GeForce4 Ti 4200 0r 6200

[powerup]

My dad has on old 64 mb geforce 3. he does pictures and a little video editing. I have a GeForce4 Ti 4200 4x that I was going to give to him but I noticed how cheap the 6200's are. how big of a difference would a non gamer notice between the two? Thanks, elad

 

[hans030390]

just get the 6200...

 

[Wentelteefje]

Absolutely not a great difference whatsoever... The 6200 can possibly be unlocked as well, making it a quite strong performer for its price (if your dad would be a mild gamer)... But for a non-gamer, I'd say the 6200 will even give him a better picture... However, ATI's (apart from Matrox) do have always shown a better image quality in 2D than nVidia cards...

 

[kurt454]

I would probably say 6200. I think the 2D image quality was hit or miss on older Nvidia cards. A cheap ATI 9600 card might be a good choice as well.

 

[phaxmohdem]

For straightup 3d work, find him a cheap Matrox G450/550 on ebay. Whats wrong with his GF3 BTW?

 

[videoclone]

99% of the 6200 cards on the market today are ALL ! 64bit memory....

Its SAD but true This is what happend when Nvidia changed over to native AGP from its bridged 6200 PCI-E cards that could unlock to 8 pipelines.

Now they are all 4 pipes and all 64 bit .. avoid them if you can and a Ti4200 would be twice as fast in gaming. and 2D image Qty is great on that card.

 

[powerup]

As far as anything being wrong, my dad had said he noticed the geforce 3 was not keeping up with what he needs. I think he said its a 32mb or a 64 mb card.
I want it to be a noticable difference if Im going to spend the money since I have the g4 TI 4200 128.

 

[fliguy84]

give him your gf4 and ask him to buy you a 6600gt for xmas

 

[videoclone]

Originally posted by: fliguy84
give him your gf4 and ask him to buy you a 6600gt for xmas

do this

 

[powerup]

How bout I go for the 6800gt as I already have the 6600gt. The 4200 is my old card. My reserve if you will. It was a great card but nowhere near as good as my 6600gt.