Shead some light on chip selection for Ti 500/TI 200?

[FiveDoubleO]

I am courious for stability reasons when over clocked. How are the current new Geforce 3 chips choosen to go in which board? Is the Geforce 3 standard still in production? If so... Are the Ti 200 chips the chips that did not make the grade to be put into Ti 500 boards? OR Are the Ti 200 chips are the ones not to make the grade for the standard Geforce 3 boards. Are these chips made on different production lines, the new line being able to get those transistors a bit closer for the Ti 500? This maybe a tuff, way to probing question, but I am sure some one may know the answer. If I purchase a Ti 200, I do not want be thus stuck with a lesser chip. I know some review sites have been able to get good over clocking ratings from them. I also know in this industery, that nvidia maybe sending them out with higher quality chips for reviews. I wish we could look at the stanard of the Ti 200 quality, since I know when you get one its a cr@p shoot pretty much. Hey, I am a poor college student and I can not afford a Geforce 3, let alone a Ti 500. 😱 Plus, I could think of better uses for that cash any ways.

 

[Adul]

For a colledge student you sure wrote one cinfusing paragraph.

Ok the method imployed by nvidia is known has binning. Where they basicly test chips to make certain criteria. The ones that past a certain criteria for the Ti500 are labeled has such. The ones that past the criteria for the Ti200 are labeled has such. Anything below this and they are scraped. The Geforce 3 line is no longer produced. Even though the core of the geforce 3 and Ti 200/500 are the same. Your chances for a good overclock are has good anyone elses. It all depends on the chip.

 

[FiveDoubleO]

<< For a colledge student you sure wrote one cinfusing paragraph. >>



Is some thing wrong with this, or is it just me? 😀

Thanks for your input Adul that was the answer I am looking for. This is a message board let me remind you not my english 102 class. I posted only my jumbled thoughts as they trickled out.

 

[LintMan]

An interesting thing, though is that I saw at least one hardware site had a review where they were able to overclock their Ti-200 up to something outrageous like 230/255 running solid, much more that the reviewers were able to get out of their plain GF3. That makes it seem that at least some Ti-200's aren't binned down ones, unless the reviewers had been given some kind of golden board.

So, if the Ti200 overclocks well, it's a fantastic bargain. You might want to ask around what kinds of results other people have gotten with it.

 

[FiveDoubleO]

I agree with you you can not beat the Ti 200 price preformace ratio.

I hope Elsa releases one soon... Elsa always has been ontop of driver updates. Plus they offer the vivo jack [which I am wanting] on most cards.

Last company I picked Creative, thinking they would be good on driver updates. Soon then I purchased the card they quit the graphic market segment for the time.