GeForce4 GF TI4600 128M VIVO 8X

[jimseedy]

I just bought a EVGA GeForce4 GF TI4600 128M VIVO 8X AGP Video Card from newegg.com for $227.00. How good is it compared to the radeon 9700pro? or even the normal GeForce4 GF TI4600 128M 4X? I should have it by monday or tuesday from fedex, thx.

[Shinma]

You can take a look at the following, LINK.

[jimseedy]

Thanks for the link. I guess I have to wait a few weeks for a newer review because it doesn't show the 8x version of ti4600, I guess because it is new.

[jimseedy]

But from that list I can tell it's gonna own my old geforce2 mx400 64mb PCI wooohoooo

[Marvt74]

the ti4800 or ti4600 8x is only marginally better than the standard 4x ti4600.
maybe would have been better to get a 9700 non pro
but ah well
its still a very good card

[jimseedy]

Isn't the 9700pro only like 15% faster then the 4600ti? Plus it cost $100+ more and I trust the nvidia drivers and support better.I just hear alot of bad compatibilty problems with ati cards, like some people have to do a full clean format and put the drivers in a certain order for them to work correctly.The 4600 seems fast enough for me and it comes with ghost recon.I was going to buy ghost recon too so thats another bonus

[Marvt74]

ati have got a lot better driver wise and thus lowered the complaints.
so there is no longer anyreason to not trust them

[MuFu]

Originally posted by jimseedy
Isn't the 9700pro only like 15% faster then the 4600ti?

Hmm... not really. Perhaps in some, CPU-limited situations. Overall it is about twice as fast, I'd say. Hard to put a figure on it because the advantage it has varies between a couple of percent and 2-3 times faster in some situations (e.g. w/4xFSAA and 8xAF @1280x1024).

Not to mention numerous other advantages: DX9-compliance, video in the shader pipeline, cleaner signal output, higher resolution output DACs etc etc.

The 9700NP is a much better buy than the Ti4600, without a doubt. Drivers are superior too, in my opinion - I have had no significant problems with either card (had a Ti4400 before), but I know a lot of people seem to run into difficulty with 9x00's.

MuFu.