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This graphics card is only so-so but don't get me wrong. I quite like this card but a bit dissapointed for its' performance. I got this card for only $70 dollars on eBAY and it is pretty good for its price. But the dissapointment came to me when I found that this card was running slower than my older card, GeForce 4 Ti 4800. GeForce FX 5200 card was newer so I thought it would have run better than my GeForce 4 Ti 4800 on games like Unreal Tournament 2003, Battlefield 1942, or Call of Duty but every game looked much better on GeForce 4 Ti 4800 than on GeForce FX 5200. So I was wondering if I got the wrong card. Then I went to the Nvidia website for technical help and I saw the descriptions of the cards and GeForce 4 Ti 4800 happen to be better than GeForce FX 5200. Heck, my Geforce 4 Ti 4800 was even faster than GeForce FX 5500! So I put the GeForce FX 5200 card on my brother's computer since his computer had no video card and I kept my computer unopened with my dated but better performing GeForce 4 Ti 4800. It is a pretty good card for its' price but I recommend you to pay $10 more to buy GeForce 4 Ti 4800 on Ebay. Oh yeah, I can't forget to mention this but it's also kind of noisy but those problems aside, this is a nice card to have.

This PNY card rocks! I have tried ATI graphics cards with little improvement. This card is the best. With its 128MB of DDR Memory and nVidia FX5200 chipset, it beats Intel Extreme Graphics. It may not be the most advanced card but if you are in need of a good graphics card at a low price BUY THIS ONE!

The fan went out so the card over heats. PNY tech support buy phone and email states there is NOT A LIFETIME WARRENTY for this product even though it states that there is on the box and under Technical Details on Amazon's page. I will never buy another PNY product.

had a lot of problems with video lockup playing 99% of newer games. PNY's fixes have not helped. Tech support is a joke. They run you through a lot of choices before you end up at a dead end. I am going to try to get my money back rather than an exchange cause I DON'T want another problem card.

GeForce FX 5200 AGP
For the price this is the best choice if you are a gamer and are going to spend about [$$$]. NVIDIA is the best choice over ATI. Did you know that NVIDIA is the maker of the graphics card installed on "NASA's Mars Rover"(c), and the graphics card of the of the XBOX. I have had other game cards and this one is simply the best. With this card you can see your video games cristal clear and at a right speed, just like it was meant to be. This card optimizes your games such as: Battlefield 1942 and Need For Speed: Hot pursuit 2. Look for video games that cary the "NVIDIA The way it's meant to be played" logo, such games that have this logo are "Splinter Cell". If you have an AGP slot in your computer you must purchase an AGP card. AGP cards are more faster than PCI cards. You just have to be sure your computer meets the minimum requirments for the best game play.