lukewarm: ti4200 at 79

[vraiden]

Linky1
Linky2

worth it ?
anyone heard of asylum ?

 

[policy11]

Asylum = BFG product name

 

[dillydobbs]

I've got that card and it rocks. I can clock the card to 4800 speeds easy, but I wish mine had that kind of cooling on it.

 

[Tullphan]

Is one of the 2 better than the other?

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: Tullphan
Is one of the 2 better than the other?

I would imagine that the Asus card from MWave is better since it's got 128MB RAM vs. 64MB on the Asylum one at Overstock.

Can anyone confirm this?

 

[klaxon]

Originally posted by: Tullphan
Is one of the 2 better than the other?

hmmm.. let's see
128mb
heat sinks
video in

yup, i'd say one is better than the other.

 

[Mephistokur]

I would suggest holding out for a little. As soon as the 6800 series is officially on the store shelves, ALL nvidia cards will drop further in price as people push them out. In a coupld weeks, I wouldn't be surprised to see the 5700, or even the lower end 5900 hit sub-100 bucks prices. We've already seen the 5900 hit low hundreds recently.

As much as I love my Ti4400, I wouldn't recommend one this close to a product bump.

 

[ww4397]

On the 64MB vs 128MB issue, if I remember correctly, there was a question about the speed of the 128MB memory on the Ti4200s. On some cards, the 128 speed was slower than the 64MB memory's speed. The claim was that, on some cards, the 64MB version was better. I don't know about these specific cards, however.

 

[onelove]

Originally posted by: ww4397
On the 64MB vs 128MB issue, if I remember correctly, there was a question about the speed of the 128MB memory on the Ti4200s. On some cards, the 128 speed was slower than the 64MB memory's speed. The claim was that, on some cards, the 64MB version was better. I don't know about these specific cards, however.

I share this vague recollection. However, the differences in features is perhaps more important in a behind-the-curve product like this. (I still have one of these cards (a 128mb one) in my LAN & it can still game ok) a nice deal for $80. (yes, there will always be something better in a few months, but this is good now).

 

[docinthebox]

Originally posted by: Mephistokur
I would suggest holding out for a little. As soon as the 6800 series is officially on the store shelves,

eVGA 6800 for $559 at newegg

 

[Replay]

New Ti4200 128mb on Pricewatch for $67 and $74 shipped. Seem like a good buy but poor reseller ratings kept me from posting them as hot deals.

Overstock vs. Mwave: go with Asus at Mwave (128mb@600mhz, good fan, brand, VIVO, & ramsinks). Overstock pic shows crappy old-style fan which puts hot fan motor core above hot chip core, and only 64mb ram ($83 shipped).

Regular current 8x AGP are clocked at the same 250 core 512 ram (128mb or 64mb boards). Early 4x agp 128mb boards had slower memory.

Paid $39 for Asus Ti4200 64mb 8x refurb at MWave in March. Full retail box.
Paid $52 for MSI Ti4200-128 8x VIVO refurb in December. Full retail box.
Paid <$50 for Asus Ti4200-128 8x refurb in December. Full retail box.

 

[SoylentGreen]

No crap intended, but I got my card over a year and paid little more than that.

Still enjoy UT2K4 with more than enough graphics turned up so that's all I care about.

 

[vraiden]

Originally posted by: Mephistokur
I would suggest holding out for a little. As soon as the 6800 series is officially on the store shelves, ALL nvidia cards will drop further in price as people push them out. In a coupld weeks, I wouldn't be surprised to see the 5700, or even the lower end 5900 hit sub-100 bucks prices. We've already seen the 5900 hit low hundreds recently.

As much as I love my Ti4400, I wouldn't recommend one this close to a product bump.

i guess that would be the right way to go, since these cards don't have DX9 support anyways.