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MSI FX5200-TDR128: The GeForce FX 5200 series falls under the same price point as its older brother, the GeForce MX upon first release, but nVidia learned from their mistakes, and the FX 5200 looks to be a real option for budget gamers.

 
 
Date: May 12, 2003
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Jedi Knight 2, No AA, No AF

Jedi Knight 2, 4xAA, 8xAF

The FX 5200-TDR128 does pretty well in Jedi Knight 2, although it does still struggle once you raise the image quality levels. How about when using Balanced and Aggressive? AA and AF were disabled.

Jedi Knight 2, Aggressive

Jedi Knight 2, Balanced

Performance-wise, there's little difference between the two, and in all honesty, I can't see any difference during gameplay when compared with the balanced settings. However, the difference is noticable when you directly compare quality against performance. There's slightly more pixelation with performance, and considering the benchmark scores, I don't think the loss in image quality is worth the slight performance gain. This image quality drop is because trilinear filtering isn't used.

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For workstation use, the FX5200 will not be the best choice. It's servicable, if you only dabble in it occasionally, but people who take their work seriously will want to opt for a pro-level OpenGL card.

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