Just bought a Ti4200 from a guy off the FS/FT forums and this was his responce

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Amused

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Originally posted by: Mltsao
Um i seem to have lost the thread as welll.. his email is iav@duke.edu though. Its also his heatware name.

You have no idea what his AT nick was? You can't remember at all? Maybe even a clue?
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Mltsao
Quoted from an email he wrote me.

"enjoy the Halflife 2 trailers cuz when you play halflife 2 on your
ti4200 it will look like crap

that's why i upgraded to a Radeon9500 with ATI built-to-spec DX9
support. I will be able to enjoy the new high-precision pixel shaders
1.4 and above that allowed Gabe to create all these cool special
effects that are going to make the game revolutionary.

as someone said, nVidia's new slogan is "the way 2 year old games were
meant to be played," so enjoy them with your DX8 card!"


I found it offensive and rude.
That is just sad.

There is nothing wrong with the TI4200 card. I assume it is the 128 meg version. I am considering the same card to upgrade my GF2 GTS.

it was rude but the truth. get a 9600 pro woode and you wont regret it
ATI drivers are still nothing to write home about.

That is why I am still nervous about getting an ATI card.
 

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XFX Geforce 4 Ti4200
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Fast shipping, good communication. Very polite.



Very Polite?????????
 

nan0bug

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Mltsao
Quoted from an email he wrote me.

"enjoy the Halflife 2 trailers cuz when you play halflife 2 on your
ti4200 it will look like crap

that's why i upgraded to a Radeon9500 with ATI built-to-spec DX9
support. I will be able to enjoy the new high-precision pixel shaders
1.4 and above that allowed Gabe to create all these cool special
effects that are going to make the game revolutionary.

as someone said, nVidia's new slogan is "the way 2 year old games were
meant to be played," so enjoy them with your DX8 card!"


I found it offensive and rude.
That is just sad.

There is nothing wrong with the TI4200 card. I assume it is the 128 meg version. I am considering the same card to upgrade my GF2 GTS.

it was rude but the truth. get a 9600 pro woode and you wont regret it
ATI drivers are still nothing to write home about.

That is why I am still nervous about getting an ATI card.


Actually you're wrong. ATI drivers are great, its the nVidia drivers that are nothing to write home about.. unless you actually like how they take away your ability to choose how you want your games to look.
 

Ryan

Lifer
Oct 31, 2000
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Bwahahahaha :p I don't care if it's rude, the entertainment value is grade A :p
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: nan0bug
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Mltsao
Quoted from an email he wrote me.

"enjoy the Halflife 2 trailers cuz when you play halflife 2 on your
ti4200 it will look like crap

that's why i upgraded to a Radeon9500 with ATI built-to-spec DX9
support. I will be able to enjoy the new high-precision pixel shaders
1.4 and above that allowed Gabe to create all these cool special
effects that are going to make the game revolutionary.

as someone said, nVidia's new slogan is "the way 2 year old games were
meant to be played," so enjoy them with your DX8 card!"


I found it offensive and rude.
That is just sad.

There is nothing wrong with the TI4200 card. I assume it is the 128 meg version. I am considering the same card to upgrade my GF2 GTS.

it was rude but the truth. get a 9600 pro woode and you wont regret it
ATI drivers are still nothing to write home about.

That is why I am still nervous about getting an ATI card.


Actually you're wrong. ATI drivers are great, its the nVidia drivers that are nothing to write home about.. unless you actually like how they take away your ability to choose how you want your games to look.
I have noticed over the last several months that the catalyst drivers were buggy and causing games to look strange or just crash for no apparent reason. That is what I am concerned about.
 

brigden

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: nan0bug
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Mltsao
Quoted from an email he wrote me.

"enjoy the Halflife 2 trailers cuz when you play halflife 2 on your
ti4200 it will look like crap

that's why i upgraded to a Radeon9500 with ATI built-to-spec DX9
support. I will be able to enjoy the new high-precision pixel shaders
1.4 and above that allowed Gabe to create all these cool special
effects that are going to make the game revolutionary.

as someone said, nVidia's new slogan is "the way 2 year old games were
meant to be played," so enjoy them with your DX8 card!"


I found it offensive and rude.
That is just sad.

There is nothing wrong with the TI4200 card. I assume it is the 128 meg version. I am considering the same card to upgrade my GF2 GTS.

it was rude but the truth. get a 9600 pro woode and you wont regret it
ATI drivers are still nothing to write home about.

