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Ti4200 128 8X Vs Ti4800SE 128 8X
Hi all
Could anyone advise on the benefits of upgrading from an Inno3D GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB 8X AGP to a Inno3D GeForce4 Ti4800 128MB 8X AGP. Is there any worthwhile difference gaining 600 points in the product number? My current system is Pentium 4 1.7Ghz Willamette 0.18 micron 512MB PC133 SDRAM GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB 8X AGP 15" TFT Monitor @ 1024x768 75Hz Now be brutally honest here, given the fact I have SDRAM and a willamette, is this upgrade worth my while or will my performance increase be so negligible as to be not worth it? i just want to make sure so that I don;t blow some money for say a 2 - 3% performace increase. TIA Daniel Yates -- Reply e-mail is a full spamtrap - please reply in group |
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I wouldn't bother mate. I doubt a P4 1.7 on sdram can supply enough info to a GF 4200 let alone a 4600.The cpu is no doubt starved of info with sdram as it is and to top it most 4200s will overclock to 4400/4600 level anyway(although it will still starve) My friend has a GF3 Ti200 on a P4 1.6 sdram system and my GF2ti gets 1000 more 3D2001 points on a Athlon 1.4 I would think your better bet is to spend the money on a DDR P4 800Mhz board and something like a P4 2.6 up Smiffy |
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"Phil Weldon" wrote in message hlink.net... It depends on your applications, but you'd likely get a much greater performance increase by spending the money on a Northwood CPU. A boxed, retail Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 'Northwood' with a 400 MHz FSB is $167 US and the Chaintech Ti4800SE 128 MByte GeForce4 display adapter is $147 US at a reputable online vendor in the US. Considering that 3 GHz will be an easy overclock with the Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and that you can't use any resolution higher than 1024 by 768 with your monitor, the display adapter upgrade doesn't compute. Phil Weldon, snip I have to admit that has been a consideration for a while. One problem I have found is that finding an reputable e-tailer that sells P2.4Ghz with a 400Mhz FSB is nigh on impossible. I am more than willing to buy from the US if it comes to it, but only if the seller is has a shiny reputation. All I can ever seem to find are the 533FSB varieties. The gfx card I am thinking of buying is for sale at $100 being 6 months old. That works out at about £62 pounds for me which is cheaper than the 4200 I bought about a month ago. But I think you have sold me on that - I need to get a Northwood. I think I have kown that at the back of my mind for a while. Cheers for that :-))) Daniel |
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"John Smith" wrote in message ... Hi I wouldn't bother mate. I doubt a P4 1.7 on sdram can supply enough info to a GF 4200 let alone a 4600.The cpu is no doubt starved of info with sdram as it is and to top it most 4200s will overclock to 4400/4600 level anyway(although it will still starve) My friend has a GF3 Ti200 on a P4 1.6 sdram system and my GF2ti gets 1000 more 3D2001 points on a Athlon 1.4 I would think your better bet is to spend the money on a DDR P4 800Mhz board and something like a P4 2.6 up Smiffy I have to admit that my benchmarks with this new 4200 have been poor, but when I really put it to the test in actual games it has blazed like there is no tommorow. I am currently playing Battlefield 1942, C&C Generals and Morrowind/Tribunal/Bloodmoon at 1024x768, 75Hz Refresh, Quincunx Anti-aliasing and 8x Anisotropic filtering and my system is not even phased by it. I can bump up the FSAA to absolute full and it still manages fine except on maps that are very very large open space with a lot of activity - it struggles a little with the Large Scale Terrain i think, but apart from that the improvement is amazing, but I think you may be right - happen this card is about as good as I am going to get. I dont have any doubt that this card will run HL2 OK if I ever fancied it, of course without the DX9 eye candy but that is not that bad an issue. The card I upgraded from was a Ti200 64MB, and admittedly that card was damn good. I managed to get just short of 7000 points on 3D Mark 01 SE with abit of tweaking in the detonators using HardPage. On my list of parts to buy for a homebuilt system I have the Asus P4P800 Deluxe - I aim to stick a matched pair of 512 DDR400 in it alongside something like a P4 2.4 ( phil weldon from the other reply has finally convinced me of this one ). Peace Daniel |
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Well, I can recommend the vendor that was once named Googlegear, but just
this week got renamed ZipZoomFly, a very iffy name choice, in my opinion [I suspect it may have something to do with complaint from google.com, even though ZipZoomFly nee googlegear.com claim not.) The new URL is http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Home.jsp . I've bought several CPU's, motherboards, memory modules, large capacity 1" hard drives, display adapters, and accessories from this company with complete satisfaction over the last two years. I find it the best combination of price, shipping charge, and reputation among on-line computer component vendors. They are regularly listed as lowest price sources for CPU's at http://www.sharkyextreme.com . ZipFlyZoom Current CPU prices include for boxed, retail CPU Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 400 MHz bus $167 US Pentium 4 2.4B GHz 533 MHz bus $163.50 US Pentium 4 2.4C GHz 800 MHz bus $171 US Phil Weldon, "Daniel Yates" wrote in message ... .. .. .. I have to admit that has been a consideration for a while. One problem I have found is that finding an reputable e-tailer that sells P2.4Ghz with a 400Mhz FSB is nigh on impossible. I am more than willing to buy from the US if it comes to it, but only if the seller is has a shiny reputation. Daniel |
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Not much of a step up really from 4200 to 4800. Do the Northwood like Phil
said and your exiting card will do lota better. "Daniel Yates" wrote in message ... "Phil Weldon" wrote in message hlink.net... It depends on your applications, but you'd likely get a much greater performance increase by spending the money on a Northwood CPU. A boxed, retail Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 'Northwood' with a 400 MHz FSB is $167 US and the Chaintech Ti4800SE 128 MByte GeForce4 display adapter is $147 US at a reputable online vendor in the US. Considering that 3 GHz will be an easy overclock with the Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and that you can't use any resolution higher than 1024 by 768 with your monitor, the display adapter upgrade doesn't compute. Phil Weldon, snip I have to admit that has been a consideration for a while. One problem I have found is that finding an reputable e-tailer that sells P2.4Ghz with a 400Mhz FSB is nigh on impossible. I am more than willing to buy from the US if it comes to it, but only if the seller is has a shiny reputation. All I can ever seem to find are the 533FSB varieties. The gfx card I am thinking of buying is for sale at $100 being 6 months old. That works out at about £62 pounds for me which is cheaper than the 4200 I bought about a month ago. But I think you have sold me on that - I need to get a Northwood. I think I have kown that at the back of my mind for a while. Cheers for that :-))) Daniel --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 9/18/2003 |
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