nvidia 6200 tc graphic card

[Guest]

i have nvidia 6200 tc 128 mb graphic card
in vista i cant play any windows games or open media centre or any vedios
i have installed driver provided by nvidia 88.61 and it even doesnt show
full vedio card memory it shows only 16 mb instead of 128 mb
when i start to "rate my computer" my pc restarts

 

[Mark D. VandenBerg]

That's because your video graphics card uses "TurboCache" which is a
marketing term, meaning "Steals System RAM." Vista is more than likely
properly identifying the actually amount of RAM on the card itself. The
card probably doesn't have the horsepower or the proper support (WDDM, Pixel
Shading, DirectX 10, etc...)

For perspective:

http://reviews.cnet.com/eVGA_e_GeForce_6200_TC/4505-8902_7-31312126.html

 

[JW]

I believe that for Media Center you must have a 6200 TC card that has at
least 32MB of onboard memory and it appears that yours ony has 16MB.

 

[Guest]

yes but with this card i can play "the elder scrolls 4 oblivion" game on
vista nicely except the vedio which comes at the start of the game is sloppy

 

[Guest]

nvidia site says this card is fully supported with vista

 

[JW]

Just bdeacuse a card supports Vista does not mean that it supports all
applications that come with Vista such as MC or all applications within MC.
Games use display techniques then MC video. Can you play a DVD both in Media
Player and in Media Center..
It has been a long time since I believe I saw that you needed 32MB of
onboard memory on a 6200 TC card to support MC video so I an not provide any
reference to what I believe I saw.

 

[Guest]

i cant play any vedio in media player or mc
but there is a thing i can play oblivion game which meeds 128 mb vdeio card
and it works very fine
i just cant play windows games and any vedio

 

[JW]

What resolution are you trying to output video at and over what interface?
With the low memory bandwidth of the 128 MB 6200 TC card you may be able to
get video using MCE or Media Player if at 800x600 over VGA.

 

[Guest]

yes when i changed the resolution to 800x600 it worked now i can play all
windows games and play vedios
thanks

 

[JW]

Good news, If you want to get to higher resolutions, faster game response
or to add an HDTV then I suggest that you replace the card with a NVIDIA
7600GT.

 

[Guest]

thanks
exactly which card and model i should take in 7600 nvidia
which is better 7600 or 7800
what about XFX 7800 GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E 16X DUAL DVI VIDEO CARD

 

[JW]

There is nno need for a 7800 unless you play high end games. I am not a
gamer so I have no idea what the card requirements of the different games
are.
Here are the specs for the different Nvidia chips:

http://www.nvidia.com/page/purevideo_support.html

Here is a link that may help you if you are a gamer:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_7600_gt_performance/