[Pc_Support] GeForce 6200 and DDR bus width -- WAS: PNY GeForce 6600GT for $139 shipped - $40 rebate ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

Jason Boxman wrote:
> From my experiences with a crippled ATI 9600 SE (was 64-bit versus 128-bit
> for non SE version) I would say a resounding yes for 3D.  The memory clock
> speed and bandwidth is more important than the GPU speed even.  64/128 is a
> big jump.  I don't know about 256 though.

William Warren wrote:
> yes 128 to 256 is a good jump as well.  #d is all about memory bandwidth 
> and higher clocked memory is one portion..a fat pipe to and from memory 
> is the other part..:)

Yes, I should have pointed out that nVidia does _not_ enforce any width
requirement on the GeForce 6200.  It's not uncommon to not only see 64-
bit DDR, but even a trace-lowering 32-bit DDR!  Try to strive to find a
128-bit DDR version, although the 64-bit versions are commonplace (with
the 32-bit typically only being the measly 16MiB 6200TC models).

I've been spoiled with running GeForce 6800GT to 7800GTX models for the
last 15+ months.  ;-ppp  Before that I was using GeForce4 Ti models.

Totally skipped the GeForce FX 5xxx series for good reason.  ;->


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