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Which Geforce 4 are you buying?

SpacemanSpiffVT

SpacemanSpiffVT

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hey I am in the processing of beginning my research into building a new system and since I am extremely tired of my geforce 2 mx, i am looking at the alternaitves in the geforce line.

I am interested in what you guys are thinking, about ati's new gpus and what not. I am leaning towards a Ti 4400 or a 4200 since i cant really justify a 400 dollar vid card.

help me out here!

also
what are some other good articles along w/ anandtechs (and do any have the 4200 in them, and when is it going to be available?)
 
Ditto on the Radeon 8500 series.

I don't see any point in dropping even $250ish for a Ti4400, considering the minimal performance improvement over Radeon 8500. I did have a chance to play with a Ti4600 last week, and, frankly, I wasn't impressed. $400ish for a couple FPS I'll never notice and a thousand-odd 3DMarks? No thanks. I'm still not totally pleased with the DVD playback quality, either -- and I don't watch a whole lot of DVDs on the PC 🙂

For the forseeable future (perhaps, at least, until Ti4200 appears at $199) a GF3 Ti200 or Radeon 8500 (64MB) Retail is the sweet spot.
 
Wait until April... get your hands on a GeForce4 Ti4200... it'll be a great card and you can always OC it to Ti4600 speeds.
 


<< considering the minimal performance improvement over Radeon 8500 >>

The only time you'll really see and notice a performance increase is when you use AA. I'm not too much of a fan of the technology in FPS but that's basically what the GeForce4's are about... marginal speed improvement UNLESS you use AA.
 


<< Wait until April... get your hands on a GeForce4 Ti4200... it'll be a great card and you can always OC it to Ti4600 speeds. >>



I thought the GF4 series cards aren't very overclockable.
 


<< I thought the GF4 series cards aren't very overclockable. >>

Where'd you hear that? I've read some reviews on the Gainward GeForce4 Ti4600 and people have gotten it OCed STABLE... memory 700MHz to 760MHz
 
i am going to be getting a 4400 for myself. maybe I can pick on up while I am here in thailand 🙂
 

I've been saving some money in the last couple of months to buy a GainWard GeForce4 Ti 4600...

I'm just sick and tired of my GeForce2 MX 400...
 
Saving up for a Ti4600 to replace my Gainward GF2 Pro which has served me very well for a couple years now. Probably just gonna go with the cheapest 4600 available since I doubt it's gonna need much of an overclock to perform well in what I use. 🙂
 
Why waste my money on a Nvidia product when the Matrox Parhelia will be here in a few months and smoke it? 😀

Oh, and I do mean smoke it. Not be equivalent, not be a little faster I mean literally cause the Geforce line to spontaneously combust! 😉

amish
 
I've heard many say they want the GainWard Geoforce 4 Ti-4600.

Why? What is different about it then say the Visiontek.

To answer the first post, I'll be getting the Ti-4600. Just waiting till may for the new 533mz boards to show up and then I'll be building my new system 😉

Terrapin
 
i dunno know about that matrox thing, havent heard anything about it, but what i am thinking is htat the 4400 seems to have about 10% less performance that the 4600, so maybe a oc'ed 4200 will be similar to a 4400?

maybe one of the card vendors will oc it and put a nice heatsink and fan on top

thats what im hoping


btw: I am going to china in may, can you get a vid cards and stuff cheaper over there?
 


<< Why waste my money on a Nvidia product when the Matrox Parhelia will be here in a few months and smoke it? >>



The only thing that I see smoking is the crack in the pipe of the Matrox users! 😉

In other words, I'll believe it when I see it!

I hope they do come out with something like that! I need 2D that has Dib Blit performance that matches the 3D performance of the Ti4600!

Cheers!
 
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