Should I buy a Nvidia GeForce 5200 ?

[mndar]

I have a local seller who is selling a Nvidia GeForce 5200 128MB AGP 8x for about $10. Should I buy it?

The box that I'm planning to get this for has an Intel 865GBF motherboard. It has a AGP 8x slot. I'm presently using the onboard graphics on that box.

I don't do graphics intensive stuff like movie editing or playing games but would like to have smooth HD video playback. With my Intel 865GBF, I don't get that.

Will the GeForce 5200 be able to playback HD content?

[warkbt]

I have that video card and it can be a little slow for some HD (1280x720) videos. But for 10 dollars, I bought it 6 years ago for 100 dollars....

[JohnnyLinux]

Well it's better than onboard graphics.

[JohnVV]

why it is a $10 paper weight
if you have a OLD system it will work on as a "upgrade" then go for it
ro spend $50 to 80 on a new card

[JohnnyLinux]

I wouldn't spend 50-80 dollars on anything for that computer. I would think more about upgrading the whole system. AGP is a little old

[Vladi]

Originally Posted by mndar

I have a local seller who is selling a Nvidia GeForce 5200 128MB AGP 8x for about $10. Should I buy it?

The box that I'm planning to get this for has an Intel 865GBF motherboard. It has a AGP 8x slot. I'm presently using the onboard graphics on that box.

I don't do graphics intensive stuff like movie editing or playing games but would like to have smooth HD video playback. With my Intel 865GBF, I don't get that.

Will the GeForce 5200 be able to playback HD content?

I have the same card. Well, I think it can't do any hardware acceleration. So your cpu will work with hd videos. In my pc 720p videos play well, but full hd is not work.

[mndar]

There's also a 6200 128MB AGB 8x for about $20

[mndar]

Well, I bought the 5200. Should be here in the next few days.
I've never used my AGP slot. Let's hope it works!

[mndar]

Received the 5200 today.
I'm able to view 720p videos with mplayer using the 'xv' output driver.
I never tested the 865 with 'xv'. You think it might have worked?

[gadgetwiz]

I recently purchased a cheap nVidia 5200 and I can't get it out of "performance mode 0". I even tried all the registry switches listed here. and elsewhere.

I put it in an old 1ghz P3, hoping that I could playback youtube resolution videos but it can't do it. I seem to remember much better performance with an older nVidia card I had in there at one time.

I really couldn't tell much difference between between playback when using the "nvidia", "nouveau" or "nv" drivers.

Either I got a bum card, the card sux or my old 1ghz P3 is just too slow (which I don't think it is).