GEFORCE 6200 TC PERFORMANCE

Nvidia® GeForce™ 6200 TurboCache™ fully compliant with GeForce6 award-winning technology and Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, which enhances gaming performance with the hottest motion pictures. Combined with 128-bit studio-quality colour provides high accuracy division and produces the amazing image with best quality. It also features NVIDIA® PureVideo™ technology, which is a Hardware-accelerated MPEG and WMV9 decode that delivers smooth, artifact-free video. It dedicates video hardware, which reduces CPU utilization and improves overall system performance. Nvidia® GeForce™ 6200 Turbo Cache™ is suited for entry-level players who want to experience the magnificent advanced technologies of NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6 Series!

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	NVIDIA GEFORCE 6200 TC
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v81.98
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY	2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0c

GT LEGENDS

LOW QUALITY

	26
	20
	15
	11

MEDIUM QUALITY

	23
	18
	14
	11

HIGH QUALITY

	21
	17
	13
	10

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "GT Legends is one of the more recent games we have added to our list of games software we use for benchmarking. The GeForce 6200 TC was very choppy even at the lowest resolution and image quality setting which is very disappointing."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

LOW QUALITY
Vehicle Detail Low
Circuit Detail Low
Special Effects Low
Shadows Low
Track Distance Normal

MEDIUM QUALITY
Vehicle Detail Medium
Circuit Detail Medium
Special Effects Medium
Shadows Medium

HIGH QUALITY
Vehicle Detail Full
Circuit Detail Full
Special Effects Medium
Shadows Full

KING KONG

	23
	18
	14
	10

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "King Kong is a game we have only recently added to our benchmark software and the GeForce 6200 TC was unplayable at all of the resolutions tested."

LEGO STAR WARS

	95
	64
	40

MEDIUM QUALITY HIGH QUALITY ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

COMMENT - "The GeForce 6200 TC can run Lego Star Wars at a very playable level using all of the settings."

QUAKE 3 ARENA

HIGH QUALITY

	287
	202
	128
	80

HIGH QUALITY (4xAA & 8xAF)

	86
	53
	31

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Four.dm68 Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Compress Disabled
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometric Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering

COMMENT - "Quake 3 Arena is one of the older games we use for benchmarking and the GeForce 6200 TC delivers a very playable performance at all of the resolutions with Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering disabled. Even when using 4xAA and 8xAF the GeForce 6200 TC is still playable upto 1280x1024."

GEFORCE 6200 TC REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - GEFORCE 6200 TC INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, COMANCHE4 AND CODENAME PANZERS

PAGE 3 - DELTA FORCE EXTREME, EARTH 2160 AND FAR CRY

PAGE 4 - GT LEGENDS, KING KONG AND LEGO STAR WARS

PAGE 5 - SCOOTER WAR3Z, QUAKE 4 AND SCRAPLAND

PAGE 6 - SERIOUS SAM 2 AND TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

PAGE 7 - TRIBES VENGEANCE AND UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

PAGE 8 - DAWN OF WAR AND WORLD RACING 2

PAGE 9 - 1944 BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND XPAND RALLY

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