Be quick - Ebuyer ti4200 Bargain IMO
15 February 2003, 05:52 PM
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I have just seen this on Ebuyer and though that for the few that have come on here recently looking to upgrade their VGA card, but don't want to shell out a small fortune, this sounds very good:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=45495
Basically, it is one of these:
Leadtek Winfast Geforce4 64MB Ti4200 4xAGP A250 DVi TV-Out OEM
£62.22 inc VAT and Delivery. Completely crush a Geforce 4 MX for peanuts! Faster than all Geforce 3's too.
The only thing going against it is the 64mb of ram, but at this price, who cares?
Just thought someone might appreciate this.
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Nick
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=45495
Basically, it is one of these:
Leadtek Winfast Geforce4 64MB Ti4200 4xAGP A250 DVi TV-Out OEM
£62.22 inc VAT and Delivery. Completely crush a Geforce 4 MX for peanuts! Faster than all Geforce 3's too.
The only thing going against it is the 64mb of ram, but at this price, who cares?
Just thought someone might appreciate this.
Cheers,
Nick
15 February 2003, 07:02 PM
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Just remember that thing is just a 4200/4400 tops with 128mb ram and a agp 8x interface.
Slower than a Ti4600 and the AGP8x interface produces no noticeable difference in speed.
Damn Nvidia and their odd naming of products recently......
The amount of people that they have conned with that recently......
A ti4800 (non SE) I believe is a Ti4600 with agp8x interface. Nice naming there yet again.....
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Nick
[Edited by Mr Footlong - 2/15/2003 7:05:51 PM]
Slower than a Ti4600 and the AGP8x interface produces no noticeable difference in speed.
Damn Nvidia and their odd naming of products recently......
The amount of people that they have conned with that recently......
A ti4800 (non SE) I believe is a Ti4600 with agp8x interface. Nice naming there yet again.....
Cheers,
Nick
[Edited by Mr Footlong - 2/15/2003 7:05:51 PM]
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15 February 2003, 07:04 PM
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Looks like Nvidia are going for the low/medium end big time to preserve revenue for when they release the NV35/40. They seem to have sacrificed the high end to ATI for the time being.
15 February 2003, 09:24 PM
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Hehe, happy to help. From 190-odd 10 under 150 in 4 hours. Roll up, roll up, Mr footlong wnats all his friends to get in on the deal 
16 February 2003, 12:26 AM
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Whats the big difference between this one and the GeForce4 MX series then? Both are 64mb etc and GeForce4, what does this one do that is so much better? I'm interested as I was about to get the MX card with a PC i'm thinking of buying. Will review that choice depending on your answer.
16 February 2003, 12:33 AM
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Right, about the only bit of Tom's Bribeware that I do use, but has lots of pretty pictures for you to look at, hence why I have linked to it here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/index.html
All of the results, bar dungeon siege, which is an oddity for a lot of cards, show why I think the gf4mx4xx series are poor. They are not the same technology as the fully fledged GF4's, but are actually still closely based on the Geforce2 series!
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Nick
[Edited by Mr Footlong - 2/16/2003 12:34:15 AM]
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/index.html
All of the results, bar dungeon siege, which is an oddity for a lot of cards, show why I think the gf4mx4xx series are poor. They are not the same technology as the fully fledged GF4's, but are actually still closely based on the Geforce2 series!
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Nick
[Edited by Mr Footlong - 2/16/2003 12:34:15 AM]
16 February 2003, 12:41 AM
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16 February 2003, 12:48 AM
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It isn't simply higher clock speed. The core of the actual chip on the mx cards is not as advanced as the core on the 4xxx cards.
16 February 2003, 12:49 AM
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No wonder computer peps are seen as such anoraks I have going to have to get techinical again !
Ps still haven't blitzed the 5861 ... cannot get a console cable to work !
I have going to have to get techinical again !Ps still haven't blitzed the 5861 ... cannot get a console cable to work !
16 February 2003, 12:52 AM
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You don't need the console cable at all to reprogram the 5861's.
I have only ever used one once almost 2 years ago. I had to make one when I wiped the ASIC.AIC file by accident and was trying to figure out what was missing! BTW, deleting that was my own fault, nothing to do with the reprogramming procedure.
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I have only ever used one once almost 2 years ago. I had to make one when I wiped the ASIC.AIC file by accident and was trying to figure out what was missing! BTW, deleting that was my own fault, nothing to do with the reprogramming procedure.
Cheers,
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16 February 2003, 12:57 AM
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The console way seemed a little safer ! I'll just have to get on with it the other way !.
Managed to cool it by hanging at a slight angle !
PS have to agreed with the video card. I am running the 128mb Ti4200 version, just loaded unreal II and it is a smooth as silk
Managed to cool it by hanging at a slight angle !
PS have to agreed with the video card. I am running the 128mb Ti4200 version, just loaded unreal II and it is a smooth as silk
16 February 2003, 02:07 PM
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Yep, it look like they were just having a stock blowout on that model, as looking at the lead time, I think that was end of line for them.
Cheers,
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Cheers,
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