Gainward Ti4200 @ Newegg

[Athlex]

Yeah, Atacom's great. Their site isn't as "friendly" but if you know what you're looking for, their prices and service are very good.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Speaking of Atacom, does anyone know what the difference is between these two?

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 4200 128MB DDR 4ns W/ DVI /VIVO-(GOLDEN SAMPLE) $219.95
GAINWARD GEFORCE4 4200 128MB 4ns DDR W/ DVI /VIVO (VIDEO -IN /OUT) $209.95

And don't say $10. I thoght Gainward had only one version of the 128MB 4200.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Speaking of Atacom, does anyone know what the difference is between these two?

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 4200 128MB DDR 4ns W/ DVI /VIVO-(GOLDEN SAMPLE) $219.95
GAINWARD GEFORCE4 4200 128MB 4ns DDR W/ DVI /VIVO (VIDEO -IN /OUT) $209.95

And don't say $10. I thoght Gainward had only one version of the 128MB 4200.

Golden samples are *supposed* to be handpicked as the best chips and best overclockers. I'm not sure how much of a difference there is in practice but the golden sample is getting dangerously close in price to Ti4400s which are guaranteed to run faster

-Ice

 

[HeatMiser]

paopao -- I don't know too much about the Radeon LE, so I can't give you a specific opinion about whether you should upgrade. However, I did upgrade from a GeForce DDR to a Gainward Ti4400 (not 4200, but should be close). Also, not sure how you feel about 3dmark2001, but this will give you a sense for my benchmarks (all at standard 1024x768). My system is an old PIII 800 (o/c from 600), 256mb PC100 RAM, etc. (soon to be upgraded). I went from 2500 3dmarks to 6000+ with the new card. I can turn on 2x AA with a minor hit, and 4x AA drops me only to 4000 3dmarks. Overclocking video card does nothing for now, because I am so processor limited.

Should you buy it? I upgraded now because the fan on my GF DDR died and I was getting eratic performance, otherwise, the card is too much for my system (until I upgrade). You'll see some improvement and it will only get better if/when you upgrade the rest of your PC.

Good luck.

 

[Instagib]

I dont know what the big deal is with having a 4200.

 

[chriskjel]

I was in Best Buy today and they had the Visiontek 4200 128meg for $250, there was a $20 MIR but this price is nuts.

 

[AbRASiON]

ah heck newegg, anything over 200$ is a RIP-OFF.

The 4200 is meant to be RRP of 199$ US, and as low as 150$ US if not 120$ us (hardocp) - as a "budget" card I don't believe it's worth paying ANY more than 190$ US for the 128mb version, maybe 199$ US for the full retail boxed vivo's but people paying 210+ and shipping may as well have got a "proper" 4400 in my opinion

Nvidia pre-released hype on this card so that people wouldn't buy ATI, the rumour is true as far as I'm concerned, I'm very disapointed with the 4200 pricing.

 

[scooch]

Hi All,
I was just looking at NewEgg. And it seems that there are 2 diffrent listings for the Gainward ti4200 w/ 64MB that are identical in price and the whole listing. Am I missiong something? One says out of stock, the other is in stock.

I plan on upgrading from my Geforce2, and want to do so ASAP. Anyone have any ideas?

Scott

**EDIT** I just went back to check it out again, and now seems that the duplicate that was in-stock has been deleted from their website. Now I need to find somewhere to get a Ti4200

 

[Kartman]

You are indeed missing something. Look for the DVI out information, as one only has a CRT out and the other has both.