Best GF4 match for my system

[sd03]

I'm running:

1.8ghz p4
512mb pc800 ddr
asus p4t533-c mobo
40gig 7200rpm hard drive

out of the three: 4200, 4400, and 4600, which would fit my system the best?

I don't want to buy a card that has too much power and will be bottlenecked by the system.

Thanks for all your help!

 

[Anubis]

either teh 4400 or the 4600. id say get a good 4400 and OC it

 

[cmdrdredd]

You definately get better performance with the higher end card. I'd say get what your budget allows. If you can afford a Ti4600 more power to you. You'll get alot of use out of any you choose.

 

[ramazorg]

I'd recommend ti4200. It's twice cheaper than ti4600 and is only like 10-20 % slower. If you think those extra 20% are worth twice much money then go with ti4600..

 

[sd03]

I would go with a 9700 but I don't have AGP 8x so I feel that it would hurt the card's performance.

Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[CubicZirconia]

Either go with the 4200 or the 4400. The 4200 can be clocked to near 4400 levels, and the 4400 will likely go well past 4600 levels. If you can find the extra money, I'd probably get a 4400. Unless you can find a 4600 nearly as cheap as a 4400, I wouldn't get one.

 

[MiamiJones]

Any of these cards will do

 

[Wolfsraider]

I would go with a 9700 but I don't have AGP 8x so I feel that it would hurt the card's performance.

Thanks for all the help guys.

nope 8x agp is marketing at this point only there is no proof it even helps yet.

 

[AnAndAustin]

😉 Yup.

🙂 Rad8500/9000 type cards are great value for money (in countries where they're priced among the GF3 cards) but these cards generally gain very little from P4's faster than 1.6ghz and are let down by their AA perf. Great '2D' image quality, DVD playback, TVout and dual display though. For $150ish a GF4TI4200-128MB is a great card and they tend to o/c VERY well. If you can stretch to $200ish then you should find 4600 are hardly much more than 4400, as said you're only talking about 10-20% gain over a 4200 most of the time. If you can afford it Rad9700 is clearly the best card in all depts, it will surpass a 4600 in pretty much everything and is clearly king for stacks of AA and Aniso without slowing down, of course your 1.8ghz won't get the most out of it because a 2.53ghz can't, but that bodes well whenever you upgrade the CPU, if you're spending $350+ on a gfx card then you're going to want it to last! As said AGP8x is NOT needed at all to get the most out of Rad9700, in fact it tends to cause more probs than anything else at the mo!