GForce 4 Ti 4400 Died: Would like your advice

[Comreak]

My PNY GeForce 4 Ti 4400 just died on me after having it for a little over a year (getting strange vertical lines/blocks if I let the PC run for more than two or three minutes). I had to switch back to my Prophet 4500 and it's killing me. I was thinking of upgrading to a Radeon 9600xt. Would the performance increase be worth the purchase of a new card or should I just RMA the PNY I already have? Thanks.

 

[mrface]

rma, sell the ti4400 and buy the 9600xt

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[cleeve]

Well, wither way you should RMA the 4400...

Should you buy a 9600XT? It depends what you play.

You won't noitice a performance increase with the 9600xt unless you're running AA/AF, or you're running upcoming shader-heavy directX 9 titles (like Half Life 2)

If you're playing DirectX 7/8 titles with no AA/AF, you probably won't notice a difference in performance.

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Radeon 9500 (hardmodded to PRO, o/c to 322/322)
AMD AthlonXP 2400+ (o/c to 2600+ with 143 fsb)
3dMark03: 4055

 

[Coyote]

I'm RMAing my Ti4200 right now. I have a borrowed 9600pro in it's place for now. I see little or no performance (quality-wise or frame rates). But I don't play any titles w/DX9. They're not really out yet. I say keep using that Ti4400 for a while longer!

XP 2000+
MSI KT3 ULTRA-2 KT333
Maxtor 60GB ATA 133 7200RPM
512MB PC2700
ABIT G4 Ti4200 OTES 64MB
Win98SE

 

[shadus]

New vid cards are hitting first half of 2004, if you can rma the 4400 you'd be stupid to upgrade now befroe the next gen is on the market.

Shadus

 

[HardWareBoss]

Keep the TI4400 or buy 9800Pro. Then you will see a big differance.