64mb 4200 vs 128 mb 4200 ??

[joeyzt]

Hi,

is there a big difference between the

64Mb ABIT Siluro GeForce 4 Ti4200 TV Out/DVI/Dual

and the

128Mb ABIT *x8* Siluro GeForce 4 AGP Ti4200 TV Out/DVI/Dual

if so what is it?

the first one is a fair bit cheaper than the second and, even though it doesnt have the 8x function but these benchmarks show the 64mb card coming out about the same ??

http://www17.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/vgacharts-05.html

 

[Rubberbband]

Search through the posts you'll find countless answers. Here's the short of it: the 64Mb uses faster ram but will not be able to handle large textures as well. THe 8x agp is a marketing ploy (no real performance).

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[Spitfire_x86]

64 MB Ti4200 is faster and cheaper. So no reason for buying a 128 MB card over 64 MB.

AGP 8X is completely worthless.

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[vegandago]

no reason to buy 64 over 128meg? that's nuts. the extra memory is gonna help with using larger textures etc which is integral to the lifeline of your graphics card considering games tend to have BETTER graphics quality over time not the SAME.

agp8x is not important but I'd still get the 8x version because Nvidia overclocked it to make you think 8x was worth it. Regardless, you the consumer, get a faster card whether it comes from the agp8x or not.

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[DCB_AU]

Buy the 64Mb version- cheaper and faster depending on application.

DCB_AU

 

[Spitfire_x86]

GF4 Ti4200 is not that good for FSAA, so there's no reason for 128 MB video mem. And you should keep it in mind that, 32 MB is enough for playing today's almost every game in 1024 x 768 w/o FSAA. Video memory is not that imoportant factor. 64 MB is enough for today, will remain enough for 2 more years.

BTW, I have finished Max Payne with 8 MB shared VRAM (Integrated GeForce2 MX) at 1024 x 768 @16bit. I tested this game at same settings with 32 MB VRAM. There's very litte difference in benchmarks, absolutely no difference in real life. Similar thing applies for 64 vs 128 MB GF4 Ti4200. Most cases the 64 MB is faster, in few cases, the 128 MB one, but in all situations, the performance difference not noticable at all. So it's always better to buy the cheaper one, regardless it's faster in benchmarks most time.

Another thing to add, there's a 128 MB GF2-MX400 made by Daytona-Palit. Do you think this card will bring any performance benefit over 32 MB GF2 MX400? Or 64 MB GF2 MX400 has any performance benefit over 32 MB GF2 MX400? They are badly backdated, extra video memory can't help them now. When GF4 Ti4200 will be similarly backdated, then there will be nothing to do with 128 MB video memory.

The AGP 8X version of GF4 Ti4200 costs almost equal to R9500 Pro, which is much better also have the "AGP 8X" sticker to satisfy some people.

Actually if you have can spend more than $150 for video card, then no reason to buy GF4 Ti4x00 cards. Radeon 9500 Pro kills all GF4 Ti cards in $150+ price market

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[Clarentavious]

I bought a 128MB version and just decided to overclock the memory to the default speed of the 64 version (Nvidia reference clock speeds

The GPU for both the 128 and 64 versions is 250MHz

The memory for the 128 version is 444 DDR, for the 64MB version it is about 500 The delay in nanoseconds (the access times) for the 128 version is a bit slower, but my Leadtek card handles this overclock just fine (I would suggest you buy a card from a vendor that uses heatsinks on the memory of their board)

I believe the 128 version is only about $20 more than the 64 version. It is better at handling things at higher resolutions.

The 8x AGP is worthless, for the 4200 anyway. It is going to be a few months before we see cards and motherboards that can take advantage of 8x AGP.

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