**Official TI4400 Thread**

[mrman3k]

After reading through many posts relating to the GF4 Ti4400, I decided that I think it would be best if everybody talks about the TI4400 here so that it will be centralized.

 

[Silverbullet28]

I just got my MSI TI4400 yesterday and am really happy with it so far. I ran 3Dmark without overclocking and got a 9217, so I am thrilled with it. I upgraded from a GeForce2 MX and am still in shock at what I was missing out on. Tonight when I get home I plan on playing with the video out and seeing what kind of quality I get.

On another note, damn that card is big!! I had to move my burner down a bay so that I could stretch the IDE cables around the end of the card. :Q

- SB

 

[SupermanCK]

I notice people who had a ti4400 would have a higher score in the nature test than i do...which is at least 10fps...sometimes 20fps...i have almost the exact same set up or sometimes better...but my nature scores still sucked...check my 3DMark2k1SE link below

I know that people who had similar set up have at least 70+fps...i barely have 50+fps
at one point or another i had the higher nature score result...but now i don't have that high score anymore...i tried reinstalling drivers...didn't work...help please

 

[mrman3k]

Okay, I want to get a Ti4400, but am having a hard time deciding. So far I have narrowed it down to the Leadtek card with the big heatsink, or the MSI one which has great cooling. So I want to get some opinions, first of all, I do not need TV-out/in so the quality for that does not need to be a factor. Also the software bundle kind of matters, I would like to get some software that comes with the card, but it does not matter as much as overclockability. I am possibly considering the Gainward card, but if I can get near the overclock of the Gainward I will be happy and I will spend about $30 less. So just give me your opinions, and if you have any questions for me, just post them.

Thanks in advance!

 

[onelin]

I got my MSI GF4 Ti4400 yesterday, and MSI's software bundle just owns. I know you said the video in/out quality didn't matter to you really,but I've also been very impressed with it. awesome results even over composite in... (so I assume out as well) the fan is not noisy IMO ... only problem is I have to keep fast writes disabled or No One Lives Forever crashes :-/ doesn't seem to hurt my benchmark scores though (and mine are cpu limited right now no doubt)

specs:
PIII 1GHz
640MB PC133
Asus P3V4X mobo with 1005 bios

 

[beatmix01]

i just got an abit siluro ti4400 and I expected to see more on my system.... what are some factors that could be causing it to run slowly? I am running abit kt7-raid with athlon t-bird 1.2 with 640 meg ram... is it my processor?

 

[mrman3k]

onelin0, what are your benchmark scores. I would be interested because my system specs are similar, 1.1GHzT-bird, 256MB PC133,MSI K7Pro motherboard. Also, if anyone knows, I hope there are no issues with this motherboard and the Ti4400, otherwise that will be a major bummer. Anyway, I am really considering the MSI card because it seems to have basically everything I am looking for.

 

[onelin]

For Quake 3, max details @ 1024x768x32 w/ Quincunx FSAA, timedemo four (v1.31) I get 95fps... without FSAA it is only 100-105... so I am bottlenecked by my CPU and motherboard (p3v4x is not known for it's superior memory bandwidth) ...going to try to hold out on an upgrade until hammer later this year.

3dmark2001SE I think I get around 6700 3dmarks in 1024x768x32
again, limited by CPU. a friend who just got a PNY Ti4400 gets ~8500 with dual Athlon XPs 1.4Ghz or what not...

I'm not sure what res people usually benchmark both in, but with my old 17" monitor, I don't go any higher than 1024x768 due to refresh limitations (anything below 85Hz hurts my eyes too fast)

needless to say this is a huge jump from my 3d Prophet (1) DDR 32MB and I'll be plenty happy for the few months before I upgrade my cpu/motherboard/memory

 

[RedRooster]

Originally posted by: beatmix01
i just got an abit siluro ti4400 and I expected to see more on my system.... what are some factors that could be causing it to run slowly? I am running abit kt7-raid with athlon t-bird 1.2 with 640 meg ram... is it my processor?

I'd also like to see some Abit comments if possible. They're one of the cheapest 4400s, and many people have good things to say about them. Curious to see where they rank in the 4400 ladder.

 

[Huma]

I picked up an abit yesterday. nice to get a dvi-vga adapter and cables.

overclocks to 650mhz easily, and the 2D is quite good.

the drivers for tv-out kinda suck, but that's more nvidia's fault.

a great deal overall though.

at 650mhz memory, with a 1266mhz athlon, 512 ram, 133fsb, I'm getting around 8000 in 3dmark 2001se.