BFG 5500 OC 256mb PCI!!

[Damenshon]

Woah! i wasnt expecting this from a pci card! i just got a BFG GeForce FX 5500 OC 256mb PCI and im impressed. im running it in a dual 3.0 xeon, 2gb ddr2, 200ish GB hdd in raid 5, and audigy 2zs gamer. i ran HL2 at 1280x1024 at high settings, no AA. Plays very smooth, i like it better than my 9600.

but of course i want it to be better. i tried ocing it but it didnt seem to do anything. i only have stock and i havent had the time to fully find its true potential. i tried different drivers but i didnt see any improvements. anyone else have luck ocing it? would the PCI bus be a bottleneck?

[SinsFeelNatural]

THats good for a PCI card, Yes PCI would be a bottleneck, thats why it was replaced by AGP which is being replaced again by PCI Express.

[Dan0512]

Woah! i wasnt expecting this from a pci card! i just got a BFG GeForce FX 5500 OC 256mb PCI and im impressed. im running it in a dual 3.0 xeon, 2gb ddr2, 200ish GB hdd in raid 5, and audigy 2zs gamer. i ran HL2 at 1280x1024 at high settings, no AA. Plays very smooth, i like it better than my 9600.

but of course i want it to be better. i tried ocing it but it didnt seem to do anything. i only have stock and i havent had the time to fully find its true potential. i tried different drivers but i didnt see any improvements. anyone else have luck ocing it? would the PCI bus be a bottleneck?


It's probably running the game on DirectX8.1, hence the good performance.... The 9600 (pro & xt) would still spank the 5500.... especially on DX9.

But still what matters is that you are happy with it.... which version of the 9600 did you have?

dan

[Damenshon]

Surprisingly it looks as good as my 9600. im pretty sure its running it at dx9... i had the 9600NP, it was a nice card but its on my media center, now i just need a HDTV card to replace that so the picture wont get cut at the edges...sigh. when benchmarked the 5500 did significantly worse than my 9600NP, 6000ish vs 9000ish but after i oced my 9600 i got 1100ish. Oh the day i dream when i get a comp with a PCI-e, but for now im stuck with the 5500, haha.

[Dan0512]

Surprisingly it looks as good as my 9600. im pretty sure its running it at dx9... i had the 9600NP, it was a nice card but its on my media center, now i just need a HDTV card to replace that so the picture wont get cut at the edges...sigh. when benchmarked the 5500 did significantly worse than my 9600NP, 6000ish vs 9000ish but after i oced my 9600 i got 1100ish. Oh the day i dream when i get a comp with a PCI-e, but for now im stuck with the 5500, haha.

Take a look at the water, it will probably look different... I think HL2 was programed to run on DX 8.1 default with any FX series card. Just look on the graphic options (probably will appear DX hardware level- DX9, software level-DX 8.1 or something)...


Have you OCed your 5500 as of now? if so, post your clocks :)

dan

[Quailane]

Lol, yeah, you are running hl2 in dx 8.1 guaranteed. Not much difference except for the water though.

[Acidburn]

i own an identical card save for mine is agp
323 mem 470 core and not one glitch(ERR THIS IS BACKWARDS ISNT IT THE CPU ON THAT COMP DIED SO I CANT CHECK LOL)

also i can run doom 3 with everything at medium with this card with no troubles

and the water in hl2 is just so real looking especially in dod:S

by the way try dl coolbits and see what you can get out of it

[Dan0512]

You might want to give Rivatuner a try as well.

dan

[Damenshon]

i just got to some water parts in hl2 and wow...i was dissapointed. it loooks crappy, haha. i guess it is dx8, any mod to undo that? so i did try the nvidia overclocker, it froze and quit the game. im thinking heat problems? yesterday i was having problems with heat, it kept crasing (hardware failure) when it wasnt oced.

i was browsing over some mods and isnt rivatuner for flashing the chip?

speaking of chips, i just got a PNY verto 6600GT 128mb AGP8x to replace my 9600...hehe :) i hear they also have heat issues... any cheap ideas to help cool off the chips so i can oc? (besides buying a 50 hsf?) all my pci slots are used so im pretty sure the air flow isnt the best down there...crappy stock hsf....argh