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September 14th, 2005, 01:33 PM
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| geforce 6200 vs radeon 9550
anyone know which one of these cards is the better? there both 256 mb ddr and have all the added extras i want and there both AGP cards. i was just wondering in terms of performance and graphice clarity which si the best in your personal opinion | 
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September 14th, 2005, 03:43 PM
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| | Human voltmeter
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Currently all GF 6200 AGP cards use 64 bit memory, which kills performance. Stay away from any card with only 64bit memory. Between these two, I would get the Radeon 9550 with 128bit memory.
Save your money and don't bother with 256MB. Either card is too slow to really make use of it. Just stick with 128MB. | |
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September 14th, 2005, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DanU Currently all GF 6200 AGP cards use 64 bit memory | Where did you get that information from? A quick look on Newegg reveals a 128MB 6200 AGP with 128-bit memory bus. The one I linked to might be able to run with unlocked pipes. | |
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September 14th, 2005, 06:59 PM
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| | Human voltmeter
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I take that back then! The first crop of AGP cards using the 6200 came with only 64 bit memory. With 128bit memory the 6200 should be faster.
Hmm... looking at the price of the 128bit 6200 AGP it's only a few dollars cheaper than a 6600 AGP  . In comparison a radeon 9550 is about HALF the price of a 6200 AGP w/ 128bit memory. It looks like it boils down to how much you want to spend... | |
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September 14th, 2005, 07:41 PM
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| | SoMuchAnime-SoLittleTime
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Welcome to TechIMO! 
Are you going to use this card for gaming? If you plan on it, it would probably be better if you would save up some more for the 6600 GT, it is much faster than the 6200, or 9550. | |
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September 14th, 2005, 08:34 PM
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If and only if the 6200 is NOT the turbo cache edition and IF it DOES have 128-bit memory, it would be quite a bit faster than a 9550, it would be as fast as a 9600xt.
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September 14th, 2005, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by EXreaction Welcome to TechIMO!
Are you going to use this card for gaming? If you plan on it, it would probably be better if you would save up some more for the 6600 GT, it is much faster than the 6200, or 9550. | But when you get to that point it's like why get a 6600GT when you can get a 6800 for 20 more dollars?
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September 14th, 2005, 08:58 PM
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Like everyone in the forum would pound you about... go for the 6600GT or the refurb 9800pro! 
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September 14th, 2005, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkStar02 But when you get to that point it's like why get a 6600GT when you can get a 6800 for 20 more dollars? | because the 6600GT is just as fast in most cases! | |
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September 14th, 2005, 10:05 PM
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| | SoMuchAnime-SoLittleTime
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Yep...exactly what nwo said...and like mjolnir said...look at a refurb 9800 Pro from newegg to.  | |
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