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Title: GeForce 4 - 128Mb - 4200, 4400, 4600
Post by: Replicant on July 31, 2002, 04:26:31 PM

I'm think of getting a GF4, 128Mb but I see that there are three types - the 4200, 4400 & 4600.  I realise that the 4600 is the all singing dancing card but what's the 4200 & 4400 like?  Worth spending the extra on the 4600?

Cheers

Title: GeForce 4 - 128Mb - 4200, 4400, 4600
Post by: bloom25 on July 31, 2002, 05:07:05 PM

The best deal for the money is the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 card.  It will perform just a bit slower than the 4400 and 4600.

There are even a couple 4200 cards out which can be overclocked easily to close to 4600 speeds.

The best right now is supposedly the Asus V8240.  Hardocp http://www.hardocp.com just reviewed it.

I'm using an MSI GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64 MB card, which can be overclocked to close to 4600 speeds as well.  This card is around $170 - $180.

Note that with any of the GeForce 4 Ti cards there is a heavy strain put on your power supply and motherboard voltage regulators.  Some older boards (and unfortunately some newer ones) can't handle the load and won't work right.

If you have $400 to spend, ATI's upcoming Radeon 9700 card looks like it will put the GeForce 4 Ti 4600 to shame.  It probably won't be out for another couple weeks though.

Title: GeForce 4 - 128Mb - 4200, 4400, 4600
Post by: Turbot on August 01, 2002, 02:02:24 PM

I light of recent news I would wait a couple weeks as the price of that card is going to be coming down.

Title: GeForce 4 - 128Mb - 4200, 4400, 4600
Post by: Replicant on August 01, 2002, 02:23:53 PM

Cheers for the info!  I'll wait and see if the prices come down a little and see which will be the best bargain.

Thanks