PNY Geforce FX5200 256MB PCI Graphics Card

This was recommended for my Dell Dimension. Now I'm not so limited in my gaming choices.

This card is great and really did beat my ATI radeon 9550. Because of the PCI slot it requires, it works on any computer and is really great for lower end computers. Put this in and you'll really bet a boost. Because of the two VGA ports, this card is great for those who are looking into multiple monitors and have several VGA monitors laying around. I originally bought two of these cards and tripple monitor at ease. For the money, I highly recomend this card for those who are still working on old integrated intel graphic.

But this graphic card is not for high end games. You can push off well with old games dating back to the first Halo or Roller Coaster Tycoon 2. But for Video editing or Image editing this is a good card. The high resolution It is capable of also helps plenty. One problem I've noticed with these cards is that they heat up a bit. If you got one of these cards a long time ago, you know that they have a fan on them. Not with these newer ones. Just do not play high graphic games on this card and the heat wont' go up. This card did work great for me on Windows Vista. Had all the flip thing and the Glass effect with tripple screen. On linux, I uses beryl at ease with this, had much better effects when from the old Radeon.

All in all, this card is deffinately worth buying for beginners in Multi Monitors and those who want to move from Integrated graphics.

I also have this card and have been very happy with it. I have a 833mhz athlon and 512 of original sdram and with this card I get great framerates with graphics set on high in Delta Force Black hawk down. I play Pacific fighters with the graphics on high(without clouds) and still it plays very well. For an old school PCI card this cant be beat

I picked this card up because I wanted to clone my monitor via s-video. This card has performed terribly with my Vista OS. The screen flickers no matter what refresh rate I try. It also creates crackles in my sound. Avoid this card if you are using Vista!

I bought this card for my Dell 2350 because I couldn't play some of the newest games and needed a PCI card. It works great and can now play games that couldn't before. It was a little tricky to setup, since the Dell motherboard has a built in graphics card. Yes, after following the directions it still didn't work - had to bootup with on-board card, then while running select the new card in the settings while running. Following the directions didn't work, but figured out after about 20 min. Great card for the price. All my games and programs work. I would buy again.