GAINWARD GeForce 4 Ti 4200 Golden Sample at Newegg $98

[GullyFoyle]

EDIT 4/25/03: Item now $105 and out of stock :frown:

I set a price alert on Newegg for Ti4200 cards going under $100, and just got notified of this:

GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4 Ti 4200, 3.3ns, 64MB DDR. Golden Sample
Model# GF4PP Ultra/650TV GS
Ports: 1 DVI + 1 CRT + TV out Retail Box (comes with DVI-VGA Adapter, RCA-SVHS Adapter, Software and Drivers.

Price: $98.00 Shipping: Special Free FedEx Saver Shipping

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-128-133

Not the cheapest ever, but a pretty good price for a pretty good card.

 

[govtcheez75]

Originally posted by: DanDeighan
I set a price alert on Newegg for Ti4200 cards going under $100, and just got notified of this:

GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4 Ti 4200, 3.3ns, 64MB DDR. Golden Sample
Model# GF4PP Ultra/650TV GS
Ports: 1 DVI + 1 CRT + TV out Retail Box (comes with DVI-VGA Adapter, RCA-SVHS Adapter, Software and Drivers.

Price: $98.00 Shipping: Special Free FedEx Saver Shipping

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-128-133

Not the cheapest ever, but a pretty good price for a pretty good card.

I got this same card from a trade. It's awesome. Overclocks like crazy. I'm pretty new to the whole overclocking thing, and if it was any other card, I'm sure I would have fried it by now. I got it up to 315/615 without too much trouble, but after running for a few hours, started seeing artifacts. it's running very stable at 285/585. 🙂

 

[thawolfman]

OOS🙁

 

[psianime]

Nice.. but I think i'll hold a month.. I have a really strange feeling there is going to be another huge sale on graphics cards...

-psianime

 

[pookguy88]

Originally posted by: psianime
Nice.. but I think i'll hold a month.. I have a really strange feeling there is going to be another huge sale on graphics cards...

-psianime

i doubt it, supplies of graphics chips are low right now and demand is really high...
i read this on HardOCP or something like that.

edit:
linky

 

[gimpyd00]

Weren't Gainward ti4200s the cards that had some issues? I remember reading about some Gainward card that a lot of people RMA'd and received even more faulty cards in return. Just a heads up, those issue might be completely resolved by now. It's a decent deal otherwise.

 

[Exon]

You are correct. I have a friend who got this card and he was getting BSODs and funky artifacts during games. He went back to a GF2 and all the problems went away. Put the card in another system, it worked just fine. I guess he read that Gainward was using some bad RAM in their cards to cut prices.

Hopefully they fixed that problem for the 50 people who just ordered this card 😉

Originally posted by: gimpyd00
Weren't Gainward ti4200s the cards that had some issues? I remember reading about some Gainward card that a lot of people RMA'd and received even more faulty cards in return. Just a heads up, those issue might be completely resolved by now. It's a decent deal otherwise.

 

[psianime]

Originally posted by: pookguy88

Originally posted by: psianime
Nice.. but I think i'll hold a month.. I have a really strange feeling there is going to be another huge sale on graphics cards...

-psianime

i doubt it, supplies of graphics chips are low right now and demand is really high...
i read this on HardOCP or something like that.

edit:
linky

True, but you never know which retailer might have a crazy sale dispite market conditions. I'm in the market for a Ti4200 myself. I just hope the geforce5 series pushes the price down on the geforce4 series like it did with the geforce3 series.

 

[lzpoof]

The bad gainward 4200's I believe had all black/gray capacitors on the back of the card. I believe the new ones and the fixed ones will have at least a couple green colored ones. These cards in general fo very cheap on egay comparatively because people are so afraid of getting a bad one that someone didn't want to rma again.

 

[AndyinNYC]

Originally posted by: govtcheez75

Originally posted by: DanDeighan
I set a price alert on Newegg for Ti4200 cards going under $100, and just got notified of this:

GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4 Ti 4200, 3.3ns, 64MB DDR. Golden Sample
Model# GF4PP Ultra/650TV GS
Ports: 1 DVI + 1 CRT + TV out Retail Box (comes with DVI-VGA Adapter, RCA-SVHS Adapter, Software and Drivers.

Price: $98.00 Shipping: Special Free FedEx Saver Shipping

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=14-128-133

Not the cheapest ever, but a pretty good price for a pretty good card.

I got this same card from a trade. It's awesome. Overclocks like crazy. I'm pretty new to the whole overclocking thing, and if it was any other card, I'm sure I would have fried it by now. I got it up to 315/615 without too much trouble, but after running for a few hours, started seeing artifacts. it's running very stable at 285/585. 🙂

I purchased the Ti4200 (MSI version which PCMag loved in their review - see:

PC Magazine's Graphic Card Shootout (MSI Ti4200 page). This card has a faster memory clock speed than competitors and comes with DVI cable, games, Video Out, capture hardware/software, etc. I purchased it for +- $100 a few months ago; its AGP 4x, not 8X, but there isn't a discernable difference in speed between the two.

My stable clock settings are: 608/311 without any tweaking - probably do faster, but my framerates are fast enough for me for now.

Just my $.02 - have fun.

Andy

 

[DPG0wnz]

Read this article: Here

The faulty cards were plain 64mb cards, not the Golden Sample. Gainward did a very good job handling my RMA.

 

[huesmann]

I read on Ars that Nvidia is having trouble getting enough product out the door, and same with ATI, so I wouldn't expect too much in the way of price reductions in the near future.

 

[Winchester]

Bummer

Dear Joshua Crawford:

Please accept our apology for the inconvenience which it may cause you.
However, your order which order number is GVE42241 will be CANCELLED due to the error caused in our database regarding the following item:

SKU# VC-GVE-001 GAMEVE NVIDIA GEFORCE4 TI 4600 128MB DDR

Your Order will NOT be process, and the Credit Card will NOT be charge or process.
If you have any question regarding this action, please send me an e-mail to the address below.

This was not an event we expected, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank You.

Lawrence Lu
General Manager
GameVE.com
Lawrence@gameve.com
(626) 282-6247