Author Topic: Which make of GeForce 4 4600/4400 ? (Read 516 times)

LePaul · « **on:** June 20, 2002, 11:30:20 AM »

Local EB guy said the PNY's were awful

Few on eBay for $325....Asus and Visiontek brands....which are better?

Sold the airplane, got cash...want Geforce 4600

Also upgrading to a better motherboard per Bloom's suggestion.

Thanks!

Wanker · « **Reply #1 on:** June 20, 2002, 01:24:01 PM »

I went with the Abit Siluro Ti-4400. Here's a discussion on Tom's Hardware guide.

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/02q2/020522/index.html

Whatever you decide to go with, I'd buy it from newegg.com. They have excellent customer service, and competative prices.

LePaul · « **Reply #2 on:** June 20, 2002, 01:47:40 PM »

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Originally posted by banana
I went with the Abit Siluro Ti-4400. Here's a discussion on Tom's Hardware guide.

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/02q2/020522/index.html

Whatever you decide to go with, I'd buy it from newegg.com. They have excellent customer service, and competative prices.

Read that article, they really do not choose one they prefer, leaving me (and the reader) a little vague on which is the better make.

Im leaning on the 4600 because its the Cadillac of the line, and for once, I want the best available

Any reason why opted for the 4400 versus the 4600 (asides price)?

Starbird · « **Reply #3 on:** June 20, 2002, 02:09:36 PM »

I just ordered a ti4400, in hopes of being able to OC it to a 4600+ level. Will see if it happens. If not, I'll probably buy another $100 in cooling equpiment trying to get it run that way anyhow.

Its an msi ti4400. I only got MSI beacuse I wanted a card with video in.

Wanker · « **Reply #4 on:** June 20, 2002, 02:17:39 PM »

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Any reason why opted for the 4400 versus the 4600 (asides price)?

Besides price? Nope. Just didn't want to pay an extra $100 for another 5% of performance.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #5 on:** June 20, 2002, 02:23:33 PM »

I'd go for Leadtek, they should have high-resolution RF filters in all post geforce2 line cards..

That means you will get a brighter and sharper high-resolution picture to your 2D desktop and even 3D. The difference is real, with my old card I couldn't use 1600x1200 desktop and now with the same monitor I can still read the 'fine print' using the new card.

Eagler · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2002, 03:13:17 PM »

PNY ti 4400 here

1st one from Circuit City was dead out of box ($299), exchanged it and haven't had an issue with it yet. Came with neat 3d glasses.

2d text is as good if not better in 98 than than Leadtek geforce2 ultra it replaced. Great desktop in WinXP also..

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2002, 04:19:04 PM »

Eagler the ultra2 didn't have the higher quality RF yet, only geforce3 and up has it.

funkedup · « **Reply #8 on:** June 20, 2002, 05:21:40 PM »

I got an Abit 4600 for $309 at http://www.mwave.com and it's been smooth sailing so far.

38ruk · « **Reply #9 on:** June 20, 2002, 06:26:35 PM »

Eagler that is weird that u say that, i also had the same thing happen to me a circuit city first 1 was dead outta the box the 1 have no is great , no problems at all, also as far as clocking the card i have Oced to 4600 spec with no problems, stable all across the board salute 38

AKWarp · « **Reply #10 on:** June 20, 2002, 08:50:20 PM »

MSI TI4600 here and zero complaints.

OC'ed to 315mhz core, 680mhz memory and stable.

Only one thing that I will voice concerning the higher end GeForce 4 cards...make damn sure you have a high end CPU to drive this beast. I got the TI4600 before I upgraded the rest of my machine. I was using the TI4600 in an Athlon 1.4ghz T-Bird (266mhz DDR setup) and my frame rates were not much better than with the old GeForce 2 Pro card it replaced.

Now that I have the new XP2100, mobo, memory, etc, this baby screams. I am running AH at 1280x1024, 32 bit, 4x FSAA, full range of view (shift F1 in AH) and my frame rates rarely drop below 100. Flying about without too much activity produces frame rates over 270 fps!

I bought my MSI TI4600 at Newegg for $306. Prices have dropped some since then I think.

LePaul · « **Reply #11 on:** June 20, 2002, 09:30:01 PM »

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Originally posted by AKWarp
MSI TI4600 here and zero complaints.

OC'ed to 315mhz core, 680mhz memory and stable.

Only one thing that I will voice concerning the higher end GeForce 4 cards...make damn sure you have a high end CPU to drive this beast. I got the TI4600 before I upgraded the rest of my machine. I was using the TI4600 in an Athlon 1.4ghz T-Bird (266mhz DDR setup) and my frame rates were not much better than with the old GeForce 2 Pro card it replaced.

Now that I have the new XP2100, mobo, memory, etc, this baby screams. I am running AH at 1280x1024, 32 bit, 4x FSAA, full range of view (shift F1 in AH) and my frame rates rarely drop below 100. Flying about without too much activity produces frame rates over 270 fps!

I bought my MSI TI4600 at Newegg for $306. Prices have dropped some since then I think.

I have an Athlon XP 2000+ (1.666 ghz) and am yanking out the MSI motherboard and replacing it with a new one with ATA 33, the faster ram, 333 chipset stuff, etc etc. My current setup uses PC133 ram, Bloom suggested upgrading to the newer/faster boards so now that I have the resources, It Shall Be done!

AKWarp · « **Reply #12 on:** June 21, 2002, 09:46:22 PM »

Well, if you are going to a KT333 chipset board, I can highly recommend the SOYO Dragon Ultra. This has been the easiest motherboard setup and tweak of any board I have ever owned. Everything worked perfectly right out of the box, everything loaded correctly the first time and I had zero hardware, IRQ, port, etc glitches or problems. It's pricer than some other boards, but well worth the money (I got mine for $145). Also, the onboard peripherals work very well. It has the built in CM 6 channel audio that I think is every bit as good as my SB Audigy (it even has EAX), the onboard Real Tek 10/100 LAN works just fine. The onboard High Point IDE RAID is very nice also. I have a pair of 40GB Maxtor drives on RAID 0 (striped) and the disk performance is noticeably faster. The Sigma box that comes with the mobo (adds four USB 2.0 ports into a 5.25" drive slot on your case) is an outstanding feature. You still have your other USB ports on the back as well.

Anyone that's been building systems for any amount of time knows that VIA has had some chipset problems in the past, especially the KT266. The KT266a fixed a lot of things and was a good performer, but their new KT333 absolutely kicks ass.

Halo · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2002, 12:00:38 PM »

AKWarp, my new XP computer has the same motherboard as yours, and the system works great except I cannot find a microphone boost, which I had even on my old Win98 P2 computer.

Does your mike work okay? Mine works except it is not loud enough, and really needs that mike boost.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2002, 12:22:57 PM »

Halo mic boost should be in your volume control properties. Which soundcard are you having?