump all over it though.

The key is the shadows. The 5xxx series are the first for DX9 and they all weren't very good with the new effects. DX8 mode ran great though. Not sure how much better the 5500 was but I am sure it wasn't much - probably still couldn't play Doom 3. :\
 
Haha! I just remembered I still owned it. But the rig it is in is dead. Motherboard is toast. Oh well, thanks for the reminder I still own some agp cards. :D
 
Hi, I am the guy who bought your card. The problem with the card is that it got lower frames per second in Counter-Strike: Source than my Radeon 7000, a 64MB card. When I try to bring up a window it goes slow, and my whole computer is just slower with this new card. I thought it probably had something to do with drivers, but on a brand new XP install it still felt this way. I am going to try it on another PC tonight, but I am not complaining that the card isn't getting a good framerate, it is that my older card got much better framerates.
 
I just wanted to get a few opinions on what this card was capable of as I personally never used it. As I said , it was in my sons machine. I've only used 256mb and 512mb cards.

Funny - I'm playing Doom3 right now!
 
MastaFlyMason said:
Hi, I am the guy who bought your card. The problem with the card is that it got lower frames per second in Counter-Strike: Source than my Radeon 7000, a 64MB card. When I try to bring up a window it goes slow, and my whole computer is just slower with this new card. I thought it probably had something to do with drivers, but on a brand new XP install it still felt this way. I am going to try it on another PC tonight, but I am not complaining that the card isn't getting a good framerate, it is that my older card got much better framerates.
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Hi there. Welcome to the world of budget video cards. The 5500 was a cheapo cardlike the 5200 was. A tip for counterstrike is to turn down the shader and shadow quality and run in DirectX 8 Mode (not 9).

The 7000 works better because it forces the game to run in the directx 7 mode. The 5500 really isnt capable with those higher end settings. As for windows running slower, can't help you there.
 
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