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MAD DOG (Conquerer(tm)) FX 5200 Plus FX 5200 Plus 128MB
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1 2516 02-14-2005
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Description: MAD DOG product FX 5200 Plus GeForce FX AGP 8x/4x
128MB card features include: 256 bit GPU, AGP 8x/4x (backward compatible to 2x/1x CONFIRMED), 128MB DDR Memory, 63 Million Vertices/sec Through PURE Hardware T&L (Peak) Maximum res of 2048x1536@75Hz

This Product works well out of the box on x using the nv driver on 2.6.x kernels. Added it to my Slackware 10.0 box and had 3d acceleration up and running in x in minutes with the nVidia drivers located here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_d..._1.0-5336.html

SIMPLE INSTALL!!!!!!
The script managed to compile and install the driver on my system without ANY headaches at all. Just had to edit the xorg.conf file following the instructions in the README.
1180 fps in glxgears (box)
480 fps in glxgears (Fullscreen)

well worth the price
Keywords: FX 5200 GeForce AGP 8x/4x nVIDIA
/sbin/lspci output: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
Chipset: GeForce FX 5200


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Old 02-14-2005, 12:00 PM   #1
Tuxluver
 
Registered: Jan 2005
Distribution: Fedora Core 3
Posts: 58
Thanked: 0
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.10-1.760_FC3
Distribution: Fedor Core 3



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It works great with Fedora too, but it's a little harder to get set up. Once you install the drivers, you have to edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf config, and comment or remove the line saying "load "dri"", and change the video driver from "nv" to "nvidia". And for me at least, to make it load at boot, you have to put it the following commands after installing:

#/sbin/modprobe nvidia
#cd /dev
#cp -a nvidia* /etc/udev/devices
#chown root.root /etc/udev/devices/nvidia*

Then to be able to have 3d acceleration as a normal user you have to put in:
#chmod 777 /dev/nvidia*
Once you do that you should have everything working fine.
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