When the GeForce FX 5700 LE launched it was nothing special. It had a rather low clock speed and a narrow 64-Bit memory bus. To make matters worse, the GeForce FX series became famous for poor DirectX 9 performance, however it has many benefits that make it a desirable GPU for Retro PC Gaming!

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0:00 Introduction
0:18 GeForce FX issues
0:39 GeForce FX for Retro Gaming
1:02 Look at the card
2:26 Cleanup
3:01 Test system
5:35 Monitor tips
6:57 Benchmarks
9:49 Retro features of the FX
10:18 nGlide
12:11 Playing Expendable
16:02 Playing GLQuake
17:52 Summary and thoughts