31 Oct 2019 - Graphics card reviewed

Getting one of these Quadro K5200 graphics cards allows the gamer to run indie system requirements and some less demanding AAA titles. In today’s PC hardware terms these are considered middle range for gaming performance. This card meets game requirements up to DirectX 11.

Lets look at the Quadro K5200 game performance guide for some of the biggest games played in 2019. In particular we will see how well this graphics card runs on Ultra settings on 1080p resolution as well as 1440p and 4K. We look at 1000 of the most demanding games available today and this GPU is better than the recommended graphics requirement of more than 170 games in the list.

Looking at some of the modern popular games people are playing today the Quadro K5200 is running The Outer Worlds and delivering weak performances on 1080p Ultra, getting 9 frames per second. Comparing this to Need For Speed Heat which is getting weak results, where it averages 9 FPS. Another popular game we looked at is Microsoft Flight Simulator, which is predicted to run at 0 frames per second.

We move on to 1440p, and tested The Outer Worlds which delivered weak FPS results. Here are the graphic presets - Low: 18 FPS, Medium: 14 FPS, High: 10 FPS and Ultra: 7 FPS. Next we have Need For Speed Heat running on Quadro K5200 which gets L: 18FPS, M: 14FPS, H: 10FPS, U: 7FPS. And for performance contrast the popular Microsoft Flight Simulator is predicted to get L: 0FPS, M: 0FPS, H: 0FPS, U: 0FPS at 1440p. Getting popular modern games to run at 1440p on the Quadro K5200 is the wrong choice for PC gaming.

How many years will the Quadro K5200 graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the Quadro K5200 in your PC? Its time to start researching your next graphics card upgrade as the Quadro K5200 is failing to meet modern day gaming system requirements. A gpu AAA lifespan of around 6-12 months.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the Quadro K5200? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 128% better and can meet 900 of their recommended requirements. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a RX 5000 Series Radeon RX 5500 4GB, which has 70% better performance and can run 691 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.