GeForce 5200 Ultra poor 3Dmark scores

[drfrink24]

No overclocking, everything standard


XP2800+
1 GB of PC2700 DDR memory
PNY GeForce 5200 Ultra (running 325/650)
Asus A7N8X (PCB 2.0)
Win XP SP1

The latest Nforce2 drivers
The latest Detonator drivers

AGP 8X enabled, Dual channel DDR, running 333Mhz enabled on Mobo
FSAA and Antistrop-whatever are turned off.

AGP apeture size changes have no effect on numbers.

I got 10,238 points.

One thing that does bother me though, 3Dmark reports a fill rate of 900 Mtexels/Sec, yet, the card claims 1300?

I've seen LOTS of people getting higher scores than this, some in this forum with much less of a system.

Any ideas?

BTW 3Dmark 2003, a dismal 1545... Most the demos ran under 7 fps...

Funny thing too, now that I think of it, the CPU tests had a higher FPS than the stupid card tests....

[kenny83]

:shoot3:

Those scores are about right for your setup. 5200 FX Ultra is a crap card, slower than Ti4200. If you check the hardware reviews ur 3dmarks are similar. Shouldnt have bought the card, theres much better offers around. 9500/9600 Pro or Ti4200 are much better buys for a few extra bucks.

:thumbs do

The whole fx series has bad fill rates and pixel shaders.
If you do a pixel shader 2.0 test the fx series are seriously poor.