Geforce Ti4200 - 64 vs. 128 MB DDR?

[beatmix01]

How much of a performance difference is there between the 64 and 128 meg versions?

 

[Mavrick007]

Well, the ram is clocked lower for the 128meg card (@ 444Mhz) than the 64meg card(@ 500Mhz).
Right now 64Megs is good for a video card but with the next gen games coming out more texture ram will be needed and 128megs could easily be utilized.

64 Meg card: One good thing is that the 64meg card costs less and has faster ram.
128Meg card: The card has more ram but it's clocked slower. The good thing is that it can be overclocked to the speeds of the 64meg card and it has more ram for the future.

Both cards have the chance to overclock alot higher so with that in mind, for an extra $20-30 it makes sense to go with the 128meg version since it will help out more for the future with new games to come out.

 

[beatmix01]

being that the new and upcoming games are on the horizon and will need more ram, how about the Radeon 8500 LE 128 or G3 Ti200 128?

 

[tuan121]

get the ti4200 w/ 128mb. if u getting something this nice and fast then get the 128mb version. but if not get the geforce ti200 for 100 bux and wait til the ti4200 goes down.

 

[Akira13]

Newegg has the 64mb version in stock, but it's not a "golden sample," so that's all you get. But at the price they're charging for the 128mb version, I'd just go for the 4400. That way you get fast clock speeds and 128mb of memory.

 

[daction]

Needing 128mb for texture memory and storing other geometry data makes sense, but does anyone know if Geforce4 "needs" 128mb for it's NfiniteFX II engine and shading functions to work properly, and that they are crippled with 64mb? I haven't seen any proof of this to be true, yet I heard a guy claiming this on another forum.