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I don't recall any FX6200 but there is "GeForce 6200 256MB AGP" A 6000 series card. I have one ( allthough not in this computer ). and if that is the card you have believe me you will need another 500MB at least to even get SH3 off the ground............er down in the sea. 
I've 1GB RAM and with my 6200 card I'd get about 18-22 FPS in the open sea ( about 10-12 in a storm ) but with this FX 5950 Ultra 256 MB AGP card I get 90-120 FPS........Just a little bit of diff. 
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Well, I've got a 512mb RAM, K7 1000MHZ processor, Ati Radeon 9250 256mb graphics card...
and SHIII is fully playable for me. When going out of the port I have some problems with low framerates, but on open sea, near the coast, and even on enemy ports (have payed a visit to Scapa) if I don't get too near the buildings, the framerates are decent enough to let me fully enjoy the game.
It takes a $hit of time to load the game itself and start the missions. The first time I try to access to a station ,it takes some 10 seconds to load (then there's no load time), and on very big explosions low framerates happen...
but the game is really enjoyable for me anyway. I have a very low-end computer...and I really expected SHIII to perform MUCH, MUCH worse than what it does given the great graphics it has. Even with my old GF400 MX card it performed OK ...except for the little fact that I could not see the water (among a lot of other very weird graphic glitches...hehehehehe). The ATI card I had aksed for arrived two days later to the store but I couldn't wait to see the game, so I tried with the old one I had
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Bottom point: I'm sure that, if he knows and aknowledges he's got a low-end system, he'll be more than happy with what he gets (once he achieves putting the game in working order).