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Is the GeForce 6200 any good?

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  • 12-11-2005 10:53pm
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    TerrorFirmer
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    PC World have a 256mb Geforce 6200 with free copy of Far Cry for about 80 quid. Is the card any good, does anyone know, and what would it compare to?


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    duridian
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    It'll run Doom3 type stuff with everything turned down to low. I 3D05marked a 64MB turbocache 6200on a winny 3000+ with 1GB DDR400. It got nearly the same result as an FX5900 standard I'd tested with a 3.2Prescott, but FX cards are pretty weak in 3D05, so in real world the FX5900 will beat it by a good bit. For around €60 it is ok though, much better than its predecessor the FX5200 *shudders*


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    TerrorFirmer
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    I already have a 256mb x800, but I have a friend who's still struggling along with an agp 128mb fx5200.....yes, shock horror, so I was wondering what he could upgrade to cheaply in order to play newer games a tad better....

    256mb 6200 sounds SO much better then 128mb 5200....ah well. :)

    He has a Dell PC so the PSU isn't going to take a beast of a card so have to aim low :v:

    His pc is still 3ghz though so it would be a waste to eh....waste that processing power on such a poor card.


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    duridian
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    Mobi I think you are misreading me. I said the 6200 came close to the performance of a standard (ie. non. ultra) FX5900,thats the high end of the FX cards, not a low end FX5200. 3D05 is not the be all end all, but tis a fair enough gauge of DX9 performance whcih is what most modern games use. The FX series had very bad DX9 abilities, and the 5200 is the biggest pile of s*** of all.
    The 9600Pro or XT (2nd hand around €50-60) would be a possibilty to consider as well if power supply is an issue, you may even be able to use a 6600non-GT (I think the 6200 is supposedly just a cutdown version of the 6600 core)


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