Should I Get...

[Steve-O]

Ok, Ive narrowed my Graphics card search down to these 2...

Geforce 4 Ti 4200 64MB DDR Ram

or

Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128MB DDR Ram


Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (64Mb)-
64Mb DDR RAM
Memory Clock speed 500Mhz
Clock speed 250Mhz
Memory Bandwidth 8Gb/s



Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (128Mb)-
128Mb DDR RAM
Memory Clock speed 444Mhz
Clock speed 250Mhz
Memory Bandwidth 7.1Gb/s




Which one do you think I should get???

I can only find the Geforce Ti 4200 64MB DDR in one shop PC World for £65 and I cant find the 128MB DDR version anywhere Except Ebay Used...

Thanks

 

[Twimfy]

You'd be suprised as to how much difference memory can make over clock speed!

 

[Steve-O]

which one out of these is the best card do you think??

Gainward Geforce 4 ti4200 Ultra Power Pack 128MB DDR
ASUS V8420 NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB DDR
Albatron GeForce 4 Ti4200P Turbo 128MB DDR

 

[Twimfy]

which one out of these is the best card do you think??

Gainward Geforce 4 ti4200 Ultra Power Pack 128MB DDR
ASUS V8420 NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB DDR
Albatron GeForce 4 Ti4200P Turbo 128MB DDR

Although the 'turbo' option of the Albatron does sound tempting, I recommend the ASUS, you can never go wrong with ASUS.

 

[Steve-O]

Going to get a Novatech one now I think...

 

[frolik]

On the same subject, I've not been keeping up on gfx card developments and I have a Geforce2 64Mb GTS.

Is there any 3D card around the £100 mark that would give a significant speed increase (in UT2004!!) I'm running a 1.8Ghz P4

cheers

frolik.

 

[Anox]

the 128mb ram almost never get completly used. 64mb is plenty.

 

[rcx21000]

You can prolly easily OC the 128MB one (w/o cooling or anything) to 265/460 and you get almost the same speed as the 64MB + you get 64MB more RAM.... Get the 128MB one

 

[Steve-O]

On the same subject, I've not been keeping up on gfx card developments and I have a Geforce2 64Mb GTS.

Is there any 3D card around the £100 mark that would give a significant speed increase (in UT2004!!) I'm running a 1.8Ghz P4

cheers

frolik.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-GF42TI

I have bought that... SHould have it in 3 Days

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-GF42TI


Yup... went for the 128MB DDR Version

 

[frolik]

what processor are you running and what gfx card are you upgrading from?

I'll be interested to know what it performs like in UT2004 as this is primarlily what I want it for.

£58 sounds like a bit of a cheapy card considering the high end prices.....

 

[Steve-O]

£58 is an Excellent Price for a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128MB DDR...

I have a Athlon XP 1600

Ill let you know how it runs the UT2004 Demo...

I have played the UT2004 Demo on a Machine with a FX5200 card in and it Worked PERFECTLY... A Ti 4200 Is More Powerfull than a FX5200

Im upgrading from a Geforce 2 MX440

 

[dazmanultra]

I really can't believe the advice given in this thread.

The 64MB Ti4200 version is considerably faster in games than the 128MB version (Apart from the Albatron turbo, which can overclock to nearly Ti4600 speeds in most cases.)

Most games don't need anywhere near 128MB of video memory, and any that do are going to run like treacle on a Ti4200 anyway.

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/200312...tournament_2003

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/200312...-charts-04.html

In very few games does the 128MB version beat the 64MB version.

 

[dazmanultra]

Actually, I take that back. The 64MB is not considerably faster these days, they're pretty much equal with some games being faster on one and some faster on the other. That said, a 64MB model will overclock to around 600Mhz DDR in a lot of cases... my MSI 64MB Ti4200 did 310mhz core 615mhz memory, which is only just short of a Ti4600.