H/W Review- PCI Vid Card 6200- umm $28

VehicrossPC · 06-17-2006, 02:15 AM

Hardware Review: 3D Fuzion 3DFR6200P Geforce 6200 128MB 64-bit DDR PCI Video Card

What it is/does: utilizes your pci slot well for itx boards with limited vid- othwise just a video card

Reviewed by: Francesco
Manufacturer : BFG Tech/3D Fuzion
Model: 3DFR6200P
Specs: check link below for better but-350 core clock and 128mb RAMDAC 400 MHz PCI
Price: 27.99 plus ship
Rating: 10/10
Purchased at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143058
Pros: cheap and still retail. It will run awesome res on my monitor: lot's of weird 16:9 res that I never saw before which actually work. I used to have to run at insane 1280*760 to get the correct screen fit but everything was too small. Much better vid quality than my fx5200, onboard Intel g846 I think, or onboard PcChips vid on several different boards I've used in past for this monitor. I wanna say it looks brighter too, but this might just be placebo effect of knowing I got something new. def check it out.. also, will display gpu temp in settings; has dvi, vga and s video output with dvi to vga plug included. comments on site explain frame rates and all the good gaming stuff- I just got it for 16:9 compat summary- AWESOME IF YOU ONLY HAVE A PCI AVL LIKE ME ON AN ITX BOARD

Cons: It's a full size card, so it takes up some space. Also, it did some weird things while scrolling, like sudden dashed lines appearing..

Pictures: check site

TwistedRotors · 06-23-2006, 10:59 AM

Nice review and I've got a question that I hope you can help me with. I'm using a PII 266 Dell laptop for my carputer setup. Unfortunately when I try and watch any sort of encoded video (DivX, WMV, etc) my CPU usage maxes out at 100%! Do you think a video card like this would help my system out? I'm using a docking station that has 2 PCI slots so this card and a nice sound card would be nice. Thanks.
-John

Brad Groux · 06-23-2006, 11:29 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by TwistedRotors

Nice review and I've got a question that I hope you can help me with. I'm using a PII 266 Dell laptop for my carputer setup. Unfortunately when I try and watch any sort of encoded video (DivX, WMV, etc) my CPU usage maxes out at 100%! Do you think a video card like this would help my system out? I'm using a docking station that has 2 PCI slots so this card and a nice sound card would be nice. Thanks.
-John

A video card will definately help your cause, as will maxing the RAM in your system if you can. At 266 MHz though you'll probably still struggle to get a decent frame rate out of your larger DivX movies... Check out the DivX System requirements HERE, as you can see your PC is nowhere near the requirement of a 733MHz PIII.

NotDave · 06-23-2006, 04:16 PM

crap...i bought one on ebay for a lot more cause this item used to be out of stock on newegg

VehicrossPC · 06-23-2006, 05:34 PM

yeah, I saw it on e-bay for 4 sale first and tried to look up reviews, but stumbled on the newegg.com deal. All the reviews I read were from that site and pretty good. I haven't had much time to test as much as I want since I just finished rebuilding the computer, and still need to put it back into my truck. Im sure I could find software online to test some benchmarks or framerates. For the little bit I tested it, I was amazed how good the picture quality was. I fooled around with the Touch Friendly Game Emulator a bit and was running some games in HD mode... 360 what? funny thing is it ran better windowed than full screen.

kenop · 07-28-2006, 10:14 AM

Anyone know where to find power draw specifications on this video card, or others like it?

Eternalodyssey · 07-31-2006, 04:23 PM

Kenop, I saw the 6200 rated for 33 watts at maximum operation but I cannot seem to find where I found it before. I'll see if I can pull it back up but I know for a fact that I saw the power requirements on two different power calculators as 33 watts. (Not sure if it was 12v or 5v though)