GamePC review of the GeForce4 Ti4600 and MX460

[Diable]

Here a cool review by GamePC of the GeForce4 Ti4600 and MX460. They also compare the two GeForce 4 cards to the following cards:

GeForce3 Ti500
GeForce3
GeForce3 Ti200
GeForce2 Ultra
GeForce2 Ti
Radeon 8500 Retail
Kyro II
Matrox G550

 

[GTaudiophile]

Summary of the benchmarks, comparing the GF4 Ti4600, GF3 Ti500, and Radeon 8500.

Default Benchmark - 1024x768x32
1) G4 Ti4600 (16% faster)
2) Radeon 8500 (4% faster)
3) GF3 Ti500

Default Benchmark - 1600x1200x32
1) GF4 Ti4600 (33% faster)
2) GF3 Ti500 (.1% faster)
3) Radeon 8500

"Timmy" GameGauge Demo - 1024x768x32
1) GF4 Ti4600 (10% faster)
2) Radeon 8500 (29% faster)
3) GF3 Ti500

"Timmy" GameGauge Demo - 1600x1200x32
1) GF4 Ti4600 (19% faster)
2) Radeon 8500 (29% faster)
3) GF3 Ti500

QIII - High Quality - 1024x768x32
1) GF4 Ti4600 (9% faster)
2) GF3 Ti500 (9% faster)
3) Radeon 8500

QIII - Super High Quality - 1600x1200x32
1) GF4 Ti4600 (50% faster)
2) Radeon 8500 (9% faster)
3) GF3 Ti500

ATDemo6 - High Quality - 1024x768x32
1) GF4 Ti4600 (1% faster)
2) GF3 Ti500 (1% faster)
3) Radeon 8500

ATDemo6 - High Quality - 1600x1200x32
1) GF4 Ti4600 (14% faster)
2) Radeon 8500 (2% faster)
3) GF3 Ti500

The GF4 Ti Series now matches ATi in some new respects with hardware DVD decoding and nView. I've heard some good things about nView, but nothing on nVidia's hardware DVD decoding. The GF4 Ti4600 will have an estimated MSRP of $399. The Radeon 8500 retails for $238 at Newegg, and the PNY GF3 Ti500 retails for $295 at Newegg. The Radeon 8500 is the best card in terms of value, IMO.

 

[bluemax]

Holy smokes... that link sure does show what a sub-$200 Radeon 8500 can do!

 

[NFS4]

ATI = AMD
NVIDIA = Intel

 

[rbV5]

That window transparency and nView look very interesting, after using the video transparency (blended window) with my Radeon, I can see that will be an important feature. I think it looks like nVidia is starting to concentrate on more than just speed with their cards. The Personal Cinema chip COULD be a big step forward IF it is implemented properly. I'm assuming the personal cinema's external TV tuner will simply be an addon making every GF4 possibly an AIW type card, with dual head no less.

I'm impressed, the price point IMHO, doesn't make it a winner, however, the introduction of the multimedia features that may actually work could give ATI a run for their money. I just hope they don't slack on their drivers just as ATI is starting to really shine with theirs. They may find it much more difficult making all that stuff work, than just making good drivers that make their cards fast.

 

[Snoop]

Has anyone else noticed gamepc's results ALWAYS differ with the majority of other review sites.
Anands RCW
GamePC's RCW]

Anands Quake 3
Game PC's Q3

Someone made some mistakes, in q3 running albeit versions 1.29 vs 1.30, with 1600x1200 on demo 4, both using 27.30 dets.
Anand ti 4600 ==160.6
Gamepc ti 4600==171.1 Looks pretty close...

Now on the same test,
Anand ti 4400==143.1
Gamepc ti 4400==100.5 wth?

 

[BeauJangles]

wow, the Geforce 4 is pretty impressive... Nview looks pretty sweet too!