6200: 128 or 256?

**rage10** · 04-30-06, 09:18 PM

I am going to by a GeForce 6200 I was told that the 128 megabyt vershin is faster then the 256 megabyt vershion. the reson for this is that the card is not fast enough to use the extra ram efficiently. Can I superclock the 256 vershin so it can use the ram properly?
nd how can I overclock or superclock?

SLippe · 05-01-06, 01:56 AM

I don't know why that would be, but maybe someone else can confirm or deny that. That doesn't sound right to me. I'd say get the 256 any day over 128, unless it is a different model, like OC or GT. You can download coolbits, coolbits 3d or nvtweak/nvtray to overclock at www.nvtweak.laptopvideo2go.com.

05-01-06, 01:58 AM

There is no performance increase with 256MB of ram on the 6200 due to the small bandwidth it has. I would save the money and go 128MB.

SLippe · 05-01-06, 01:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by |MaguS|

There is no performance increase with 256MB of ram on the 6200 due to the small bandwidth it has. I would save the money and go 128MB.

Well, there you go.

05-01-06, 02:01 AM

Yeah, I can't even comprehend why they would put 256MB of ram on the card with a 64-bit interface...

Dazz · 05-01-06, 02:18 AM

It's Marketing gimick nothing more thats what the 512MB is.

Joe Public · 05-01-06, 06:19 AM

Yeah, I have a 6200 in my secondary rig (64-bit memory bus version) and it absolutely chokes in resolutions above 1024x768. So 256MB memory is pointless on current cards. Maybe if they had stuck with 128-bit bus like initial cards had.

**rage10** · 05-01-06, 09:30 PM

are ther eny sub150$ card that can use the 256 efectivly?

EDIT:how about the GeForce 6600 128 bit 256 mb

Nanook · 04-20-09, 07:17 PM

I'm an unhappy camper...

I have a home brew PC, Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard, Athlon P2400+ CPU, 1GB RAM (dual channel).

Operating system is Windows-XP Pro SP3 with all the current patches applied.

Originally, I had a Geforce MX-440 video card. Slow as snails but it worked as long as you didn't mind 5 fps when you tried to play a game.

But after years of abuse, I had it substantially overclocked with no additional cooling, and it finally gave up the ghost.

So looking for an AGP replacement because I have an AGP slot on the motherboard and can't afford to replace it with PCIE right now, I found only a couple of choices locally. Having been happy with Asus and Nvidia products, I bought the Nvidia option, the only one that Frys had, for AGP, a EVGA 6200.

I'm having problems finding drivers that work. New drivers have some weird bug where periodically the video freezes and the new drivers will not overclock, at all.

Older drivers don't have the video freeze bug and will overclock but they have a bug where occasionally the machine will bluescreen with paging unpagable area in nv_disp.dll.

So it appears that I am stuck with video that either periodically freezes and poor performance, or bluescreens. What a wonderful choice.

04-30-06, 09:18 PM	#1
rage10 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In the clouds!:) Posts: 1,252	6200: 128 or 256? I am going to by a GeForce 6200 I was told that the 128 megabyt vershin is faster then the 256 megabyt vershion. the reson for this is that the card is not fast enough to use the extra ram efficiently. Can I superclock the 256 vershin so it can use the ram properly? nd how can I overclock or superclock?

05-01-06, 01:56 AM	#2
SLippe R.I.P. Babe Thread Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 12,387	Re: 6200: 128 or 256? I don't know why that would be, but maybe someone else can confirm or deny that. That doesn't sound right to me. I'd say get the 256 any day over 128, unless it is a different model, like OC or GT. You can download coolbits, coolbits 3d or nvtweak/nvtray to overclock at www.nvtweak.laptopvideo2go.com.

05-01-06, 01:58 AM	#3
\|MaguS\| Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 6200: 128 or 256? There is no performance increase with 256MB of ram on the 6200 due to the small bandwidth it has. I would save the money and go 128MB.

05-01-06, 02:01 AM	#5
\|MaguS\| Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 6200: 128 or 256? Yeah, I can't even comprehend why they would put 256MB of ram on the card with a 64-bit interface...

05-01-06, 02:18 AM	#6
Dazz "TOON ARMY!" Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom Posts: 5,138	Re: 6200: 128 or 256? It's Marketing gimick nothing more thats what the 512MB is. __________________ "Never interupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition @ 4.25GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Graphics: ASUS ENGTX470 Memory: 4GB Kingston HyperX Blu PC12800 DDR3 Monitor: LG E2260V-PN Full HD WLED 22" & DELL 20" 2005FPW, Power: Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850w PSU Sound: Logitech Z5500 Digital. Cooling: Thermalright Silver Arrow. 1st Storage: Kingston V100 SSDNow128GB SSD 2nd Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB

05-01-06, 06:19 AM	#7
Joe Public o(^3^)o Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 371	Re: 6200: 128 or 256? Yeah, I have a 6200 in my secondary rig (64-bit memory bus version) and it absolutely chokes in resolutions above 1024x768. So 256MB memory is pointless on current cards. Maybe if they had stuck with 128-bit bus like initial cards had. __________________ Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 - Core i7 860 2.8 GHz - 4GB PC10666 RAM - Samsung F1 1TB drive - 18x DVD RW - GeForce GTS 250 512MB (to be replaced) - Corsair HX750 - LianLi PC2110B case - Windows 7 64

05-01-06, 09:30 PM	#8
rage10 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In the clouds!:) Posts: 1,252	Re: 6200: 128 or 256? are ther eny sub150$ card that can use the 256 efectivly? EDIT:how about the GeForce 6600 128 bit 256 mb Last edited by rage10; 05-01-06 at 09:57 PM.

04-20-09, 07:17 PM	#9
Nanook Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1	Re: 6200: 128 or 256? -- or 512? I'm an unhappy camper... I have a home brew PC, Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard, Athlon P2400+ CPU, 1GB RAM (dual channel). Operating system is Windows-XP Pro SP3 with all the current patches applied. Originally, I had a Geforce MX-440 video card. Slow as snails but it worked as long as you didn't mind 5 fps when you tried to play a game. But after years of abuse, I had it substantially overclocked with no additional cooling, and it finally gave up the ghost. So looking for an AGP replacement because I have an AGP slot on the motherboard and can't afford to replace it with PCIE right now, I found only a couple of choices locally. Having been happy with Asus and Nvidia products, I bought the Nvidia option, the only one that Frys had, for AGP, a EVGA 6200. I'm having problems finding drivers that work. New drivers have some weird bug where periodically the video freezes and the new drivers will not overclock, at all. Older drivers don't have the video freeze bug and will overclock but they have a bug where occasionally the machine will bluescreen with paging unpagable area in nv_disp.dll. So it appears that I am stuck with video that either periodically freezes and poor performance, or bluescreens. What a wonderful choice.

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