Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Paul Hartman wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a
>>> GeForce
>>> 6200 with 512MB.  It will be AGP since this is a older rig.  My system is
>>> something like this:
>>>
>>> Mobo:  Abit NF7 2.0
>>> CPU: AMD 2500+  No overclocking
>>> Memory:  2Gbs of 333Mhz.
>>> Monitor:  Gateway 19" running 1280 x 1024
>>>
>>
>> Based on the selection at Newegg, I would highly recommend going with
>> one of the Radeon HD 3650 or 4650 cards which only cost a little more
>> than the one you're looking at. HD3650 is going to be 5x faster than
>> GeForce 6200 and HD4650 probably 10x faster.
>>
>> I think your motherboard supports AGP 8x, and I'm not sure if there
>> are any power supply considerations or other features (number of DVI
>> heads, etc) but anyway that's my 2 cents. :)
>>
>> I am an Nvidia video card guy through and through, but in this case
>> the AGP Nvidia cards on offer there are ancient and slow compared to
>> their ATI counterparts.
>>
>>
>
> I'm a nvidia guy.  I'm not big on ATI at all.  Just sort of not my cup of
> tea.  I have read they have better Linux support than a long time ago but
> they came in a little to late for me.
>
> I just wish that thing had a bigger heat sink on it with fans.  I may change
> that thing pretty quick.
>
> Thanks.

Okay then :) To return to your original question, I think going from
FX-5200 to Geforce 6200 should probably give you something like 15%
performance improvement. I don't think either card is new enough to be
supported by vdpau so there won't be anything gained there.

6200 uses the current drivers (260.xx) whereas the 5200 is on the
legacy drivers (173.xx), maybe there are additional 3D effects
supported by the newer chipset/drivers. There's a humongous matrix of
nvidia chipset and model numbers somewhere on the internet that
explains the differences but I can't seem to find it at the moment. My
Google-fu is failing me. :)