INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE vs XFX GEFORCE 5200 REVIEW BY ULTIMATE HARDWARE

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INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE

"INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE REVIEW OF THE BUDGET GEFORCE6 GPU FROM NVIDIA WITH SM3.0 AND THE AWARD WINNING TURBOCACHE TECHNOLOGY. THE INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE IS REVIEWED AGAINST THE XFX GEFORCE 5200. SOFTWARE USED DURING THIS REVIEW OF THE INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE IS AS FOLLOWS:- 3DMARK 2001 SE, 3DMARK 2003, 3DMARK 2005, 3DMARK 2006, POWERVR FABLEMARK, POWERVR TEMPLEMARK, POWERVR VILLAGEMARK AND RIGHTMARK."

Inno3D 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. Inno3D GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache is suited for entry-level players who want to experience the magnificent advanced technologies of NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series and experience what it has to offer in order to go beyond gaming performance.

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE SPECIFICATIONS

Inno3D GeForce 6200 TurboCache with built-in advance technology which has proven to be the fastest of its range. NVIDIA TurboCache technology shares the capacity and bandwidth of dedicated video memory and dynamically available system memory for turbocharged performance and larger total graphics memory.

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. Its one-chip video encoder and motion estimation engine provides fast, high-quality encoding. Therefore the integrated HDTV-output brings content from your desktop to you high-definition TV.

Inno3D GeForce 6200 TurboCache is suited for entry-level players who want the advanced technologies of NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series and experience what it has to offer in order to go beyond gaming performance.

CHIP	GPU	CORE CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY INTERFACE	PIXELS PER CLOCK	DIRECTX
INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TC	NV44	350	500	64	4	9.0C
XFX GEFORCE 5200	NV34	250	333	64	4	9.0
CHIP	GPU	CORE CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY INTERFACE	PIXELS PER CLOCK	DIRECTX

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TC
	XFX GEFORCE 5200
NVIDIA DRIVER	NVIDIA FORCEWARE v84.21
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

3DMARK BENCHMARKS

3DMARK 2001 SE

	8247
	4233

3DMARK 2003

	2245
	919

3DMARK 2005

	801
	236

3DMARK 2006

	245
	63

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE 5200

COMMENT "The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC has a storming start with 3dmark 2001 SE beating the XFX GeForce 5200 by 49%. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC then manages to increase it's performance advantage over the XFX GeForce 5200 by 60% when using 3dmark 2003. When using 3dmark 2005 the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC manages to increase it's performance advantage over the XFX GeForce 5200 yet again this time by an even more impressive 71%. After the three previous 3dmark results which showed the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC pulling away from the XFX GeForce 5200 I wasn't surprised to see the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC beat the XFX GeForce 5200 by a very impressive 75%."

POWERVR BENCHMARK

FABLEMARK

	16
	9

TEMPLEMARK

	88
	33

VILLAGEMARK (DIRECT3D)

	93
	47

VILLAGEMARK (OPENGL)

	74
	42

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE 5200

COMMENT "FableMark is the most demanding of the PowerVR benchmarks and makes extensive use of Stencil buffer shading and shadows. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC outperforms the XFX GeForce 5200 by 44% with Fablemark. Templemark is one of the three PowerVR benchmarks which test for performance when there are high overdraw conditions and the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC outperforms the XFX GeForce 5200 by between 44% to 63% when using Templemark and Villagemark benchmarks.

RIGHTMARK

PIXEL SHADING (PS1.1)

	271
	186

PIXEL SHADING (PS2.0)

	92
	13

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE 5200

COMMENT "We are now testing pure PS1.1 and PS2.0 Pixel Shading performance using Rightmark. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC delivers a 32% performance increase over the XFX GeForce 5200 when using PS1.1 and when using PS2.0 the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC delivers a HUGE 86% performance increase over the XFX GeForce 5200."