InnoVision's 9 video cards - a complete assortment of value-sector solutions for AGP and PCI-E
Performance analysis and conclusions
Inno3D GeForce 6200TC 16Mb (128Mb) and 64Mb (256Mb) – are definitely not for gamers. But those whose interests are different may find purchasing a solution like that quite a good options especially in view of the current price being about $60 for the lowest-end, and $66 for the 64 (256)Mb modification.
Among the alternatives, there are boards based on RV370 (SE) – RX300 (SE) HyperMemory also equipped with different capacity of onboard memory. Judging by the test results, their performance is approximately the same (i.e. very low). So, if you are up to buying a video card of this class, the major criteria for selection is the price. That is, the cheaper the better. However, GeForce 6200TC offers a functional advantage - in particular, support for DX9.0c and HDTV.
Inno3D GeForce 6200 PCI-E – we must keep it in mind that boards based on GeForce 6200 are gradually going off the retail shelves, and if they sell today from the old stocks, they soon may turn into a "rare species". The major advantage is in the possibility to unlock 4 pixel pipelines. Thus, the board turns into a full-featured analog to GeForce 6600, which occurred to the card being reviewed today. However, there are also pitfalls in that because not all NV43 revisions are easy to unlock and boxes normally don't indicate the chip revision.
So if you don't want to run the risks of playing lottery games, the best choice for you would be a full-featured GeForce 6600, which costs merely extra $20.
Therefore, the price for Inno3D GeForce 6200 PCI-E is currently $97, whereas the price of Inno3D GeForce 6600 PCI-E 128Mb - $118.
As to the competitors, the most dangerous is currently RX600XT which has essentially grown cheaper and is now in the same price sector as GeForce 6600. But in terms of performance GeForce 6600 in most ways looks more preferable and offers more advanced technologies, whereas RX600XT in terms of the architecture is a direct heir to RV350/360.
GeForce 6600GT PCI-E – rather remarkable product. First, its plus is that it offers a high-quality and efficient enough cooling system by CoolerMaster – a copper radiator on the GPU and separate aluminum radiators on the memory chips.
The boards' specifications are absolutely standard, and the overclocking amounted to 560/1070MHz. Currently, the board can be made available on sale at $172.
Note that a solution based on GeForce 6600GT is still an optimum buy in its price sector. The direct competitor RX700 PRO shows lower results practically everywhere, while RX800-based boards (both 128Mb and 256Mb versions) are already priced higher.
In fact, the situation may soon radically change because the announcement of ATI's new mainstream solution RX800GT is at hand, which in terms of the price is positioned as a direct competitor to GeForce 6600GT. At the same time it already demonstrates really impressive characteristics and value to overclockers. But we'd better refrain from any announcements and assumptions since we haven't yet tested the CrossFire.
Inno3D GeForce 6200A 128Mb and 256Mb are not quite suitable for gamers as well. However, compared to the Low-end of the previous generation – GeForce 5200, 5500 and Radeon 9250 - they look definitely better. As regards Radeon 9550, at performance it is somewhere in the middle between the 256Mb and 128Mb modifications of 6200А.
Generally, the 256Mb version is quite a disputable product since the performance boost is almost negligible, especially in the version when the 256Mb card is equipped with memory originally running at 400MHz DDR, which is 100MHz lower than the normal frequency of the video memory for these cards (500 or 550MHz DDR). Because of that, we see a lag of even the 256 Mb card from the 128 Mb version, while the price for Inno3D GeForce 6200А 256Mb is $100, and $77 - for the 128Mb version.
But note that the situation with video memory frequency on Inno3D GeForce 6200A is rather disputable since price-lists show the memory frequency to be 550MHz DDR.
Therefore, while buying it try to find out that question separately, if possible.
Inno3D GeForce 6600 AGP 128Mb and 256Mb – at equal frequencies, the increase in memory capacity has played its part but not to the extent that allows estimating it as a total victor. However, the price difference is not great either – the 128Mb version will cost you $123, and the 256Mb version – $135. In any case, that is sensible enough.
As an alternative options here it is no longer Radeon 9600XT which is worse at performance (but at the same time cheaper), but Radeon 9800 PRO 128Mb whose price has recently dropped essentially to reach about $130. Due to the 256Bit bus, 9800 PRO looks better as the resolution goes up and copes better with the quality modes. Anyway, most GeForce 6600 have currently dropped in price to the $100-110 level, which automatically brings them to the cheaper sector. Hopefully, solutions by other manufacturers, including InnoVision, will soon move over there.
Summary
All the cards by InnoVision reviewed today are dignified budget solutions which mostly offer an adequate price/performance ratio, as well as a good quality. You can absolutely safely treat produce of this company as an option for upgrade of the video system in your computer.
We appreciate ASBIS company for the video cards presented for tests.
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