# garbled text on first boot... video card a POS?

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**Created:** [December 3, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garbled-text-on-first-boot-video-card-a-pos/39682 "2007-12-03T17:42:58Z")
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### Author: ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2007, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garbled-text-on-first-boot-video-card-a-pos/39682/18 "2007-12-04T11:00:05Z")

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[quote=“maverick27,post:17,topic:39682"”]

I stated that his pc might be bottlenecked because of the lower quality component he used for his vid card. Surely you understand this?

Amazing cpu + mobo + ram + etc + crappy video card from 3 years ago = the rest of his system bottlenecked.

Glad that wasn’t the case, but I still wouldn’t have wasted 90 bucks on a 5200. I have one sitting around my house I would have given you.

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thanks, if you have a PCI-e card, I’d definitely take it off your hands. I’d like to test that port to make sure that it is indeed working.

And I don’t really care much about the $$$ spent on the 5200… as soon as the 8800GT gets here, it’s getting returned 😃

They should be ashamed of themselves. 20.00 is too much for a 5200, let alone 90.00 lol It was pretty embarrassing waiting in line with it too

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