Test Rig & Installation:

We are using some of the latest state of the art hardware that has been sponsored for this testbed to test and evaluate the TurboCache. Let's take a look at the test rig.

• DFI LANPARTY SLI-DR
• AMD Athlon64 3500+ Winchester core
• e-GeForce 6200 TurboCache
• 2048MB Mushkin HP3200 REDLINE
• 480 watt Thermaltake TWV PSU
• Swiftech TEC watercooling kit
• 1 x 120GB Maxtor SATA
• Thermaltake Armor case

Here is a system report via CPU-Z:

As you can see we are going to leave this test bed at stock configuration testing the TurboCache with all default settings. No over-clocking or over volting the system. The TurboCache will use stock timings as well.

Well I must say I was a bit astonished that the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 (NV44-A2) GPU was that small. I guess somehow the image we have in our mind is that one of the GeForce 6600/6800 CPU which is much bigger. The specs of the NV44-A2 TC chip reveal that it has only 77 million transistors which explains the size of the chip. The normal GeForce 6200 (NV43) has almost 143 million transistors and on the GeForce 6600/6800 this goes up to 222 million. This explain the die size of the GPU and the HSF needed to properly cool it.

Whether you have a huge tower case or a micro system, the EVGA e-GeForce 6200 TurboCache is a cool running card with the temperatures approximate to what we are used to seeing with the 6600 and 6800 series.

The TurboCache is a small card compaired to the high end graphics solutions and will fit just fine in most standard size rigs, even rigs with water cooling or more exotic solutions. You will not have to worry about external power, the card relies on its power consumption supplied by the PCIe bus.