Re: All Graphics Cards related queries here.
1) You haved oced quite a lot.
2) 30 fps is not enough for each game. Also there is a significant diff between 26 and 30 since you are already getting so low fps.
3) Please mention your entire system.
4) How are you calculating the fps? Are you actually playing it as well to meansure how smooth is it?
AFAIK doom 3 runs crap on a fx 5200 at 640*480 low, the settings you mention, to play at those you need a radeon 9700pro or atleast a 9600pro. Also, 30fps is not enough for doom3. The very very minimum is 40-50fps for doom3. I would recommend 50-60fps for a game like doom3 and quake 4 though. So your first point doesn't make sense,
1) You are only getting 2/3 or half the minimum fps.
2) You are not able to give enough proof for these observations which are unheard of.
I also ran Quake 4 or its demo and Quake 4 demo was much much worse than Doom3. I was playing Doom3 at 12X10 UQ and Quake 4 at 10X7 High, so what you are saying can't be true. You will need to justify your claims.
MW needs atleast 38-42 fps for smooth gameplay. Also, to play at those settigns you will atleast need a 9600pro class.
HL2 automatically turns to dx 8 or dx 8.1 whatever it is on FX cards, if you force dx 9 you will see. Anyway, I doubt whether a FX 5200 can do as much.
FEAR CANNOT run on a FX 5200 at 800*600 even lowest, to play at those settings you will need atleast a 9600 level card if not more. Please tell us about your tweaking.
COD2 has Dx 9 and Dx 7 mode, no DX 8 AFAIK.
Don't know about LOTR.
San Andreas should be crap at any setting , right? 10X7 low is unlikely.
To play Fear Cry at those settings a
FX 5200 is pretty less. May ve aradeon 9600 class will be ok.
Please justify your claims using FRAPS. Play each game for 5 min and show us the file in which you record it.
You can't expect a FX 5200 to play todays games at any settings.
