6200 vs 9600xt

so my friend is gonna buy new parts for his new comp.he has the choice between the 6200 or the 9600xt... what's the best of them? quick reply cuz i'm going to buy the parts in a couple of hours....


thanks.

'mages

IMO...... I would pick the 9600XT.....They ROCK.....Had 1 for the last 2.5 years

Well if your friend is a gamer, he should be looking a step or two above those particular cards. The 9600 series being the "mid range" offerings from a few generations back, and the 6200 being the "mainstream" or "low end" offering, though FAR superior to past mainstream offerings (like the 9200, 5200, or mx440).With modern games in mind, you really dont want to skimp on your choices, especially since prices are very competitive for the entry level performence cards, like the 6600, 6600GT, or 9800pro, all sitting around $100-$160. the 9600xt should be a little bit faster than the 6200, but its not gunna be worth the money to be honest. The 6200 will actaully be on par, (or slightly faster/slower depending on game/benchmark) with the 9600 pro, which as you can guess is really not a whole lot slower than the 9600xt. A quick look through newegg and I see the 9600xts sellin for $90-$110 or so, and at that price you should just pick up a 6600 standard, like this one for $115. And a 6600 will blow both those 2 cards away (6200 and 9600xt), and its about on par with the 9800 series. Your step up option being the full blown 9800 pro like this for $125 shipped.

If hes gamer, hes gunna want something more powerful. If hes just lookin to blow a little bit of money, and looking to get a bit of a boost in gaming power, either is a good choice, personally Id go with the 6200, it being newer technology, and the card itself having a lot of modding potential. But really you'd have to post up his specs, budget, and any list of games hes hopin to get better fps in, then we could really tell ya whats the best performer, or best value...

The 6200s are good cards but avoid the tubo cache ones. With some of the 6200s that use the same pcid as the 6600s you can unlock the remaing pipelines which would out perform a 9600xt because it will have twice as many pipelines if it will unlock that is.

But if your friend is a semi gamer then a 9600xt will be fine and dandy for what he wants to do.

specs:athlon t-bred 1100mhz
asus with 3sdram and 2ddr slots.
20gb harddrive(will be upgraded to a 80gb)
256mb(will put another 256mb)
and the vid card is a geforce.
the ram and the psu as been changed a couple of mounts ago.
well he needs new parts cuz his comp is not to stable (i think the vid card is a little damaged)

so the games that he plays:
warcraft 3
dungeon seige
nfsu
crimson skies
and he's gonna soon been buying newer games.....

the 6200 has 256mb of memory and the 9600xt has 128.but the 9600xt has all in wonder but he wont listen to any tv on his comp.i just found out that the 6200 has a mail rebate

make sure its a 6200 std and not a TC

DO NOT get a 6200 256mb
DO NOT get a 6200 Turbo cache
DO get a 6200 128mb
Do get a 6200 128bit bus
DO mod it to near 6600 levels.

bah i think he'll go with the 9600xt... and the 6200 is a bfg6200oc

the 9600xt will smoke the games you listed