Ti200 Info Requested

[Jza]

Is the ONLY difference between a GF3 Ti200 and a Ti500 the speeds? Will I be missing any features b/c of buying a Ti200?

If the only difference between Ti200 and Ti500 are speeds, then I guess it is a better investment to purchase a Ti200 and OC it. But, what brands among the market would you Ti200 OCers recommend?

Most cards seem to be 4ns memory, but others i can't tell. And if there are cards that are known to better suite the OCer, let me know. Thanks!!

 

[Mavrick007]

The only main difference between the TI200 and the TI500 are the core and memory clocks. Some Ti200's can overclock to Ti500 speeds and above. I would suggest you to look at the Gainward Ti200 (Ti450) cause their cardex card seems to have great 2d and overclock very well(comes overclocked out of the box too and can be overclocked higher with their utility).

 

[Jza]

So there is really NO reason whatsoever to purchase a more expensive GF3 card? Just OC a ti200 and be happy right?

 

[FuManStan]

Well overclocking a ti200 isn't guaranteed to meet Ti500 speeds

 

[jiffylube1024]

<< So there is really NO reason whatsoever to purchase a more expensive GF3 card? Just OC a ti200 and be happy right? >>



Sure there is. A GF3 Ti200 will overclock to around Ti500 levels, but a Ti500 will overclock to a higher than Ti500 levels! That said the difference isn't much and it's definately not worth the money. The Ti200 is a much better value and I'd definately recommend it over the Ti500.

In terms of features, amount of memory, etc ... there is NO difference between the two whatsoever. It's just that the Ti500 use hand-picked cores that can run @ 240 MHz and usually slightly faster memory.