nVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200

[lotust]

I want to add a few more FPS to my americas army game.

I have a nVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 now

Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200
GPU Code Name NV25
PCI Device 10DE / 0253
Transistors 63 million
Process Technology 0.15u
Bus Type AGP
Memory Size 128 MB
GPU Clock 250 MHz
RAMDAC Clock 350 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 4
TMU Per Pipeline 2
Vertex Shaders 2 (v1.1)
Pixel Shaders 1 (v1.3)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v8.1
Pixel Fillrate 1000 MPixel/s
Texel Fillrate 2000 MTexel/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 223 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 446 MHz
Bandwidth 7136 MB/s

 

[SynthDude2001]

What's your budget, and what does the rest of your current system look like?

 

[lotust]

ok i got an max of 4Xagp

2.17 ghz amd
333fsb (166 actual)
1.5gb ram


19" Samsung LCD 700:1 8ms

 

[fstime]

6600gt would fit perfectly.

It wouldnt be bottle necked to much.

It goes for 170-220 I think.

 

[MonkeyWrench4000]

Get a Radeon 9600PRO, that will run you around $95. Cheapest upgrade thats worth it.

If your looking to spend double that, get a 6600GT.

 

[2Xtreme21]

9700pro > 9600pro = both around same price.

 

[imported_DaveA]

Originally posted by: MonkeyWrench4000
Get a Radeon 9600PRO, that will run you around $95. Cheapest upgrade thats worth it.

If your looking to spend double that, get a 6600GT.

or a refurbished 9800 pro from newegg for 110 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102379R

purchased one myself two days ago, flashed to 9800 xt working perfectly.

 

[ponyo]

Why mess around with refurb when you can get new 9800 pro for $127.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102362

 

[imported_DaveA]

beacause its a refurb 9800 pro that flashes to 9800 xt 128mb. overdrive and temperature monitoring. all for 110 bucks.

 

[lotust]

LOL you guys are awsome! i love ya

 

[imported_DaveA]

btw its not guranteed you will get a card that can flash to a 9800 xt, you should only expect to get what you pay for, otherwise your in for disapointment

 

[lotust]

I think i will get a nvidia. I had some issues with ATI a few years ago , rebooting ect..

So the 6600gt be good? Ill look up the specs now. WHat is the major inprovement? GPU speed or mem speed size ect..


thanks
again

 

[kmmatney]

Originally posted by: MonkeyWrench4000
Get a Radeon 9600PRO, that will run you around $95. Cheapest upgrade thats worth it.

If your looking to spend double that, get a 6600GT.

DONT get a 9600 Pro - it will barely be faster than what you have - wholly not worth the upgrade. I also upgraded from a Ti4200, and the bare minimum upgrade worth bothering about would be a 6600GT.

For me, the major improvment of the 6600GT is pure gpu and memory speed, and being a true DX9 part. It won't perform miracles, but it will allow most games to run at 1024 x 768 with AA, and run at 1280 x 1024 without AA - at least with my rig.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: lotust
I think i will get a nvidia. I had some issues with ATI a few years ago , rebooting ect..

So the 6600gt be good? Ill look up the specs now. WHat is the major inprovement? GPU speed or mem speed size ect..


thanks
again

It's going to be a very nice upgrade for you. Major improvement is the GPU architecture I guess... generally I don't really care the reason behind why one card is better than another... just that it IS better.

 

[carlosd]

Radeon 9800PRO the cost USD 130

 

[mrc777]

go 9550 and overclock it to 9600pro or even xt

 

[RussianSensation]

6600GT for $158 after mail in rebate.
next best bet is X800Pro for $250 (but that might be a price for PCIe, and AGP cards will run higher), after that 6800GT for $300. After that, too much $$$. Anything below a 9800Pro is a waste of an upgrade "overall". I mean you dont intend to spend $100+ on a videocard upgrade just for 1 game do you? a 9600Pro/xt or below is money gone to the toilet.

 

[ddogg]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
6600GT for $158 after mail in rebate.
next best bet is X800Pro for $250 (but that might be a price for PCIe, and AGP cards will run higher), after that 6800GT for $300. After that, too much $$$. Anything below a 9800Pro is a waste of an upgrade "overall". I mean you dont intend to spend $100+ on a videocard upgrade just for 1 game do you? a 9600Pro/xt or below is money gone to the toilet.

yup...absolutely no use in getting some crappy video card just to save some few bucks...

 

[T9D]

6600 gt.

I wouldn't piddle with the other things below that. The few extra bucks makes a huge difference.

 

[MonkeyWrench4000]

I would of recommened the 6600GT if I knew that was what you considered a cheap upgrade.

LoL.

Whenever someone says cheap upgrade, I always think around the $50-$100 range.

 

[Bateluer]

You have a lot of options before you. Anything below the 9800 Pro in performance is a waste though, this includes the 9550 and the 9600 Pro. I had a 9600 Pro, its main advantage is DX9, but thats not enough to justify a video card upgrade.

Also, look for rebates and such on the X800 Pros and 6800 nonULtras, you can also find some pretty cheap 6600GTs now as well.