Diablotek GeForce 6200 / 256MB / AGP 8x Video Card

Friday, October 28th, 2005 | Reviews, Video Cards

The Diablotek GeForce 6200 is a card that does a good job at replacing any standard onboard graphics solution. Allowing increased performance from games, this good value card will make your gaming experience more realistic without making a huge hole in your pocket.

At a glance, it features

nVidia GeForce 6200 GPU
256MB memory
AGP 8x

Although graphics cards have been increasing a lot in terms of performance, there is still a place for graphics cards that are not top of the range. Many games and all other common programs will run just fine on less powerful video cards.

The compulsion to upgrade to the latest is the best way to stay up to date, but is an extremely expensive habit to keep up.

The GeForce 6200 supports the latest Shader Model 3.0 which is part of Microsoft DirectX 9.0. It supports the latest effects.

The card is available for AGP 8x, and I don’t think there is a version for PCIe. This gets a mixed reaction from me, as AGP 8x is fine for the purposes of this card but might be a bit limiting if you need to upgrade on the same motherboard later. But this card is perfect for your purposes now, if you need more later, just upgrade your motherboard too.

Included with the package is the standard nVidia software. Some manufacturers include their own software with a card, but the standard stuff from nVidia is pretty foolproof, and there is really not reason to want anything else.

Performance wise you will be able to get great results in 1024 x 768 mode, while it will support higher, with looser quality settings.

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