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XFX nVidia 6200 TurboCache
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3 37800 07-19-2006
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67% of reviewers $47.50 7.7



Description: This is XFX's version of nVidia's 6200 TurboCache video card. The TC versions have a GPU and some onboard memory but can dip into system RAM for more a la integrated graphics. This one is fanless and supports 256MB of system memory if you have at least 512MB system RAM.

Specs:
Connection type: PCI-e x8/x16
GPU: nVidia 6200 @ 325MHz
Onboard memory: 64MB 64-bit DDR @ 525MHz
Ouptuts: RGB, DVI-D, S-video
Keywords: XFX nVidia 6200 TurboCache PCI-e 6200TC
/sbin/lspci output: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache] (rev a1)
Chipset: nVidia 6200TC
Connection Type: PCI-express x8/x16


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Old 03-16-2006, 09:47 PM   #1
Mizzou_Engineer
 
Registered: Jan 2006
Distribution: Gentoo 2007.0 x86 & amd64
Posts: 25

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $45.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.13-15.8-smp
Distribution: SuSE 10.0 x86_64



This product works well under Linux. It is best described as halfway between an IGP and a real graphics card.It has a discrete GPU and some onboard memory, but it can use system RAM as framebuffer if you have more than 512MB in your system (mine has 2GB.) It more than suffices to drive as big of a monitor as you can throw at it- mine is a 1600x1200 LCD- and can do dual-head and output to TVs via S-VHS. The latest nVidia ForceWare drivers work perfectly.

Gaming performance is pretty poor, but this is an excellent HTPC card as it is fanless (dead silent) and half-height so it can fit into skinny cases. It works well as a workstation card unless you are doing really serious graphics. I recommend this card over any integrated graphics as it is a lot better and it is pretty reasonably-priced.
 
Old 04-19-2006, 06:52 AM   #2
kozaki
 
Registered: Jun 2004
Distribution: Arch Linux, Mandriva x86_64, Knoppix (Kaella), Ubuntu, ...
Posts: 89

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $50.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.16-archck ; 2.6.14.2-MDV ; 2.6.12-MDV ; 2.6.11 (Elive)
Distribution: Arch Linux 32 & 64 ; Mandriva 2006 x86_64 ; PCLinuxOS92 ; Elive & many Live CDs


This card is simply the best bang-for-your-buck" GPU available.
Can even be tweaked a bit with nvclock utility

Note that I use every available apps _but_ big games (still, gltron runs much better on this than on nVidia AGP 5200FX)
 
Old 07-19-2006, 08:27 AM   #3
grinapo
 
Registered: Jul 2006
Distribution: Debian
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Would you recommend the product? no | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 3

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Probably due to the ram mapping and driver bugs the card makes errors in 3D under moderate load. It is probably good if you do not touch 3d, but then why to buy this one?
 




  



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