nVidia FX5200. Made games crash on my old HP (Bought it because I thought it would be an improvement over a radeon 9200...which it wasn't...I was naive back then ;)) I haven't used it at all...50 bucks down the drain =/
I've been happy with all my cards. Only one that was a slight letdown was a agp 6800GS OC from BFG, because it didn't unlock the 4 extra pipes, only the shader, even though it seemed most people on the forums got it to just fine, and it didn't oc very much over the factory oc. That isn't gauranteed though so I can't complain too much, just won't ever buy a pre-oc'd card again, don't know why I decided to that time, such a waste.
Yay, another victim!...I mean...I feel your pain ;)
lol yeah I know the feeling. When my 9700pro died, I was totally broke so I had to steal my parents FX5200 out of their pc when they weren't using it for a couple months. Sucked some major balls.Â
Didn't purchase it...but I was given an MX440 while I was transitioning between cards. I OC'ed that thing like none other....more than doubling the clock speed.
Although, it was a big step up from a Radeon 7000, and I got the ultra edition from one of my friends for £15, so I can't complain. But by the end of its life the fan on it was the noisiest thing in the computer by far, I had to underclock it to stop it overheating, and even then it would crash on vista because it was in 3D mode all the time :SÂ
 My dad bought a 5200fx too:D he saw it on sale in the super market bought it, then went to a computer shop about 16 months ago and said build me a comp to support this card...lol :D Now he still used AGP. lol Anyway i bought a 7300le and ive bought a 7300gs
I had a GeForce 4 MX with my last Hp, now I have a GeForce 6150 LE with my new Hp which sucks nutz but has everything else top notch! So i am getting a 7900 GS!
just kidding. It was the radeon x300, though it came with the dell computer I bought, with all intent and purpose to change it as soon as I got the system. Why oh why can't we order a video cardless system?!?! oh well.Â
I never bought a video card that I truly felt bad about, but I guess my most underwhelming purchase was probably an ATI Xpert XL 4MB PCI video card from before the turn of the century. Even worse was the fact that not long after my purchase, another store had a Creative Labs 3dfx Voodoo Banshee on sale for about the same price as I paid for my ATI card and that really had me going at the time! I was short of $$$ in those days and really couldn't do much about it at the time. Too bad I didn't have a crystal ball!
Yay, another victim!...I mean...I feel your pain ;)
same here too. instead of 1, 7300le and the 5200, o they were crap, crap and crap, but since the 5200 ran tombraider angel of darkness fine and need for speed underground well, i didnt complain hehe.
an intel integrated (insert lots of numbers here) card/chip that came with my old Dell 2400. Got it in 2003 and it ran battlefeild 1942 at like 5 FPS (it was really easy to snipe people, lots of time to aim:D)
The 8800GTS. Random FPS drops, no 2d/3d mode, really bad drivers etc.BounceDK
You are honestly the first person Ive read about that does not like their 8800GT, there are no random FPS drops, reviews from all over the world love this card, it's your own system's problem.
[QUOTE="BounceDK"]The 8800GTS. Random FPS drops, no 2d/3d mode, really bad drivers etc.ElectricNZ
You are honestly the first person Ive read about that does not like their 8800GT, there are no random FPS drops, reviews from all over the world love this card, it's your own system's problem.
yep, that is all the FX5200 was good for. My worst purchase was when I didn't know much about video cards and picked up a MX440 when it was new.....never again...Â
The 8800GTS. Random FPS drops, no 2d/3d mode, really bad drivers etc.BounceDK
lol the 8800 series.  So if its a driver problem, then how is it the cards fault? That is nVidias fault. Also its a brand new card with technology in it that isnt used in games yet (SM4.0 and onboard Phsyics and Dx10). Give the card sometime. Have some patience.
[QUOTE="BounceDK"]The 8800GTS. Random FPS drops, no 2d/3d mode, really bad drivers etc.Axecident
You are honestly the first person Ive read about that does not like their 8800GT, there are no random FPS drops, reviews from all over the world love this card, it's your own system's problem.
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I think he's joking.Â
Hes not, it does drop in games. But its a brand new card too, yes months old, but ylou have to let nVidia and M$ catch up to eachother. I like how people expect things to come with no problems. I think thats a fantasy world they live in. I get random drops in CSS, but thats the only game for me, plus models look grey from super far away.
The worst part was when I first bought it there were no 3d games, by the time some good games were released and I started using it (and relized it had a problem), it was too late to return.
Every GPU I've purchased has always been a major upgrade, so I wouldn't be able to compare with previous cards as I've only purchased the GeForce 7100GS + Radeon X1300 + 8800GTS (640MB). -- I've always upgraded from graphics intergrated into the mother-board.
ATI 9550 256mb. The mhz so low its not even funny.:?Axecident
I have the very same card in my media PC. Its great for video. I have dual monitors on it, a CRT and a TV and it works beautifully for video. I have never tried to play games on it though, I bought it purely for video and its great for that.
The other video cards I have bought was an old Voodoo 3, GeForce 3 Ti 200, FX5950 Ultra, and 6900GT.
ATI 9550 256mb. The mhz so low its not even funny.:?Axecident
I have the very same card in my media PC. Its great for video. I have dual monitors on it, a CRT and a TV and it works beautifully for video. I have never tried to play games on it though, I bought it purely for video and its great for that.
The other video cards I have bought were an old Voodoo 3, GeForce 3 Ti 200, FX5950 Ultra, and 6800GT.
Although, it was a big step up from a Radeon 7000, and I got the ultra edition from one of my friends for £15, so I can't complain. But by the end of its life the fan on it was the noisiest thing in the computer by far, I had to underclock it to stop it overheating, and even then it would crash on vista because it was in 3D mode all the time :S
Shadow_Chicken
9550 and Fx5500OC PCI not PCI-E !! So i guess im a victim aswell. but i got them from wal-mart and i OCed them and then returned them for all of my money back because the manager was dumb! :)
Although, it was a big step up from a Radeon 7000, and I got the ultra edition from one of my friends for £15, so I can't complain. But by the end of its life the fan on it was the noisiest thing in the computer by far, I had to underclock it to stop it overheating, and even then it would crash on vista because it was in 3D mode all the time :S
Shadow_Chicken
9550 and Fx5500OC PCI not PCI-E !! And I paid $1000 for some crappy DELL back in 2004 with a 2.8GHS P4 and DX6 Integrated intel graphics and 1-sided PC2700 256MB. WORST COMPUTER EVER! I wont even buy a dell if it was a XPS 710 given to me for free! So i guess im a victim aswell. but i got them from wal-mart and i OCed them and then returned them for all of my money back because the manager was dumb! :)Â
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