Which Brand Geforce4 Ti4200 would you get? Poll Inside!

[hollowman]

I am buying a geforce4.. but can't decide which is way to go.

Any recommendations?

 

[bigrash]

Gainward

 

[Desslok]

The brand does not matter. All G4's preform pretty much the same. Just find a card withthe options(ie video in/out etc) on it you want and buy it.

 

[BCYL]

I would recommend Gainward as well...

 

[hollowman]

Originally posted by: Desslok
The brand does not matter. All G4's preform pretty much the same. Just find a card withthe options(ie video in/out etc) on it you want and buy it.

I thought brand matters with the 2d quality since nvidia has no control over filtering. Also I thought some brand runs hotter thus not much room for overclocking? Any thoughts?

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: hollowman
I am buying a geforce4.. but can't decide which is way to go.

Any recommendations?

Gainward

 

[GT1999]

Gainward -- though I do like my Visiontek GF3 Ti200 a lot

 

[bwass24]

I suggest the Triplex Millenium Silver 64MB Ti4200 because I like the fact that it has 3.3ns ram and none of the others do. Hard to find, but well worth the effort.

 

[hollowman]

Originally posted by: bwass24
I suggest the Triplex Millenium Silver 64MB Ti4200 because I like the fact that it has 3.3ns ram and none of the others do. Hard to find, but well worth the effort.

i thought all 64mb cards have 3.3ns ram and 128mb had 4ns ram? my mistake?

 

[CraigRT]

pretty much ANY of those brands is good. Gainward being the best.. as the poll states!

 

[Desslok]

From al the reviews I have read(ie Anandtech, Tomshardware) have said all the G4's are pretty much the same. Now in the overclocking dept I would go with the Golden sample cards. Granted they are a bit more but they do overclock nicely. As far as temps. I don't really worry about it since I have a exhaust pci fan card so my case temp is very stable.

 

[bwass24]

i thought all 64mb cards have 3.3ns ram and 128mb had 4ns ram? my mistake?

The 64MB Ti4200 cards have 3.5ns-4ns ram (I've seen 3.5, 3.6, 3.8 and 4) and, as far as I know, Triplex is the only 3.3ns card. The 128MB cards all have 4ns ram.

 

[hollowman]

Originally posted by: bwass24

i thought all 64mb cards have 3.3ns ram and 128mb had 4ns ram? my mistake?

The 64MB Ti4200 cards have 3.5ns-4ns ram (I've seen 3.5, 3.6, 3.8 and 4) and, as far as I know, Triplex is the only 3.3ns card. The 128MB cards all have 4ns ram.

ah.. yes! but i think gainward golden sample has 3.3ns =)

 

[apoppin]

Would I get?

The ATI Radeon 9700 Pro . . . it will spank the GeForce 4 cards . . . it is due in only a couple of weeks.

But, IF I was buying a GeForce (I'd still wait for the new Radeons and an inevitable Nvidia price drop), I get the Gainward since I like o/c'ing.

 

[dakata24]

if the gainward gf4's are anything like my gainward gf3 ti200 (o/c to 250/565), id go with the gainward then..