I recently bought this GeForce 6200 PCI as a passively cooled GPU for Windows 98.
It was a bad idea!
In Windows 98, all games exhibit constant stuttering.
Direct3D performance is also much lower than expected - barely better than a (much older) Voodoo 3 2000.
For comparison:
- The Voodoo 3 is a 16MB, 143MHz GPU from 1999.
- The GeForce 6200 is a 256MB, 300MHz GPU from 2004.
The performance should be way better.
Initially I suspected a PCI bottleneck. The 6200 is normally an AGP card and may be held back by the (comparatively slow) PCI bus.
However!
When I try the same card in Windows XP, the performance is way better - almost double in some scenarios.
Conclusion
The Windows 98 drivers are not good for this card.
Don’t buy the GeForce 6200 (or probably any GeForce 6 series card) for Windows 98 gaming!
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