NVIDIA GeForce 6200 was introduced early 2005 promising GeForce 6 Series’ performance and features at an affordable price. The GeForce 6200 is available in two versions: PCI-Express that supports the TurboCache feature and AGP version without the TurboCache feature. In this review we’ll take a look at the card’s feature and performance.

Features:

1. NVIDIA TurboCache Technology.

2. CineFX 3.0.

3. UltraShadow II.

4. INTELLISAMPLE 3.0 Technology.

5. API Support.

6. Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 Support.

7. NVIDIA nView Multi-Display Technology.

8. OpenGL 2.0 Optimizations and Support.

9. High-Definition MPEG-2 Hardware Acceleration.

10. NVIDIA PureVideo Technology.

TurboCache Concise Explanation:

The GeForce 6200 with the TurboCache features comes in 2 different types: a GeForce 6200 with 16MB or 32M on-board TurboCache supporting 128MB and a GeForce 6200 with 64MB on-board TurboCache memory supporting 256MB. The TurboCache feature takes advantage of the additional bandwidth of the PCI Express graphics bus to reach higher levels of graphics performance. In Addition, by allowing the graphics processing unit to share the capacity and bandwidth of video memory and the available system memory, TurboCache increases the performance and provides larger total graphics memory.

Performance:

Since the GeForce 6200 falls in the low-end card category, the settings are high quality and 800x600 resolution. The GeForce 6200’s frame per seconds in the following games was: DOOM 3 45fps, Half-Life 2 61fps, Unreal 2004 51fps and FarCry 40FPS.

Conclusion:

The GeForce 6200’s performance with the 64MB on-board TurboCache was reasonably impressive and undoubtedly a better option than the Radeon X300. Buyers shouldn’t miss this card if they’re looking for a decent performance low-budget computer or laptop. Finally, Buyers should be aware of two things: First, the GeForce 6200’s performance without the TurboCache feature suffers greatly. Second, the on-board memory amount plays a major role in performance therefore buyers should look for either the 64MB or the 32MB version.

Score: 8/10 in the low-end card category.