gforce fx 5500: a fraud?

[google]

please,but please help me with this:
i have this card from Palit:gforce fx 5500 256/128 (???) and the tests results from 3dmark2003 is 1365. the results with 3dmark2001 :6400
y 've done a test with aida 32 and it said i have a 64 bits memory bus!!!!
is possible to be at 64 bits?

i've paid 100$ for this card.is better then fx 5200 ultra?

[Midknyte]

did you try other diagnostic programs? aida 32 has been discontinued and probably doesn't recognize that card properly. Try everest home:

http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=3

don't get freaked out just because some diagnostic program says something that doesn't match up. it happens all the time.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

From what i'm led to believe, while some FX5500's do have 128-Bit busses, the 64-Bit bus is by far the more common version. It appears to be based on the slower 64-Bit version of the FX5200, and judging by the benchmarks, is ever so slightly slower than the regular FX5200

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/955055005200/index.htm

--Jakk:t

[Midknyte]

ah. I see.

http://www.i-tech.com.au/products/item4353.asp

[PacNW CE]

Welcome to sysopt.

Sorry to say, but it sounds like you spent $100 on a neutered card. I got higher 3dmark2001 scores with my old Radeon 8500.

in graphics cards you usually get what you pay for. I find the $200 to $250 price range yields a card that will be functional for 2 years. That seems to be a fair price/perfomance for me, but you decide what you want to spend.