GF4200TI 128 V's GF6600GT 128

[DCB_AU]

As a "general rule", how much faster would a GF6600GT 128 be over a GF4 4200TI 128?

Thanks,

 

[raven_87]

Do the words "night and day" mean anything to you?

:lol:

 

[DCB_AU]

Do the words "night and day" mean anything to you?

:lol:

Thanks the GF4 4200TI is faster

 

[raven_87]

Actually, its the opposite bud.... :lol:

 

[Vokofpolisiekar]

The TI was hot, like 5 years ago. The TI is faster, cos it runs DX8 and not 9. Much respect though to the TI, it was a superb card for it's time. I remember my friend running circles around me in Splinter Cell 1 with me and a FX5600.... :lol:

 

[angry_ducky]

I agree. That's what my old comptuer had in it (I'm using it right now, cause mine's broken.)

 

[raven_87]

I hope I misunderstood the both of you...

Your stating the TI is superior to the 6600GT?

 

[choirbass]

...i too used my TI4200 for a few years before i even thought i would need a GPU upgrade, had no hints of slow performance in the games i played, granted, they were several years old themselves (diablo ii, unreal tournament, unreal tournament 2003, warcraft 3, etc)... then i tried playing doom 3, THAT convinced me i needed a new gpu, because the performance, even on low, was choppy, and the image and rendering quality was subpar... so i opted for a 6600GT, and everything dramatically improved, so ive been trying new games since then, and since upgraded my card again when i changed platforms from s462 to s939 recently... so yeah, the TI4200 is great for older dx8 games... but youre definetly better going for a 6600GT for anything released in the last couple years, definite improvements all around, many times over

 

[MTLink]

The TI was hot, like 5 years ago. The TI is faster, cos it runs DX8 and not 9. Much respect though to the TI, it was a superb card for it's time. I remember my friend running circles around me in Splinter Cell 1 with me and a FX5600.... :lol:

How is running DX8 faster than running DX9? Most games nowadays require a DC9 card to play.

 

[choirbass]

well... dx8 is less complex and demanding than dx9 is. if a card is capable of rendering dx9, in a game that uses dx9... the card is going to be subjected to more intense processing, and run slower in those conditions, than if that same card only had to render dx8 code.

 

[pauldh]

While your last statement is true, it more explains why weaker DX9 cards like many of the FX series lost to the GF4ti's. A 6600GT destroys a Ti4200.

Think about this, the R9700 pro spanked the top GF4 (ti4600) big time, the 9800 pro is faster than the 9700 pro and the 6600GT is faster than a 9800 pro.

 

[choirbass]

i agree, i wasnt debating whether certain older cards are faster than one another... just mainly stating (in my first post up above too) that when an older dx8 card (or any card) has to process less (resolutions for example)... itll run better... and if its allowed to process less in a more demanding game (substituting dx8 for dx9 or sm2 instead of sm3), it might still run well... in that same game, where a newer generation card theoretically *MIGHT* choke... only because of higher demand placed on it by the native version of dx or other newer code it was designed for...