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which 6200 agp card should i buy?

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webekyle

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which one of the two cards should i buy?
(both on newegg)

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Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce 6200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/HDTV-Out, AGP 8X, Model "A6200 128 TD" -RETAIL


- Specifications -

Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce 6200/300MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB DDR/550MHz
BUS: AGP 8X
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub) + TV-Out (HDTV-Out) + DVI
Support 3D API: DirectX 9(Shader Model 3.0), OpenGL 1.5
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz
RAMDACs: 400MHz
Retail Box (See pics for details)

Model#: A6200 128 TD
Item#: N82E16814122216

Rating: Vote(s): 1
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$119.00




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AOpen nVIDIA GeForce 6200 Video Card, 256MB DDR, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, AGP 8X, Model "90.05210.612" -RETAIL
**This item is warranted through the product manufacturer only.


- Specifications -

Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce 6200/300MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 256MB DDR/500MHz
BUS: AGP 8X
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub) + TV-Out (S-Video/Composite Out) + DVI
Support 3D API: DirectX 9(Shader Model 3.0), OpenGL 1.5
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz
RAMDACs: 400MHz
Retail Box (See pics for details)

Model#: GF6200 DV256
Item#: N82E16814135165

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$137.00
 
turbocache gets most of its memory from the main system ram, and the latency kills it. Plus the 6600 has 8 pixel pipelines and the 6200 has only 4 i think.
 
I have the Leadtek A6200 128 TD and here are some benches if you're intrested in how it performs.

3dmark03 - 4111
3dmark05 - 1655
Aquamark03 - 27978
FarCry - 32.18fps(1024x768x32bit, Max Quality)
 
Originally posted by: webekyle
Originally posted by: leedog2007
does the 6200 use turbocache?
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i believe it does... atleast the eVGA one does
http://www.evga.com/articles/public.asp?AID=233
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LOL. Wow, those marketing materials are almost borderline outright fraudulent.

But when the task turns to gaming or heavy 3D environments, the 6200 TurboCache can access the system memory it needs at speeds as fast as 13.6 GB/sec - faster than the local memory found on many entry level cards.
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Uhm... if the PCI-E bus is actually faster than the system RAM bandwidth, then the bottleneck will be the system RAM bandwidth, which is also shared by the CPU. Running dual-channel PC3200 (128-bit @ 400Mhz effective), gives 6.4GB/sec, does it not? Where in the world, or on what kind of system, has NV tested these cards on, with 13.6GB/sec of system ram bandwidth? I call Shens on NVidia and EVGA, for spewing this marketing BS.
Oh, "as fast as", ok, so that's the weasel-wording that they use, to avoid being an outright lie. [iIF[/i] there is a system out there with PCI-E and a system memory bandwidth that exceeds 13.6GB/sec, then this card can use up to that much of it. But that will likely not happen, unless system RAM starts to use GDDR3, or moves to quad-channel PC4000 memory.
 
TurboCache is just a marketing term thrown around by nvidia. In reality, it's a drastic measure of cutting corners in order to bring down prices, and the performance of the card suffers accordingly. As far as I know, no video card has ever benefitted from using system memory instead of onboard memory, and in every case, using system memory decreases performance.
 
thanks....like i said before: i'll be going with the 6600 for my gf's pc (im using the 6800U and loving it...scores 12000+ on 3dmark03)
 
Do yourself a favor and get a 9700 pro, or 9800 pro, either on ebay, or FS/FT. I have no idea why people are suddenly reccomending the 6200 in leu of the 9700 pro / 9800 pro. The 9700 pro is the exact same price if you buy a used one, and it performs better. Seems like a no brainer for me. BTW, although I don't think synthetic benchmarks are a good piece of evidence to support buying a card, since Dax gave you his, here are mine.

(All run at standard settings, 1024 x 768)

3Dmark01- 16,514
3Dmark03- 5,147
3Dmark05- 2,540

That's gotta say something.
 
Just wonder will eVGA 6200 256mb perform better than cards with 128mb? Will the extra memory add more power to the card or the slower memory speed will actually make the card suffer? Thanks for help!
 
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