A worthy purchase to enhance your PC if you don't want to splash out on a brand new one for now (PNY Verto GeForce 6200 AGP)

Member Name: alicia150

Product:	PNY Verto GeForce 6200 AGP
Date:	12/01/09 (183 review reads)
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Advantages: AGP for compatibility with older PCs, good on board memory, Nvidia a very good & renowned make.

Disadvantages: None I can think of as it has met my needs

This is a good buy if you have an old PC and want to boost its performance rather than fork out for a brand new PC when you want to save money for the long term.

My PC was bought in 2002 although has had a few upgrades along the way like extra memory and a new motherboard/processor in 2004. I decided it was time to upgrade the graphics card to have an HDMI output for better use of my HD monitor.

Upon looking for a new graphics card, I discovered that many of them would not be compatible with my motherboard as my existing motherboard only has PCI slots and one AGP slot for the graphics card. I was quite limited in choice as could only really pick an AGP graphics card otherwise I'd have to upgrade my motherboard to PCI-Express.

For those who aren't familiar with those terms I'll briefly explain them:

Motherboard - the backbone circuit board in your PC that interconnects everything to the processor.

AGP - A slot in the motherboard that is different to the other slots and is used mainly for graphics cards. Most new PC's now have PCI-Express slots for everything.

PCI Express - New type of slot in motherboards for graphics card, sound cards or other types of cards. Faster than the older PCI or AGP slots.

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Windows XP seems to run smoother with less hard drive access. Visually the screen looks better possibly because the refresh rate is higher.

When playing the only games I really have time to play such as Orbiter Spaceflight Simulator, Virtual Sailor 7 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, the frame rate has improved and I can now play these games with higher graphics detail settings. I haven't bench tested any other newer games yet so cannot comment on how this graphics card works with these games.

A vast improvement from the previous graphics card which had only 64Mb of onboard memory; this now has 256Mb.

This graphics card has improved performance of my PC and only cost £35 from PC World. That should satisfy my requirements for the next 6 months to 1 year after which I should be looking at buying a new PC altogether such as Quad-core or I might just keep the existing PC and use it as a 2nd system.

Summary: Only costs approximately £35

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