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geforce fx 5200 problems

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Two days ago I received an Apollo GFFX5200 128megs via FedEX from Newegg.com~

No problems getting it in and I installed the latest forceware drivers. However, games which use pixel shaders are giving me problems. A bumpmapping mod for half life, which uses pixel shaders, isn't displaying the bumpmaps.

The FarCry Fort demo is also giving me problems, as you can see here:

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All settings in-game are medium


I've tried disabling overclocking on the card and it doesn't make a difference. Nor does the quality setting.

System is~
1 ghz athlon
512 pc100 ram
Win2k SP4
DirectX 9.0b

Oddly, the very first time I played the FC Fort demo it rendered everything correctly; water effects included. I've reinstalled the card multiple times and even tried old 60.72 drivers, which were supposed to fix some problems in the FC retail version.
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Weird. Never had troubles like that on my FX 5200...
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Farcry on an FX 5200?
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BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
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darthdavid wrote:Farcry on an FX 5200?
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BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
You're being such a big help, I have no choice but to thank you...





...by pooping down your throat~


That's why I'm playing the demo and havn't bought the game yet~
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darthdavid wrote:Farcry on an FX 5200?
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BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Oh leave the guy alone. At least it wasn't Doom 3. Now that would be silly ;)
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I run Doom 3 just fine on my 5200.

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Cal Wright wrote:I run Doom 3 just fine on my 5200.
Call of Duty runs perfectly on my 5200, even with the settings cranked up to the max. :)
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Cal Wright wrote:I run Doom 3 just fine on my 5200.
Really? Hm, must be thinking of something else. Maybe that new Unreal engine...*drool*
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Magic word... Overclocking, you probebly messed up something that wasn't used untill you ran FC.
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