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

XPAND RALLY

LOW QUALITY

	52
	40
	30
	22

MEDIUM QUALITY

	28
	22
	16
	12

HIGH QUALITY

	21
	17
	13
	10

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Xpand Rally needs good frame rates to make the game playable which the GeForce 6200 TC could only offer using low quality settings and low resolution."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Fullscreen Enabled
Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Grand Canyon Level

LOW QUALITY
Bilinear
Material Quality Very Low
View Distance 20%
Water Quality Low
Car Deformations Disabled
Car Details Low
Car Envmap Quality Low
Car Shadows Low

MEDIUM QUALITY
Trilinear
Material Quality Medium
View Distance 80%
Water Quality Medium
Car Deformations Enabled
Car Details High
Car Envmap Quality Medium
Car Shadows High

HIGH QUALITY
Anisotropic
Material Quality Very High
View Distance 100%
Water Quality High
Car Deformations Enabled
Car Details High
Car Envmap Quality High
Car Shadows Very High

1944 - BATTLE
OF THE BULGE

LOW QUALITY

	89
	70
	50
	36

MEDIUM QUALITY

	20
	18
	15
	13

HIGH QUALITY

	15
	13
	11
	9

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "The GeForce 6200 TC starts off well with 1944 Battle of the Bulge and is playable upto 1280x1024 when using low quality settings. However when using medium or high quality settings the GeForce 6200 TC experiences a huge 78% reduction in performance and was unplayable at all resolutions. Although the GeForce 6200 TC has UltraShadow 2 Technology it doesn't seem to be helping the performance of the GeForce 6200 TC with this game."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
St. Vith Scenario

LOW QUALITY
Texture Detail Low
Particle Density Low
Shadow Resolution Low
Water Disabled
Decals Disabled
Fog Enabled
Wire Physics Disabled
Grass Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY
Texture Detail Medium
Particle Density Medium
Shadow Resolution Medium
Water Disabled
Decals Enabled
Fog Enabled
Wire Physics Disabled
Grass Enabled

HIGH QUALITY
Texture Detail High
Particle Density High
Shadow Resolution High
Water Enabled
Decals Enabled
Fog Enabled
Wire Physics Enabled
Grass Enabled

CONCLUSION - "The GeForce 6200 TC performed better than expected when you take into account it's intended market and budget price. The GeForce 6200 TC offered playable performance with most of the games we have tested and only four out of twenty three games were unplayable which is pretty impressive. Unlike some of the other video cards in it's price range the GeForce 6200 TC offers excellent DX9 performance and all of the advanced Nvidia features like SM3.0 and PureVideo."

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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