Help choosing video card..

[Civilized]

I am on the market for a new video card (I just sold my Radeon 9700 pro for money reasons)....I am on a budget of course and I am leaning toward the geforce4 ti4200....my question is who makes the best one for the money (it must have svideo out)....I have seen different clock frequencies on several cards I have looked at....I just want to make an informed purchase instead of an impulse buy. Thanks!

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[cleeve]

For the money, the best card you can get right now is the Radeon 9700 non-pro for $200 online.

If you want to pay less than that, your best bet is the 9500 PRO for around $160.

If you want even cheaper, your best bet is probably the Geforce4 Ti you're considering.

- Cleeve

 

[daddywags214]

Sorry you had to sell it. I agree with Cleeve on all 3 decisions.

Tit for tat, butter for fat, ATi's dog kicks nVidia's cat

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[Spitfire_x86]

Ditto.

And more than 64 MB VRAM is unnecessary for a GeForce4 Ti card.

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[lwj81]

I think the best one for the money would be the Abit Siluro ($89.00 at Newegg).I agree with the others though,If you can, Go with the 9500Pro.

 

[addiarmadar]

Pains me to here that but PNY has alwasy been good for thier LIFETIME waranty and steady quality of their products. Get either the G4ti4200 or 4600.

 

[CaveInfiltrator]

Well, when i upgraded my card i spent many an hour reading...reading...reading... as always ATI whoops Nvidia's......anyway, check out guru3d.com they specialize on video cards. of the ti's the Compro Poladyne Ti-4200 OC was best. (newegg didnt have it tho) so second best was my choice, and i went with the gainward ti-4200 Golden Sample (Golden sample is key, they unlock the card for OCing and put faster mem in) it scored a 10414 in Enhanced mode on 3DMark2001 and a 10514 (or something close) when i fiddled with the clock speeds. not bad for a ti-4200....and 159.00

only reason i didnt get an ATI was for the money i didnt want the all in wonder...id rather have $160 of video card, not tv tuner AND video card. so i guess i have a Q as well...are the all in wonders worth it? or do you just pay more for more stuff on the card? i doubt its free ya kno.

btw, the gainward has vivo...

good luck! and check out guru3d...
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[cleeve]

All the all-in-wonders add is the capability to take a cable signal and watch it on your computer, as well as capture video.
The all-in-wonders probably aren't worth it because you can just buy a TV-wonder card separately and pay the same or less.

But you don't need an all-in-wonder for S-video out. Every normal Radeon has S-video out nowadays.

 

[Civilized]

im leaning toward the gef 4 ti since I do not want to pay much more than a 100 bucks on this video card....the abit looks like a winner to me....you cant beat 89 bucks..thanks for the help fellas

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[davemar14]

I got a PNY Verto GeForce 4 Ti 4200 with no problems. It has a good heatsink and good ramsinks. I was able to overclock from 250/514 to 270/555 without a problem. If you want to see my benchmark scores go to my site.<A HREF="http://www16.brinkster.com/davemar14/main" target="_new">http://www16.brinkster.com/davemar14/main</A>