Direct X 9 on Geforce 4 Ti4200

[AEB]

I am curious about this because Halflife 2 will use D9, if i will notice a difference upgrading both look and performance wise then just say so i dont mind buying a new vid card otherwise if anyone knows any tricsk to get good performance on the 4200 let me know ! thanks

 

[Schadenfroh]

use coolbits and o/c your 4200, i was able to hit above 4400 levels with mine. that should give you a slight boost

 

[AEB]

i was wondering more about DX9 but coolbits does own

 

[sep]

It just will not take advantage of the dx9 code....not extra eye candy for us dx8 or less card owners. -JC

 

[NYHoustonman]

Yep, but it's fully scaleable. If I were you, I would wait and see how it looks for our video cards (I have a ti4400), and upgrade if needed. Really, no performance increase is needed NOW, and probably none will be needed then, unless you want all the extra details in which case you'll need to upgrade. Basically, the ti4200 can handle anything out today, and because HL2 IS scaleable, it should be able to run that, too.

 

[squidman]

upgrade from 4200 to something else is nonsense. 4200 is a fine card. So far, nothing out there can offer significantly higher performance than 4200. (5900 ultra is the example of performance at its limit). in 2 years, maybe i would upgrade, and then play HL2 once again, with more eye-candy. 1 week for HL2 to come out here. Im thinking its not gonna be that great. Nobody at all here is psyched bout it.

 

[chsh1ca]

Originally posted by: squidman
upgrade from 4200 to something else is nonsense. 4200 is a fine card. So far, nothing out there can offer significantly higher performance than 4200. (5900 ultra is the example of performance at its limit). in 2 years, maybe i would upgrade, and then play HL2 once again, with more eye-candy. 1 week for HL2 to come out here. Im thinking its not gonna be that great. Nobody at all here is psyched bout it.

Uhh, I don't know what you've been smoking, but could I have some of it please?

JK2 @1600x1280x32 4xAA/8xAF Shows the Ti4600 dead last. I'd call the near double speed that the FX5800Ultra offers over the Ti4600 'significantly higher performance', and that's a card that already outperforms the Ti4200. The difference is between above-par (94 FPS) and sub-par (51 FPS) at that res.
That is, of course, with the now aged Quake III engine.

Looking at UT2003, @1024x768x32 4xAA/8xAF Shows the 4600 dead last again, by a huge margin. The FX5800 Ultra beats its older counterpart by more than double (117FPS vs 49FPS), and the Ti4600 can't even play at this lower res with AA/AF on.

Granted, if you disable both, it may not be quite as bad a performer, but if you've ever had the opportunity of playing games with AA and AF enabled, you'd know it was one of those things you wouldn't ever go back to living without.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: squidman 1 week for HL2 to come out here.

where is here? fantasy land?

 

[NYHoustonman]

The ti4200 handles everything out today, period. So what if it doesn't get 100+ fps? 40-50 is perfectly fine. By the time HL2 comes out it may be a good time to upgrade (I know I'm going to), but until then it is just fine.

 

[Schadenfroh]

chsh1ca, do you need 4x fsaa at 1600X1280?

 

[kylebisme]

well do you really need 4xfsaa at all? no. but it sure is nice, even at high resolution.

 

[squidman]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman

Originally posted by: squidman 1 week for HL2 to come out here.

where is here? fantasy land?

:evil: no, MotherRussiaLand,
city: Moscow
part: northwest or downtown
location: Mitino cd market, or the "Gorbushka"

MUWAHAHAHA! I also got the frozen throne in early june (tho it cam out in may here). These are usually 0.xx something versions, i got SOf2 3 months before it came out in US, it was ver. 0.39, hella bugs (gameplay) but playable.

 

[NYHoustonman]

I find it hard to believe (I mean, people there could make a KILLING selling these things overseas), but w/e.