gf4 4200: 128mb or 64mb?

paradox

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Hi
I plan to buy a gf4 4200 as an intermediate card until nvidia release the nv30. Anyway, i read that the 128mb 4200 has a lower clock speed than the 64mb. Which one will give me better performance, i.e. does the 128mb of ram make up for the slower clock speed or is the 64mb better overall?
system:
athlon 1.33ghz
768mb ram

Thanks
 

Cooldoud

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Yup... 128 MB will be interesting with games loaded w/ textures, like DOOM 3 and many other upcoming games, but as you're gonna change in 4 (?) months, and as current games dont really need this extra memory, you're better w/ 64 Mb, which are clocked faster and put up with more serious OCin... And you save a few bucks too :)