5700 ultra 256mb agp v/s 6200 256mb agp

**Prafull** · December 21st, 2005

**Yeloazndevil** · December 21st, 2005

I say go with the 6200.

Blue Spirit · December 21st, 2005

from those 2 i would go with 6200
but if you can wait 4 a while and gather some more cash
get 6600 gt

Clements · December 21st, 2005

6200 would be better for games that are available right now. The 5700 Ultra would lead in older DX8.1 games like UT2004 (but the framerate would be so high with both cards that it wouldn't be an issue) but be much slower in DX9. You can also use HDR with that 6200, whereas you can't with a 5700 Ultra.

**n_w95482** · December 21st, 2005

After spending some time comparing the cards on Tom's Hardware, I came up with the same results as Clements. However, the card I was looking at on there had a 128 bit memory bus, which doesn't seem to be guaranteed with that auction. See if you can talk to the person selling the card to make sure it's a 128 bit version.

**Prafull** · December 22nd, 2005

Thanks everyone. I have confirmed that its a 64 bit version. Still I guess its a better deal than 5700 ultra. Isnt it?

Mad · December 22nd, 2005

Well the seler stated:
"Memory Bus
128-bit "

Just to make sure, ask him whats the model of the card. He could just had copy paste here.

this is the only one from xfx site that seems to have 128-bit memory bus.

**Prafull** · December 22nd, 2005

I have confirmed. Its "PV-T44A-WA " XFX GeForce 6200 256MB DDR TV DVI . So its only 64 bit one. ;(

Clements · December 22nd, 2005

If it's only 64-bit, then it's not worth it as it'll have half the bandwidth of the standard 128-bit edition. Perhaps you can hold out for a while longer until a 128-bit version comes up on ebay - it'll be about the same price (or maybe less) than the 5700 Ultra.

**Prafull** · December 22nd, 2005

I noticed another card on ebay and it looks like 128 bit version. I have sent a mail to confirm if its 128 bit one. And yes you are right, its slightly cheaper than 5700 ultra.

I noticed two more cards which I can afford after saving bit more money. One is XFX PV-T43P-NDH7 128 MB RAM Normal 6600 and the other one is XFX PV-T43P-UDH7 256 MB RAM Normal 6600 .

So at the current rates including shipping:

6200 256MB 64 bit = 5300 Rs.
6200 256MB 128 bit =5850 Rs. (confirming about 128bit)
5700 ultra 256MB 128 bit =6000 Rs.
6600 128MB 128 bit = 7015 Rs.
6600 256MB 128 bit = 7305 Rs.

Now I am thinking more about saving money for a month or so, prices will come down further and then may be I will get a 6600 256mb.

GCFreak · December 22nd, 2005

I'd get the 128MB 6600.

**n_w95482** · December 22nd, 2005

Definitely save for the 6600, it has twice the amount of pixel pipelines and is clocked only a little bit slower than the 6200, which means it has a lot more fillrate. It also has a decent amount of memory bandwidth. I'd go with GCFreak's suggestion, 256 MB isn't really needed on a midrange card. 128 MB would work fine and you would save some money.

**Prafull** · December 22nd, 2005

Thanks again everyone. That Helped me a lot.

GCFreak · December 22nd, 2005

No problem. Hope you enjoy your new Christmas Present

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Mad · December 23rd, 2005

Yeah go for the 6600 128MB. ull only see the diference to the 25bMB when running @ 1600xcrazy-hi-res-ones.

OT: Its really nice when u can buy your own present. im about to get myself a dvd burner. And i think ill try to softmod my 6200 to 6600 someday, just need some help here...

GCFreak · December 29th, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad

OT: Its really nice when u can buy your own present. im about to get myself a dvd burner. And i think ill try to softmod my 6200 to 6600 someday, just need some help here...

I'll softmod mine oneday....

Clements · December 29th, 2005

Here is the required info to do it:

http://www.doomedpc.com/?q=node/36

Mad · December 29th, 2005

Thx, i never thought it was that simple.
That guide is very simple, and direct.
Now im gonna test to see if any problems occour...hopefully not

.
Heres a screen after.
Unfortunatelly, i dont have 3dmark here anymore, nor remember the scores it did when i bought the card...

But gonna try with HL2/Cs: Source for a few hours. Ill come back with the results later.
Oh and thx again!!!

December 21st, 2005	#1 (permalink)
Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 674	5700 ultra 256mb agp v/s 6200 256mb agp Should I get this one Or this one. __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM

December 21st, 2005	#3 (permalink)
Blue Spirit Blood..! How revolting... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Israel Posts: 420	from those 2 i would go with 6200 but if you can wait 4 a while and gather some more cash get 6600 gt __________________ This life which just waits for death to come.....at the end ....I must....Be of service.....to someone... - Tachibana Ukyo

December 21st, 2005	#4 (permalink)
Clements MMP-2 Dude Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,633	6200 would be better for games that are available right now. The 5700 Ultra would lead in older DX8.1 games like UT2004 (but the framerate would be so high with both cards that it wouldn't be an issue) but be much slower in DX9. You can also use HDR with that 6200, whereas you can't with a 5700 Ultra. __________________ PJ64 Homepage \| ZSNES Documentation Project \| bsnes Supporter

December 21st, 2005	#5 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	After spending some time comparing the cards on Tom's Hardware, I came up with the same results as Clements. However, the card I was looking at on there had a 128 bit memory bus, which doesn't seem to be guaranteed with that auction. See if you can talk to the person selling the card to make sure it's a 128 bit version. __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

December 22nd, 2005	#6 (permalink)
Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 674	Thanks everyone. I have confirmed that its a 64 bit version. Still I guess its a better deal than 5700 ultra. Isnt it? __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM

December 21st, 2005	#2 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,140	I say go with the 6200.

