ULTIMATE HARDWARE REVIEW - INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE vs XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 REVIEW

ULTIMATE HARDWARE = CPU REVIEWS, DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEWS, LINKS, MOTHERBOARD REVIEWS, PERFORMANCE DATABASE, SITEMAP AND VIDEO CARD REVIEWS

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE REVIEW

"INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE REVIEW ALSO FEATURING THE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 BENCHMARKED WITH QUAKE 4, SCOOTER WAR3Z AND SCRAPLAND."

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.

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TC
	XFX GEFORCE FX 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

BENCHMARK SETTINGS:- We use three different image quality and resolution settings when we benchmark computer hardware for review. Low quality setting uses a resolution of 1024x768 (unless otherwise stated) and all of the game settings are set to low, this setting will mostly test for processor rather than video performance. Medium quality setting uses a resolution of 1280x1024 (unless otherwise stated) and all of the game settings are set to medium, this setting will test both the processor and video performance. High quality setting uses a resolution of 1600x1200 (unless otherwise stated) and all of the game settings are set to high, this setting is a very demanding test for video rather processor performance!

QUAKE 4

LOW QUALITY

	31
	17

MEDIUM QUALITY

	20
	10

HIGH QUALITY

	13
	6

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC isn't breaking any speed records with Quake4 but it is 46% faster than the XFX GeForce FX 5200 when using low quality. The XFX GeForce FX 5200 was unplayable with Quake4 using all of the image quality settings and the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC was also unplayable using medium and high quality settings."

SCOOTER WAR3Z

LOW QUALITY

	50
	31

MEDIUM QUALITY

	26
	9

HIGH QUALITY

	12
	4

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

COMMENT - "When using low quality settings both of the video cards are playable with the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC offering 38% more performance than the XFX GeForce FX 5200. However both of the video cards are unplayable using medium or high quality settings."

SCRAPLAND

LOW QUALITY

	54
	29

MEDIUM QUALITY

	25
	7

HIGH QUALITY

	7
	4

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce FX 5200 was playable using low quality settings with some slow down in open sections of the game. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC puts in a much better performance and was 47% faster than the XFX GeForce FX 5200. Once again both of the video cards failed to deliver a playable performance when using medium or high quality."

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