I have a question about a graphic card?
i'm going to buy that VGA instead of geforce 5200. but as you see, that thing supports only direct x8 , and my computer is direct x9. so what will happen when i buy it .. ?
Answers:
DX 9 is backward compatible with DX 8 cards. So the only issue you will have is you will be lacking some of the bells and whistles that DX 9 offers.
In other words, it will not look as good as a DX9 card, but it will run.
What games are you planning on playing on it?
Get an AGP card if you can, PCI is older technology
That card is pretty outdated.
Either way, all Direct X versions are reverse compatible, meaning that DirectX 9 will work just fine with a DirectX8 card. You shouldn't have any issues using it.
The FX 5200 is really a DX8 card as its processor is a mix of DX8 and DX9 parts making DX9 a slide show compared to its DX8 performance though it is better supported than the 9250 but both of them are relatively slow and are unsuitable for current games better save some money for a new system based on PCI-E or at least AGP.
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