What's the highest quality GF3 Ti200 board?

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beefkake

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I'm looking for a GeForce3 Ti200 that has the best image quality, uses the best components, is the most stable, and has a quiet HSF unit. I just want high quality; performance is secondary, since I know the difference between boards based on these chips is fairly trivial. I will not be overclocking my card.

Thanks!
 
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Omer

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Add me to the list of people who want to know that answer.

Looking to buy a g3 ti 200 soon.

I want something that is stable now and as games demand it I'll o/c to squeeze out more performance.

From what I've seen the VGA PNY Geforce3 TI200 looks the best -- and it's guaranteed for life.

But I have no idea how the 2D performance is.
 
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Omer

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wish Anandtech would do a GF3 TI 200 roundup -- plz :)

Reading through some of the newegg reviews -- which is probably where I'll buy it from:

The Gainward/Cardexpet GeForce 3 Ti200 has some good reviews here re: 2d link

like these 2 reviews:


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Sweet card. Just got mine and I am very impressed. Very nice 2D and it overclocks very well. I am running at 250/530 with stock cooling and no visual artifacts or crashes. I am using nVidia 23.11 reference drivers and WinXP Pro.

I would definately recommend this card to anyone that is running anything less than a GF3.


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I couldn't be happier with this card. I have it overclocked to 220/500 without any troubles with stock cooling.

2D looks great too (my desktop resolution is set at 1600x1200 32bit color).

Memory is 4ns. The card comes with ram sinks (i do not think the leadtek card does).
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so that speaks well to the 2D --

anybody else ?

cheers!
 
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ConFuseMe

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I second the vote for Gainward, for the best Ti200 card.

I didn't know you could overclock one to 250/530 with stock cooling though, thats nice.
That just blows my mind though, so I refuse to believe it.
You must have 2 other case fans blowing directly on the card. ;)
 
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beefkake

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So does the Gainward match the Elsa and others as far as 2D image quality? Also, can any owners tell me if the HSF unit on it is quiet? I'm trying to keep my system as low-noise as possible. Thanks!
 
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RgrPark

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Gainward hands down.
I bought the card after hearing so many compliments about the card...
on the box it says "4.0ns golden sample"
When i ripped off the ramshinks to replace them with copper ramsinks, what do i find?
3.8ns Etrontech chips :D
can't beat that
 
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Omer

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Hey RgrPark:

is that standard in getting the 3.8 Etrontech chips with the Gainward -- or did u get lucky :)

and how is the 2D quality?

also, noticed that your sig says you are running the PNY G3 ti-200 -- which one is it ?! :)

cheers

 
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<< I'm looking for a GeForce3 Ti200 that has the best image quality, uses the best components, is the most stable, and has a quiet HSF unit. I just want high quality; performance is secondary, since I know the difference between boards based on these chips is fairly trivial. I will not be overclocking my card.

Thanks! >>

While you're not overclocking, you should. You can safely overclock most Ti200 boards without any additional hardware to be greater than GF3 Ti500 speeds. But I digress. To answer your question, I'd say the Gainward first, followed by the Asus and Leadtek, followed by the the Hercules/Guillemot, followed by the Xstasy, followed by the MSI and PNY solutions.
 
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RgrPark

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Oh hehe that's my old card that barely hit 230/480...it's been egayed!
I think 3.8ns is the standard on Gainward GS even though the box claims 4.0ns chips.
there's a thread on hardforums also about gainward 3.8 ns chips...
and from everyone swearing that theirs Ocs to about 550mem, i would not be surprised.

As for 2d, i run my desktop at 1280x1024 32 bit on a 19inch and i had a PNY , eVGA 3.3, and the Gainward so far...
To tell you the truth i couldn't really tell the difference but then maybe i'm just not too sensitive in that area...
 
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KouklatheCat

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Here is a similar thread . Im beginning to think its kinda like who is better Ford, Chevy or Dodge? Ive had good experience with Leadtek and quite a few like VisionTek, Gainward and PNY.
 
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ChrisADuffy

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I also got the Gainward GF3 Ti 200 and it is the best card I have had to date.

