GeForce 4 Ti4200, Which one to get, from Gainward or Leadtek?

[stingbandel]

Hi,

I want to get GeForce 4 Ti4200. I am leaning toward either Gainward or Leadtek.


Can someone give me recommendation as which one to get?


In term maybe picture quality, games, and etc.


thanks


Darno

 

[mdcrab]

I have used three CardExpert/Gainward cards now and have never had any problems with them. All three are great cards.
I have no experience with Leadtek.

mdcrab

 

[stingbandel]

Thanks for the reply.


Anybody else can give me some imput?

Thanks


Darno

 

[aznet]

I've just upgraded from Gainward Geforce2mx400 32mb VIVO to Leadtek ti4200 128mb VIVO. I had never had a problem with my old Gainward card only reason I went for Leadtek was cos I got it as decent price compared the equivalent Gainward one. Over clocking potential is excellent for the Leadtek card but then again Gainward are renowned for their over clocking too ? although I?ve never done this myself on either card. If I had a choice between the two cards and the prices were the same I think I would have chosen the Gainward one again. But having got the Leadtek one I?ve not been disappointed by it ? it?s very well built card with excellent cooling.

 

[stingbandel]

yes, I think that I like about Leadtek is the heatsink


it's big...

what about picture quality, do you see any difference?


Thanks


Darno

 

[aznet]

Originally posted by: stingbandel

what about picture quality, do you see any difference?

I?m not an expert on this sort of thing (actually not an expert on anything ) but when I first plugged in the Leadtek card I thought the image looked slightly more fuzzier and out focus than my older Gainward card. I don?t know if this was the cause of the differing chipsets or something else ? after all I am comparing different generation of graphics cards. I am using a pretty old Hansol monitor only 17? @ 1280x1024 @ 75hz. Not to say that the image is not good on the Leadtek but that?s the initial impression I got. DVD playback seems the same. Games just look fantastic as I can run them @ 1024x768 in 32bit colour and have them still running very smoothly (with max detail ? bliss!)

Are they any standards of measuring image quality? If you can gimme me some pointers on what to look out for maybe I can provide bit more feedback. But I think all these new ti4200 cards with perform and look about the same ? and any difference are negligible in real world apps and games.

 

[Piano Man]

With there being so many flavors of the TI4200 for Gainward and Leadtek, please specify exactly which models you want to choose from.

 

[Judgement]

I owned a Leadtek Geforce2 Ultra last year, and just installed a Gainward Ti4600 on a friend's computer, and I didn't really notice any difference in visual quality.

I would go for whichever is cheapest, your chances for overclocking are probably very similiar with either card.

 

[stingbandel]

ok, i guess they are about the same.


anyway, I am getting the gainward 128 mb Ge Force 4 Ti 4200 Golden sample.


the one that has DVI, VIVO




Darno