Reviews for PNY Verto GeForce 6200 Graphics Card

A good entry card for normal use

Strengths: 256MB DDR Memory, integrated HDTV encoder, 400MHz GPU, TV Output. Good enough to support those games that don't have too fancy animatures.

Weakness: DDR instead of DDR2. AGP instead of PCI-E. Not good for high-FPS games such as DOOM3, Battlefields, etc. Price relatively high compared with other brands such as EVGA, ATI, etc.

The card works flawlessly on basic video, movies play through it without any hiccups. Word to the wise though, do not use this card for games, if you want to play games splurge on something that has a 256-bit memory interface (i.e: NVIDIA GEFORCE 6800, ATI RADEON X800....etc)

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GE Force 6200 Video Card

Strengths: Fluidity. Ease of use.

Weakness: None.

I had a Dell and my AGP Video Card went bust. I put in a temporary PCI 126 MB card. Video and graphics were horrible. Then I purchased the GEForce 6200 and the minute I installed it, it made a huge difference. I used to have hesitation and flickering and now all of these are gone. I used to have issue playing video from news channels, but this Card has resolved all issues.

Great card for the great price!

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Why in a Mac Store

Strengths: Works in a window's setting out of the box.

Weakness: Is not supported with the G4 AGP power mac.

No drivers are on the web site for a g4 agp power mac. All the drivers are for either a Wintel computer (xp, vista, me, etc), or a Lintel computer.

I do not know why Macmall carries it at all.

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By member: denco - Feb 19, 2007

Affordable card that provides Microsoft Vista Aero...

Strengths: Affordable, versatile and supports Aero display within Microsoft Vista operating system.

Weakness: Not a gaming powerhouse and (currently) no nView support in Vista.

If you are upgrading to Windows Vista, and want to use the Aero display effects, you might need to upgrade your video card as well.

If you also have an older motherboard, then you might have an AGP 8X slot for your video card, and taking both of these into account is the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP 8X card from PNY Technologies.

This card is one of more affordable ones that provides Aero support, and was "plug and play" for me within a "clean install" of Windows Vista Home Premium.

Just because it doesn't cost that much, it is still a versatile card with VGA, DVI and S-Video ports, as well as a DVI-to-VGA adapter, HDTV-out "breakout pod" and S-Video cable included, so you can connect to a variety of displays right out of the box.

This is not the card for hardcore gamers, but with 256MB DDR of video memory, it is perfect for day-to-day computer use, with an occasional game being played.

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Good Card for Budget-Minded Gamers, Users w/Low-end...

Strengths: Price, 256 MB memory, adequate Linux support, runs Doom 3

Weakness: Noise, noise, noise!

I have this card installed on an ASUS K8V-MX motherboard with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and 2GB Kingston DDR 400 memory. Because my motherboard's AGP support is limited to 1.5V cards, I needed a card that met the manufacturer's specifications while being powerful enough to handle moderate gaming and video editing. The PNY Verto GeForce 6200 256 AGP met my expectations...and then some. Linux support is handled by the nvidia-glx package, however some options are not enabled by default (for example AGP FastWrites, but this depends on the user's Linux distribution). The card was able to handle everything I threw at it, including DVD playback, the XGL/compiz interface, video editing (through Kino), and gaming (Planet Penguin racer and Doom 3). Surprisingly, this card handled Doom 3 up to high settings, although game play was a little choppy during scenes of intense action and combat. I was also able to run Doom 3 on the ultra high setting, however the card was unable to handle the effects and it was almost impossible to play the game. I averaged about 1450 fps with glxgears and I was able to pull about 1800 fps after I overclocked the card.

Overclocking the Verto GeForce 6200 was relatively easy. I simply installed the nvclock-gtk package, enabled the CoolBits backend and I was overclocking in no time. I overclocked the GPU to 366 MHz while I pushed the memory clock to 575 MHz and the card was very stable. During one session I overclocked the card as high as nvclock would allow, and while I did experience some garbled graphics, the card still ran stable enough for me to browse the web and watch a downloaded video clip.

The card idles between 29 to 32 degrees Celsius, thanks to the Evercool slot fan installed beneath it. After playing Doom 3 for about an hour on the low setting, the card ran at 39 degrees. However, with the slot fan and card fan running, in addition to the CPU and case fan, my system is very loud.

Overall, I would recommend this card to anyone with an older AGP-based system and to budget-minded gamers looking for a cheap thrill.

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PNY 6200 GeForce video card (256mb, AGP 8X, DVI)

Strengths: Easy installation, new drivers readily available on the web.

Weakness: None so far.

Worlds beyond my last video card. Great inprovement for games and also for digital photos. Would buy another PNY product and also would recommend to others. Overall am pleased with the purchase experience on pricegrabber and with the card.

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GeForce 6200 Video Card 256MB AGP Review

Strengths: Very fast, easy to install

Weakness: Somewhat more expensive than comparable cards

This card should be as good or better then the PNY 5200 I'm replacing. I prefere PNY graphic cards and they work very well in my system. I have not had any system problems with this card.

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GeForce 6200 Video Card

Strengths: Low price, HDTV, DVI

It has HDVT encoder so it's good for HDTV watching! Comes with DVI and VGA dual outputs. Having S-video, components output too. It is AGP so it can be used for old PCs. New PCs are with PCI express.

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Good Card overall

Strengths: fast, easy to install, quiet

Weakness: none

My old card, FX5200, was damaged when I was playing Win11 for PC. So I upgraded to FX6200, much faster, much quieter than before. I am so happy with that now...
One more thing, there are some accessories with the product. They are really useful for me.
Overall, it's good one.

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PNY GeForce 6200 (256MB, AGP, DVI, HDTV-out encoder)

Strengths: No fan, no noise plus it handles video editing, playback and any graphics very well.

Weakness: No video inputs.

I was happy with my BFG GeForce MX 4000 64MB card until the day I got Pinnacle v.10 for editing home videos. I noticed delays in performance and limited by motherboard specs (AGP x8) started my search. I found this card to be priced slightly higher competitors, yet delivers HDTV signal, has dvi to component video adapter, plus the version I bought comes with nice heat sink, no fan. So, if you are looking for a good agp card for home video editing - this one is a great choice.

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Simply the BEST budget card -- ever!

Strengths: Fanless design means NO NOISE! 256MB Ram. Excellent price-to-performance ratio. HDTV-output via breakout pod. AGP card.

Weakness: Due to fanless design, card gets much hotter than normal cards at this caliber, 45-50C at a minimum. More expensive than 6200 counterparts.

You simply will not find a better bargain than this card in terms of price-to-performance ratio. Featuring 256MB of ram, this card can play nearly any game at an acceptable level (It plays Doom 3 without a hitch on my PC). While there are cheaper 6200’s out there, I could find NONE that featured HDTV-out via a breakout pod and that’s exactly where this card begins to shine. When put to use in a media center PC you’ll immediately start to appreciate your investment. With it boasting a fanless design, HDTV-out (via the included breakout pod), and powerful GPU, this card is simply fantastic to have running your media center. With true HD-output (1080i/1080p), this card will simply output stunning video on your HDTV.

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