That is why I am still nervous about getting an ATI card.


Actually you're wrong. ATI drivers are great, its the nVidia drivers that are nothing to write home about.. unless you actually like how they take away your ability to choose how you want your games to look.
I have noticed over the last several months that the catalyst drivers were buggy and causing games to look strange or just crash for no apparent reason. That is what I am concerned about.

That hasn't happened on my system...
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: brigden
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: nan0bug
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Mltsao
Quoted from an email he wrote me.

"enjoy the Halflife 2 trailers cuz when you play halflife 2 on your
ti4200 it will look like crap

that's why i upgraded to a Radeon9500 with ATI built-to-spec DX9
support. I will be able to enjoy the new high-precision pixel shaders
1.4 and above that allowed Gabe to create all these cool special
effects that are going to make the game revolutionary.

as someone said, nVidia's new slogan is "the way 2 year old games were
meant to be played," so enjoy them with your DX8 card!"


I found it offensive and rude.
That is just sad.

There is nothing wrong with the TI4200 card. I assume it is the 128 meg version. I am considering the same card to upgrade my GF2 GTS.

it was rude but the truth. get a 9600 pro woode and you wont regret it
ATI drivers are still nothing to write home about.

That is why I am still nervous about getting an ATI card.


Actually you're wrong. ATI drivers are great, its the nVidia drivers that are nothing to write home about.. unless you actually like how they take away your ability to choose how you want your games to look.
I have noticed over the last several months that the catalyst drivers were buggy and causing games to look strange or just crash for no apparent reason. That is what I am concerned about.

That hasn't happened on my system...
I see. I believe the complaints were about the catalyst 3.0 series drivers. I have nothing against ATI. I am just worried about driver stability. That is all.
 

GermyBoy

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Do you even game?

I have a ti4200 and don't game, nor do I have any desire to. I have it because it runs my dual monitor setup beautifully.

BTW, post his real name and email address over at hard and they'll sign him up for a ton of spam.
 

spanky

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Jun 19, 2001
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tho he is an @sshole, who gives a crap what he says? i mean... unless he knows that there is something wrong with the card and is unloading it on u, i assume that u know what u were buying when u engaged in the deal for the card. like if i bought the card from him, what he said has no bearing on me, since i only really play CS. ti4200 is more than suffice for me. maybe u r in the same situation. if u r planning on playing HL2.... would it really have made any difference whether he bashed the card or not? whether he did or not, u'll find out the hard way, since u already bought it (i assume).
 

Nocturnal

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ROFL, what a retard. Post his name here so I can add him to my DNT list. Please do everyone here a favor and post his name here. Thanks.
 

nan0bug

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: brigden
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: nan0bug
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: Mltsao
Quoted from an email he wrote me.

"enjoy the Halflife 2 trailers cuz when you play halflife 2 on your
ti4200 it will look like crap

that's why i upgraded to a Radeon9500 with ATI built-to-spec DX9
support. I will be able to enjoy the new high-precision pixel shaders
1.4 and above that allowed Gabe to create all these cool special
effects that are going to make the game revolutionary.

as someone said, nVidia's new slogan is "the way 2 year old games were
meant to be played," so enjoy them with your DX8 card!"


I found it offensive and rude.
That is just sad.

There is nothing wrong with the TI4200 card. I assume it is the 128 meg version. I am considering the same card to upgrade my GF2 GTS.

it was rude but the truth. get a 9600 pro woode and you wont regret it
ATI drivers are still nothing to write home about.

That is why I am still nervous about getting an ATI card.


Actually you're wrong. ATI drivers are great, its the nVidia drivers that are nothing to write home about.. unless you actually like how they take away your ability to choose how you want your games to look.
I have noticed over the last several months that the catalyst drivers were buggy and causing games to look strange or just crash for no apparent reason. That is what I am concerned about.

That hasn't happened on my system...
I see. I believe the complaints were about the catalyst 3.0 series drivers. I have nothing against ATI. I am just worried about driver stability. That is all.

Well, Catalyst 3.0 was a while ago. They're up to 3.7 now... and nvidia drivers have just as many issues with causing games to 'look strange'. ATI drivers are at least equal to, if not better than Detinators at this point in time. Not trying to start a flame war, just letting you know :)