big al 515 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Hi lads I have a Duron 850 processor with an Nvidia Geforce2 MX 32mb graphics card. I have been offered someone's Nvidia GeforceFX 5200 128mb graphics card. Does anyone know if this would be compatible with my processor or how do I find out? Presumably the 5200 card is a fair bit better card than the Geforce2MX? Ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scrapman53 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 (edited) I would think that'd be Ok Al. I put a 5500 in my bro's 1400 athlon. The 5200 is the cheapest GF 5 series and they don't cost very much new, so don't be paying much for it. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sparkle-GeForce-FX52...1QQcmdZViewItem Edited September 6, 2005 by Scrapman53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMid Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Al- check if your PC has an AGP slot for the graphics card- PCI was still a popular choice around the Geforce 2 era. Does your PC have a manual showing the motherboard info? 5200s are £25-£30 brand new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al 515 Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Hi John Yes I have a manual for the motherboard which I just dug out. The motherboard is ISUS A7V-E WITH VIA Apollo KT133 cHIPSET. It has 6 PCI slots. It also has 1 AGP Slot. Is that the one where the GEForce 5200 would need to go then? Incidentally, my mate is updating his pc and he says I can have the 5200 for free once he puts the replacement graphics card in his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray 21 Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 It also has 1 AGP Slot. Is that the one where the GEForce 5200 would need to go then? yes AL thats where it goes think it should be a brown slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMid Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Sounds good- the 5200 is bottom rung, but it's on a ladder that's a couple of floors up from the 2MX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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