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INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE REVIEW

"INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE REVIEW ALSO FEATURING THE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 BENCHMARKED WITH SERIOUS SAM 2 AND WORLD RACING 2."

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!

SERIOUS SAM 2

LOW QUALITY

	42
	17

MEDIUM QUALITY

	21
	9

HIGH QUALITY

	7
	1

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC puts in a good performance using low quality and is 60% faster than the XFX GeForce FX 5200. Both video cards are unplayable using medium and high quality settings."

WORLD RACING 2

LOW QUALITY

	29
	16

MEDIUM QUALITY

	14
	8

HIGH QUALITY

	7
	3

INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC is almost playable but it didn't deliver smooth gameplay even using low quality. Both video cards are unplayable using medium and high quality settings."

CONCLUSION - "The Inno3D GeForce 6200 Turbocache performed very well taking into account it's intended market and budget price. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 Turbocache has most of the advanced features found in the other GeForce6 video cards such as Shader Model 3.0 and Purevideo. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 Turbocache has an interesting feature all of it's own which is Turbocache technology, incase you are unaware what Turbocache is I will explain. Turbocache allows the video card to use sections of the system memory which improves performance. The only GeForce6 feature not supported with the Inno3D GeForce 6200 Turbocache is HDR which is a feature only the most powerful video cards can use anyway. In conclusion the Inno3D GeForce 6200 Turbocache performed better than expected and the XFX GeForce FX 5200 was no competition at all. The Inno3D GeForce 6200 Turbocache is best suited to low quality settings at 800x600 or sometimes at 1024x768 depending on the game!"

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