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nVidia GeForce 6200 Preview |
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Written by Phyro
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Monday, 11 October 2004 |
And also Guru3D has published a little preview on the nVidia GeForce 6200
graphics chip. As you probably expected this new product range is of course based on the new GeForce 6 Series architecture, yet at entry-level price points.
This is actually the 3rd product line to be derived from Series 6. Based on that knowledge, I specifically say the product will be severely "castrated" to place
it into different wording. The series 6200 will only have 4 pixel pipelines with 3 vertex units.
 nVidia GeForce 6200 Preview
As the trend is these days, at first you'll see the
PCI-Express versions of this product and later on maybe an AGP version which likely is bridged with nVidia's HSI chip. This itself is unclear though as nVidia's documentation does not mention anything about the AGP version. nVidia could also opt not to do the AGP version as this product would compete 100% with
the GeForce FX 5200; but who know's.
The GeForce 6200 will become available in two
flavors namely at 128 and 256 MB specifications. Respectively they'll cost $129 for 128MB version and $149 for 256MB version. These of course are manufacturer
suggested retail prices (yes that's what MSRP means!), so expect the prices lower in re- and even lower in e-tail. The 6200 series will compete with ATI's X300 series which will likely be an underdog here as ATI's technology is based on the older Radeon 9600. I just can't help thinking that for an entry level product the prices need to come down as I tend to believe that the suggested
price itself is fairly high.
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EVGA 8800GTS PCIe 512MB - Rev 02
