PNY GF2 Ti.... Gainward GF2 Ti/450.... ?

[Rand]

Alright, you all know the drill.....

Looking for anyone with experience with the Gainward GeForce2 Ti/450 or the PNY GF2 Ti.

Specifically looking for comments on 2D visual quality, quality of build/manufacture, cooling capabilities, potential overclockability.
Also, I would very grateful if anyone knows what RAM is used on the PNY GF2 TI?

I've used/tested many other PNY/Gainward products so I can get a rough idea of their usual standards in terms of build quality, and 2D visual quality but unfortunately I havent used either specific model I mentioned.

The Gainward card offers 4.5ns memory, and have a history of providing very good 2D quality.

The PNY card offers TV-Out for the same price as the non-TVOut Gainward model and so is advantageous from that point of view.
But I'm questionable on it's 2D visual quality, and RAM speed.

 

[damocles]

Ti review

It looks at O/C the Gainward as part of the comparison, may be slightly useful

 

[Rand]

Bump, does no one else know anything on either card?

 

[Quetzalboat]

Gainward has "better" 2D & 3D quality, that's why it's more expensive than PNY card
PNY card is equivalent with Visiontek, and maybe a slight "difference" is Leadtek Winfast.
MSI and Powercolor are "the most economics" but "poor quality".
ASUS has good 3D but "poor" 2D, equal to Creative
Hercules is a good one, but very expensive, so does ELSA
I don't know about some newcomers like Abit, Chaintech, Gigabyte or other alien:confuse;

Some people said about X is better or mine is the best
But they do not say that they just use a single card or two
A review or analylisis in a site like Anandtech or others uses some card to compare
That's why I still believe a comparative review rather than just a subjective declaration!

 

[Piano Man]

All I can say is that I built a system with GF3TI 200/450 and I OC'd it to 220/500 and the coolbits hack wouldn't let me OC anymore, but that is fast enough for me.

 

[Rand]

<< Gainward has "better" 2D & 3D quality, that's why it's more expensive than PNY card
PNY card is equivalent with Visiontek, and maybe a slight "difference" is Leadtek Winfast.
MSI and Powercolor are "the most economics" but "poor quality".
ASUS has good 3D but "poor" 2D, equal to Creative
Hercules is a good one, but very expensive, so does ELSA
I don't know about some newcomers like Abit, Chaintech, Gigabyte or other alien:confuse;

Some people said about X is better or mine is the best
But they do not say that they just use a single card or two
A review or analylisis in a site like Anandtech or others uses some card to compare
That's why I still believe a comparative review rather than just a subjective declaration! >>




Is it just me or is your reply to every thread almost exactly the same?

Anyway, have you used either of the specific models I referenced above?
I've used many previous products from both manufacturers so I know well enough how good their 2D "usually" is, but I wish to know specifically about the two models I referenced above.

Thanks.

 

[Yoshi]

I have the PNY. Mine overclocks to 208/465 nicely. No complaints on the image quality. Much better than past nVidia based cards that have been in my system.