Overclocking?

[DABhand]

Gigabyte Gforce 6200's are very cheap just now for a 256mb.. I would go for that..

Or if you have the cash 6600 and upwards. Or an Ati equivalent.


EDIT: Dont push the 754 AMD 64, it becomes very unstable and damages the chip with overclocking, you can overclock the 939 chip (need a different motherboard offcourse) somewhat with safety.

[kosmiq]

Originally Posted by DABhand

Gigabyte Gforce 6200's are very cheap just now for a 256mb.. I would go for that..

Or if you have the cash 6600 and upwards. Or an Ati equivalent.


EDIT: Dont push the 754 AMD 64, it becomes very unstable and damages the chip with overclocking, you can overclock the 939 chip (need a different motherboard offcourse) somewhat with safety.

Actually it is the integrated memory controller that gets bad when overclocking the s754 CPU's... :P
On the other (DAB)hand it is in the "chip"...

Paying any money for a 6200 is no idea, it is a waste of money. Save the money until you have enough for a 6600GT atleast.

[DABhand]

The Gigabyte 6200 is a GT card, and is quite cheap for someone who doesnt have a lot of it.

In the case of our original poster, he may be skint after paying his money for the machine he has

[kosmiq]

Even if the 6200 is a GT is s*cks so bad I would never consider it. It has 64bit memory bandwith, lacks a lot of features and is generally kinda bad.
Its the same thing as the 5200 were back then. Atleast a 6600GT will last a little longer.

That is what I think atleast.

[jlg6184]

I might go ahead and get a 6800...Just kinda hard about with college and all, but when i built the system, I had already had the 5200 when I built everything else, and didn't want to waste it...

[DABhand]

Ill agree the 6600 and upwards are better. But the 6200 will work. And its a good cheap option.


And not all 6200's are 64bit memory bus.


http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/Product...V-N62128DP.htm

Its not GT, but its a 128bit bus and quite affordable. (only 128mb DDR on it) but im sure there is a 256mb one.

[Luciel]

Originally Posted by kosmiq

Even if the 6200 is a GT is s*cks so bad I would never consider it. It has 64bit memory bandwith, lacks a lot of features and is generally kinda bad.
Its the same thing as the 5200 were back then. Atleast a 6600GT will last a little longer.

That is what I think atleast.

You gotta realise that the original poster is in a BUDGET and just wants to upgrade from he's old 5200. So as Dabhand said, the 6200 would be fine, i recon a 5900 would be fine too.

[kosmiq]

Yes Luciel and I consider the 6600GT to be budget. For me that is as budget as I would ever go. The 6200 I consider being waste of money and therefore thinks he can keep his 5200 until he can afford 6600GT and up.

[Luciel]

hmm, well what prices are we talking about? as far as i know you can get a 5950 on ebay for less than 50 dollars

[DABhand]

Originally Posted by Luciel

You gotta realise that the original poster is in a BUDGET and just wants to upgrade from he's old 5200. So as Dabhand said, the 6200 would be fine, i recon a 5900 would be fine too.

For some reason 5900's always seem to be out of stock, when im trying to get them into my shop..


Tried a Gigabyte 6200 I had in the shop with a few games, works very well.