ABIT Siluro Geforce FX 5200

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 7:39 pm

ABIT Siluro Geforce FX 5200 128MB **$80** - replaced my TNT2-Ultra.
Works great with nothing special needed - WinXP Pro + DX9
Runs quite hot & had to mount a fan blowing down on the passive HS.

BP6; P-III/1100E@108Mhz; 512MB Maxtor 60G/7200/2M+Promise ATA1000; Adaptec 2906; Pioneer Slot load SCSI DVD; Lite-On 48/12/48; LS120 SuperDisk floppy;

New system=> MSI Pro266LR Dual Tualie 1.26@1.35GHz; 512MB Mushkin PC2100 2-2-2 fast RAM; onboard Promise ATA100 RAID; (2) Maxtor 8GB/7200/8MB striped; ABIT Siluro Geforce FX 5200 128MB; onboard LAN 100Mbps; (2) EverCool CUS-725 copper HS+ Y.S.Tech 4500RPM fans
*** NO CPU ADAPTERS or SOLDERING REQUIRED ***

Post by **Derek** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 11:15 pm

Hmmm, a BP6 with dual P3s and and the latest FX or Radeon card would be nice to see.

Nice setup, RR.

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 10:34 am

Progress on the Dual P-III @1000+ Mhz BP6 front seems to have stalled.
That's why I jumped ship to the MSI Pro266LR - direct support of Dual Tualie & 266+ FSB. Onboard raid with a pair of 8MB cache drives rocks. The board can OC in increments of 1MHz on the FSB right up to 166Mhz.

Post by **Derek** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:34 pm

Sounds like a nice setup. I can vouch for the 8MB cache drives, I bought one about a week ago and I'm amazed at the performance.

My next drive will be a 10,000RPM SATA drive

yoshihiro · Post by **yoshihiro** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 6:49 am

RRLedford:
Hi! Have you tried the FX5200 in your BP6 without problems? FX5200 specs says that AGP is 8X, it seems to be incompatible with the BP6 2x AGP specs ...
I'm searching for a new video board for me

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 8:48 am

Yes, the ABIT Siluro FX 5200 works fine in the BP6!
The machine is used heavily by my kids to run the newest games.
It is now more stable than ever before.
BP6 P-III/1100E@108MHz, 512MB, Promise ATA100, Maxtor 60G/7200/2M
You will need to get some air moving thru the passive heatsink though, or it gets very hot - too hot. For <$80 this is an amazing level BP6 video!