How much better is geforce 4 than 3

[xMikey]

I am looking at getting a new graphics card and they are

Dabs value GeForce3 Ti200 64MB DDR AGP RP £68.14

GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64MB DDR AGP RP DVI £98.69

And how much better would a 128MB card be. I will be going into an Athlon XP 1700

Cheers


Mikey out!!

 

[halkebul]

Good question. Your real choice is ATI Radeon 8500 64MB DDR vs GeForce4 Ti 4200. Get ATI 8500 if on a tight budget and GeForce4 Ti 4200 if not. MSI and Leadtek Ti 4200's are the best in my opinion. A MSI or Leadtek Ti 4200 can be overlclocked to Ti 4600 speed simply by using a shareware program called PowerStrip. Enjoy!!!

 

[Mingon]

the dabs value is made by either innovatek or sparkle - I have the inn03d 128mb and its v.good

 

[xMikey]

What about the ATI Radeon 9000


Mikey out!!

 

[halkebul]

In short, don't get the ATI 9000 or ATI 9000 Pro. My friend got a ATI 9000 and didn't like the performance. Returned it and got the ATI 8500 64MB DDR (not LE version) and was very happy with it. The 9000 Pro is missing a texture unit from each of it's 4 rendering pipelines. This was done to cut costs, and die size, so that the Radeon 9000 can become a value chip. Contrary to the name, it's not quite as fast as the ATI 8500.

 

[MichaelD]

If you get the GF4 4200, get the 128mb card. It's only $10 more and with today's games like UT2003, you need the extra texture memory.

 

[CraigRT]

If you get the GF4 4200, get the 128mb card. It's only $10 more and with today's games like UT2003, you need the extra texture memory

plus, they can overclock well too. mine hit 315/560 with ease.

 

[Maverick]

The ATI 9500 will also be an option to look at soon.

 

[CurtCold]

Here is something for you to look at do0d. I would personally go with the 8500, or the 4200, both are good cards.. Linkage

 

[halkebul]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
The ATI 9500 will also be an option to look at soon.

True. If ya can wait. The Radeon 9500 Pro VPU is exactly the same as the ATI 9700. The 9500 Pro VPU supports every 3D feature of the 9700 Pro. Same price range as GeForce4 Ti 4200/4400. About as fast as a GF4 Ti 4400 in normal settings in games but fill free to enable anti-aliasing (AA) and anisotropic filtering (AF) with the 9500 Pro as it shines in this area - the 9500 Pro is able to score about 1000 3DMarks higher with AA and AF compared to the Ti 4600 with the same settings. That is to say, 9500 Pro has an exceptional potential visual quality advantage over the GF4 ti series. The anti-aliasing and anisotropic performance results show that the GeForce4 Ti4600 is quickly becoming the card not to buy for gaming. As you overclock the 9500 Pro, it may be possible to surpass the GF4 Ti 4600 in normal settings.