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What vid card is comparable to a ti4600?

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de8212

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My brothers video card died so I installed a ti4600 out of my second sytem to get him up and running. Normally I owuld just ket him keep it but I need my second machine running pretty soon.
He does not play ANY games but I want to get him something that will be at least as good as the ti4600.
 
Hmm....without first looking for any benchmarks (thus I could possibly be wrong), I'd say a Radeon 9500 Pro/9600Pro/(/XT) would be roughly equivalent to that Ti4600.
 
I'd say the 9600 Pro is most equivalent.

The ATI 9550 is a pretty decent card, and much lower priced. It can be Bios flashed to a 9600 Pro, or simply soft modded to 9600 Pro speeds. A good deal at $57, and is not so bad even without modifcation.

9550 BIOS flash

 
I have a 9500pro. It's roughly the same as a ti4600, the 4600 is a bit better without AA/AF, and the 9500 is a bit better with AA/AF.

9600pro, a little worse than the 9500pro.
9600xt on par or a slight amount better than the 9500pro.
5700U, about on par with the 9500pro, maybe a little worse.
 
9600XT will keep pace with HL-2 with all the eye candy turned up. The TI4600 can't run DX 9.0 mode correctly (thanks to ATI's intervention with Valve :|), but it performs amazingly well in DX 8.1 mode.
 
Originally posted by: MisterChief
9600XT will keep pace with HL-2 with all the eye candy turned up. The TI4600 can't run DX 9.0 mode correctly (thanks to ATI's intervention with Valve :|), but it performs amazingly well in DX 8.1 mode.
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WTF are you talking about? The Ti4600 was never meant to run anything but DirectX 8 and earlier (...and OpenGL). IIRC, it doesn't even support DirectX 8.1, just 8.
 
Originally posted by: MDE
WTF are you talking about? The Ti4600 was never meant to run anything but DirectX 8 and earlier (...and OpenGL). IIRC, it doesn't even support DirectX 8.1, just 8.
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No, no, no. Yes, the 4600 is not supposed to run DX9 hardware, but it is a DX8.1 part. Your thinking of the GF3. The GF3 was a DX8.0 part, not 8.1. The difference was in the vertex shaders. If I remember correctly, the GF3 was able to do VS1.1, while the GF4 was able to do VS1.4. I believe the only difference was speed, as the real change came in VS2.0.
 

Be cafeful when looking at the Radeon 9550. I've seen them listed for $57, too, but those were 64 bit cards. The cheapest 128 bit 9550 that I've seen was at least $65 shipped.

 
Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
Used 9500 pro, great little card.
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seconded, i have one, still plays everything. HL2 at 10x7 with a little AF, doom 3 at 800x600 on med, and most other games aint a problem

of course it gets better when it can manage over 100mhz overclock 😀
 
radeon 7000? my old geforce2 gts is better than that card.


Id say ditch the ti4600 and get a 9700 pro... ~$80-100 on egay. supports dx9 and OCed is twice the card a ti4600 is...

flame shield ACTIVATED!
 
About a year ago I was still using a ti 4200 clocked to 4600. I upgraded to a 9600xt the day I bought doom 3 because the 4200 was basically getting its a$$ kicked by Doom3. When I installed the 9600xt there was a world of difference. I was able to play 800x600 high qaulity with no studdering and 1024x768 medium with the vy little studdering.
 
Originally posted by: TheSnowman
Originally posted by: RelaxTheMind
radeon 7000? my old geforce2 gts is better than that card.
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If you aren't playing any games, no, it is not.
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If they were sitting on the shelf next to each other... the geforce2 gts would still be better.

Maybe visualizations for media player or something of the sort. Flash and java are also dependant on graphics cards. So surfing the web wouldnt be too pretty with it. If it was just being used as a simple office workstation ok fine.

unless of course your an antique collector and enjoy spending the same amount of money for old stuff... in that case get a voodoo banshee... thats a classic card.

http://www.pcvsconsole.com/features/video/

that site sucks for real world benchmarks. but gives you a good idea of specs. Dont waste ur money on marketing.
 
Originally posted by: RelaxTheMind
Originally posted by: TheSnowman
Originally posted by: RelaxTheMind
radeon 7000? my old geforce2 gts is better than that card.
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If you aren't playing any games, no, it is not.
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If they were sitting on the shelf next to each other... the geforce2 gts would still be better.

Maybe visualizations for media player or something of the sort. Flash and java are also dependant on graphics cards. So surfing the web wouldnt be too pretty with it. If it was just being used as a simple office workstation ok fine.

unless of course your an antique collector and enjoy spending the same amount of money for old stuff... in that case get a voodoo banshee... thats a classic card.

http://www.pcvsconsole.com/features/video/

that site sucks for real world benchmarks. but gives you a good idea of specs. Dont waste ur money on marketing.
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All those things like flash and visualizations are actually more dependent on the cpu than the gfx card - any card made within the last 7 years will probably run them all the same. But if you can get a good deal on a decent card, don't just go for the absolute cheapest, oldest stuff. I just sold my 9000pro for $25, and it will blow the 7000 or the gf2 away no sweat.
 
Originally posted by: TheSnowman
How are visualizations for media playerv flash and java are also on graphics cards?
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They don't stress the graphics card much, if at all. But if you're watching the cpu load on you system, you will notice a difference if you turn visualizations on or off. Actually, for modern processors it might not matter either, but for a P3 or older P4, it does make a difference.
 
Yeah CPU matters for such things, but I don't see how the graphics card would. I had to RMA a 9700pro a while back and while it was gone I used an old tnt2, granted the thing didn't even play CS well but aside from gameing I honestly didn't see any difference in functionality.
 
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