December 22nd, 2005	#7 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,911	Well the seler stated: "Memory Bus 128-bit " Just to make sure, ask him whats the model of the card. He could just had copy paste here. this is the only one from xfx site that seems to have 128-bit memory bus. __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD080HJ 80GB] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61]

December 22nd, 2005	#8 (permalink)
Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 674	I have confirmed. Its "PV-T44A-WA " XFX GeForce 6200 256MB DDR TV DVI . So its only 64 bit one. ;( __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM

December 22nd, 2005	#9 (permalink)
Clements MMP-2 Dude Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,633	If it's only 64-bit, then it's not worth it as it'll have half the bandwidth of the standard 128-bit edition. Perhaps you can hold out for a while longer until a 128-bit version comes up on ebay - it'll be about the same price (or maybe less) than the 5700 Ultra. __________________ PJ64 Homepage \| ZSNES Documentation Project \| bsnes Supporter

December 22nd, 2005	#10 (permalink)
Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 674	I noticed another card on ebay and it looks like 128 bit version. I have sent a mail to confirm if its 128 bit one. And yes you are right, its slightly cheaper than 5700 ultra. I noticed two more cards which I can afford after saving bit more money. One is XFX PV-T43P-NDH7 128 MB RAM Normal 6600 and the other one is XFX PV-T43P-UDH7 256 MB RAM Normal 6600 . So at the current rates including shipping: 6200 256MB 64 bit = 5300 Rs. 6200 256MB 128 bit =5850 Rs. (confirming about 128bit) 5700 ultra 256MB 128 bit =6000 Rs. 6600 128MB 128 bit = 7015 Rs. 6600 256MB 128 bit = 7305 Rs. Now I am thinking more about saving money for a month or so, prices will come down further and then may be I will get a 6600 256mb. __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM Last edited by Prafull; December 22nd, 2005 at 18:44.

December 22nd, 2005	#11 (permalink)
GCFreak Don't come on that often Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 284	I'd get the 128MB 6600. __________________ Main PC AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.7GHz \| 2GB DDR2-800 \| ASUS M2N-SLI \| 2x Albatron GeForce 8500 GT 256MB \| Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 \| Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers \| 450W Power Supply \| Fedora 9 (predominantly) \| Windows XP Pro SP3

December 22nd, 2005	#12 (permalink)
n_w95482 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,684	Definitely save for the 6600, it has twice the amount of pixel pipelines and is clocked only a little bit slower than the 6200, which means it has a lot more fillrate. It also has a decent amount of memory bandwidth. I'd go with GCFreak's suggestion, 256 MB isn't really needed on a midrange card. 128 MB would work fine and you would save some money. __________________ Main PC: DFI LAN Party nF4 SLI-DR Expert w/406-bta BIOS, AMD Opteron 165 (CCBBE 0615 EPMW) @ 3 GHz (334x9), 1.55v w/D-Tek Fuzion WB; 2x1 GB OCZ PC4000 EB Plats @ 250 MHz, 3-3-2-8, 3:4, 2.7v; ATi Radeon X1900XT 512 MB @ 668/855 w/DD Tyee WB, 150 GB WD Raptor, 4x500 GB WD RE2 (RAID 10), SB Audigy 2 ZS, 700w OCZ GameXStream, CM Stacker 810, Windows XP Pro

December 22nd, 2005	#13 (permalink)
Prafull Administrator, PCSX2 tester Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: India Posts: 674	Thanks again everyone. That Helped me a lot. __________________ E6750, Abit ip35E, XFX 8600GT 256 MB DDR3, Transcend 2GB DDR2 800 RAM

December 22nd, 2005	#14 (permalink)
GCFreak Don't come on that often Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 284	No problem. Hope you enjoy your new Christmas Present . __________________ Main PC AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.7GHz \| 2GB DDR2-800 \| ASUS M2N-SLI \| 2x Albatron GeForce 8500 GT 256MB \| Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 \| Creative Inspire P5800 5.1 speakers \| 450W Power Supply \| Fedora 9 (predominantly) \| Windows XP Pro SP3

December 23rd, 2005	#15 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 2,911	Yeah go for the 6600 128MB. ull only see the diference to the 25bMB when running @ 1600xcrazy-hi-res-ones. OT: Its really nice when u can buy your own present. im about to get myself a dvd burner. And i think ill try to softmod my 6200 to 6600 someday, just need some help here... __________________ [WinXP SP3] [Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2] [Athlon64 X2 3800+ @2.00Ghz] [XFX Geforce 8600GT XxX 256MB DDR3] [17" SyncMaster 753v] [Samsung SATA II HD080HJ 80GB] [Samsung SATA II HD250HJ 250GB] [Kingston 2x1GB DDR2 6400@800MHz CL6] [Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B] [NVIDIA nForce Networking] [Realtek ALC883 @ nVIDIA MCP61]

December 29th, 2005	#17 (permalink)
Clements MMP-2 Dude Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,633	Here is the required info to do it: http://www.doomedpc.com/?q=node/36 __________________ PJ64 Homepage \| ZSNES Documentation Project \| bsnes Supporter

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