Explorer Technology FX5200
Reviewed by James Sams
on 08.01.2003
Provided by: Explorer Technology
Overview
This card comes stripped of anything that might add cost without sufficient returns. Hence, the GPU is made with the more mature (read: outdated?) 0.15u process and has about half the number of transistors of its higher-end brethen. The memory is 3ns, which will make for very poor overclocking potential, though it is rated at a higher clock level (380 MHz) than would be expected. The other major hardware slump is the lack of the full anti-aliasing engine, which ought to make the 5200 a poor AA performer. Here are some more specs lined up for easier reading.
| Model Number: | FX5200 |
| Engine Clock Speed: | 250MHz |
| Memory Clock: | 380MHz |
| Memory: | 128MB |
| AGP version: | 8x |
| DirectX Version: | 9 |
| Manufacturing Process: | 0.15u |
| Memory Width | 128 bit |
| Vertex Shader version: | 2.0+ |
| Pixel Shader version: | 2.0+ |
| Pixels/Clock | 4 |
| Outputs: | VGA, DVI, S-Video |
| Included accessories: | Driver CD, DVI-to-VGA converter,S-Video-to-Composite converter |
The card without the heatsink.
A closeup of the GPU.
A closeup of one of the eight memory chips on the card.
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