The other cards I have owned:

Creative Voodoo 2 12MB

Diamond Viper V770 Ultra (tnt2)

Elsa Erazor X 2 GeForce DDR

Creative Geforce 2

MSI GEFORCE 2 PRO

The worst card for me was the Creative Geforce 2
 
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beefkake

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Regarding the Gainward, since that's looking like the champ here:

Is the HSF unit it comes with very quiet? I know some of those cards don't have the best units on them.


Can anyone comment on the 2D image quality of this card?



I might actually go with the Gainward GeForce3 rather than the Ti200 Gainward, so if anyone knows a major difference between those two, I'd like to hear that also.

Thanks everyone for the replies!
 
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RgrPark

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Yeah the major difference is the pirce...i have not heard of ONE Gainward ti-200 NOT being able to hit GF3 ti-500 speed...
the fan is very nice and quiet...
 
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Mike99C5

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Yet another vote for Gainward golden sample here. Got mine earlier this week and LOVE it. Currently running at 225core/530mem. I tested to 240core/550mem with no problems...no lost artifacts, nothing. Backed it off a bit just to be safe. This thing is BLAZINGLY fast. I run Ghost Recon (major resource hog) at 1024x768x32bit with every detail set to MAX and still get nice frame rates.

www.newegg.com has them for $175 shipped. You can't beat it in my opinion. Also, you'd be crazy NOT to overclock a Ti200 card. There's absolutely no reason to run it at stock speeds. All you need is RivaTuner or the like and set it to where you want.

Also, the Gainward Ti200 card we're talking about IS a GeForce3. In GF3 you have two options...Ti200 and Ti500.
 
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Omer

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Another question for RgrPark before I pull the trigger on the Gainward:

I remember reading an article, I think on this site, that stated that to take advantage of the Geforce3 line you needed a 1500+ghz CPU. Seeing that you are running @ 980mhz do you disagree?

I'm running a P3-1ghz on an D815EEA motherboard -- so no CPU upgrades according to Intel. My grafx card is a gforce2 GTS w/ 64mb. I'm looking for a nice upgrade without building a new PC. 3dmark2001 says ( if one is to believe them ), that I'll get close to a 200% increase with a g3 ti 200 VS my current gforce2 GTS.

I'm looking for real world -- Quake3 Urban terror for example -- improvements ...

any info is appreciated.

 
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mellondust

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In regards to the noise level of the gainward, I had a gainward ti200 but had to return it becuase it had some problems. Besides the power supply fan I have two more case fans, and I can say that in my case I could hear the wine of the gainward fan over the three other fans. It was a slightly high pitched air wine, not the fan itself but the air going through the slots on the cooler. I don't know if it was just loud becuase my case has some cooling vents close to the agp slot or what, but it was definitley noticeable. I'm sure I could have positioned my case a little differently to make it less noticeable, it is currently right next to my monitor.
 
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Mike99C5

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In regards to the CPU question, I'm only running an 800MHz PIII and can tell you that I'm certainly benefiting from the GF3 card. Don't believe the hype about needing a 1.5+MHz CPU :D It's CERTAINLY going to help but on a 1GHz CPU you'll benfit from the GF3. Now go buy it already :D
 
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Omer

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Mike99C5 --

you pushed me over the edge -- just ordered the Gainward from newegg !

will let you guys know how the quality & speed are :)

thanks for all the info.

 
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ChrisADuffy

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Regarding the fan - I removed the stock fan and installed a Crystal Orb with Arctic Alumina compound.
 
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Daovonnaex

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<< Regarding the Gainward, since that's looking like the champ here:

Is the HSF unit it comes with very quiet? I know some of those cards don't have the best units on them.


Can anyone comment on the 2D image quality of this card?



I might actually go with the Gainward GeForce3 rather than the Ti200 Gainward, so if anyone knows a major difference between those two, I'd like to hear that also.

Thanks everyone for the replies! >>

It has a faster core and memory speed, somewhere inbetween the Ti200 and Ti500. Basically, it's a waste of money considering that all Gainward GeForce 3 products (be they Ti200, original, or Ti500--128mb Ti200 not included) max out very near eachother with simple overclocking.
 
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