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Is the GeForce 6200 any good?
Ok I know it's not as fast as the 6800GT etc, etc....but will it run Counter strike: Source as well as my Ti4200 with 128MB used to?
I managed to shag it up with a drop of static goodness while changing the heatsink for a passive one so I don't want to spend a lot of money on a card however if the 6200 will suffice, I'm happy to go for that.
Cheers all!
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Ok I know it's not as fast as the 6800GT etc, etc....but will it run Counter strike: Source as well as my Ti4200 with 128MB used to?
I managed to shag it up with a drop of static goodness while changing the heatsink for a passive one so I don't want to spend a lot of money on a card however if the 6200 will suffice, I'm happy to go for that.
Cheers all!
BB
I would be sceptical of it being much faster than a 4200 Ti.
Although the GeForce 4 is old, not very optimised by current standards and only has directX 8 pixel and vertex shaders, it is a robust chip. 4 dual pixel piplelines running at 250MHz(?) with similar speed RAM(?)over a 128Bit bus.
Whereas the GeForce 6 6200 has 2 or 4 pixel pipelines (can't remember) although running faster (400MHz?) with RAM connected over a 64bit? (maybe 128bit?, maybe depends on verison?) bus. So the speed may not be much faster, While is does have DirectX 9 level shaders It has so few units it barley has the power to process directX 9 level sharder code. Overall I suppose it should be a bit faster but not by much, but if you were happy with the performance of the 4200 and just need a replacement (did it die?) then the 6200 is probably a good buy if the price is right.
Take a look at some of the computer hardware sites which benchmark these things. I don't know how much the 6200 goes for but a 6600GT or X800GT is a much better prospect for about £100.
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Friday 10th February 15:35
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Friday 10th February 15:35
Although the GeForce 4 is old, not very optimised by current standards and only has directX 8 pixel and vertex shaders, it is a robust chip. 4 dual pixel piplelines running at 250MHz(?) with similar speed RAM(?)over a 128Bit bus.
Whereas the GeForce 6 6200 has 2 or 4 pixel pipelines (can't remember) although running faster (400MHz?) with RAM connected over a 64bit? (maybe 128bit?, maybe depends on verison?) bus. So the speed may not be much faster, While is does have DirectX 9 level shaders It has so few units it barley has the power to process directX 9 level sharder code. Overall I suppose it should be a bit faster but not by much, but if you were happy with the performance of the 4200 and just need a replacement (did it die?) then the 6200 is probably a good buy if the price is right.
Take a look at some of the computer hardware sites which benchmark these things. I don't know how much the 6200 goes for but a 6600GT or X800GT is a much better prospect for about £100.
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Friday 10th February 15:35
>> Edited by mr_yogi on Friday 10th February 15:35
4200Ti in UT2004
6200 in UT2004
4200Ti in Doom3
6200 in Doom3
4200Ti in FarCry
6200 in FarCry
Note that the test systems aren't the same (Pentium IV/ A-64 4000+) but both should be fast enough not to effect the video card scores
6200 in UT2004
4200Ti in Doom3
6200 in Doom3
4200Ti in FarCry
6200 in FarCry
Note that the test systems aren't the same (Pentium IV/ A-64 4000+) but both should be fast enough not to effect the video card scores
Edited because I posted a bunch of crap basically.. How much are you looking to spend? As you can probably pick up a pretty decent card second-hand or even new these days if you look in the right places, the 6600gt is a pretty good card which has dropped a lot in price recently and would easily run CS:Source.
>> Edited by Steve_evil on Friday 10th February 18:48
>> Edited by Steve_evil on Friday 10th February 18:48
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