How Can I EXTRACT more POWER from my GRAPHICS CARD ??
Hi guys, well i want some suggestion and tips on how I can extract more POWER,PERFORMANCE and QUALITY from my existing GRAPHICS CARD for my games (FIFA-2004,POP-SOT,POP-WW,DOOM-3,FIFA-2005,NHL-2005)
My system configuration is as follows:

Pentium-4 ,2.00Ghz processor on an INTEL 865GBF Motherboard ,40GB hard disk ,256 MB DDR RAM, WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL EDITION,Monitor SAMSUNG Syncmaster-753s [ 17" ]
My GRAPHICS CARD SUPPORTS these FEATURES:

PIXEL SHADER & VERTEX SHADER 2.0

MICROSOFR DIRECT-X 9.0 Optimisations and support.

open GL 1.4 Optimisations and support.

I am having an nVIDIA GeForce 5200 FX 256MB DDR graphics card.

These are my graphics card settings.

Processor--nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200,256 MB DDR RAM

BUS-8X

IRQ-- 16

BIOS-- 4.34.20.27.06

TV ENCODER TYPE-INTEGRATED (MV)

SCREEN RESOLUTION-1152x864

COLOR QUALITY-HIGHEST (32 bit)
PERFORMANCE & QUALITY SETTINGS
IMAGE SETTINGS:
I have 3 options
-->HIGH PERFORMANCE
-->PERFORMANCE
-->QUALITY
(I hv chosed this Option)
ANTIALIASING:
I have 6 Options)
-->APPLICATION
(i hv chosed this option)
-->NO ANTIALIASING
-->ANTIALIASING 2X
-->QUINCUNX ANTIALIASING(tm)
-->ANTIALIASING 4X
-->ANTIALIASING 4XS (DIRECT 3D only)
ANISOTROPIC FILTERING:
I have 4 Options)
-->APPLICATION
(I hv chosed this option)
-->ANISOTROPIC FILTERING 2X
-->ANISOTROPIC FILTERING 4X
-->ANISOTROPIC FILTERING 8X
TEXTURE SHARPENING (I hv CHECKED this option)
DIRECT 3D SETTINGS
PERFORMANCE & COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS:
ENABLE FOG TABLE EMULATION (I hv checked this option)
DISPLAY LOGO WHILE RUNNING DIRECT 3D APPLICATIONS (I hv unchecked this otion)
MIPMAP DETAIL LEVEL:
I hv 5 OPTIONS here)
-->BEST IMAGE QUALITY
(i hv chosed this option)
-->HIGH IMAGE QUALITY
-->BLEND
-->HIGH PERFORMANCE
-->BEST PERFORMANCE
PCI TEXTURE MEMORY SIZE:
Use upto 31 MB (the computer has chosed this option by itself) of system memoryfor textures in PCI mode.
[I hv a limit from 2MB to 127MB of PCI texture memory size]
OPEN GL SETTINGS
PERFORMANCE & COMPATIBILITY OPTIONS:
Disable support for enhanced CPU instruction sets (the PC has unchecked
this option)
Enable comformant Open GL texture clamp behaviour (the PC has
unchecked this option)
DEFAULT COLOR DEPTH:
I hv 3 options)
-->Use Desktop color depth (PC has selected this option)
-->Always use 16 bpp
-->Always use 32 bpp
BUFFER FLIPPING MODE:
I hv 2 options)
-->Use block transfer
--> Auto select (PC has selected this option)
VERTICAL SYNC:
I hv 3 options )
-->Always OFF
-->OFF by default
--> ON by default(PC has selected this option)
Please tell me wat OPTIONS shud i change/tweak so that i can get more PERFORMANCE,POWER and QUALITY from my graphics card for my GAMES.

NOTE: PLEASE ,I want an answer from a genuine person who knows about tweaking GRAPHICS CARD PROPERTIES.
THANX Guys.
cheers n peace.
ASHU.....
