GF 4 ti4200 or Radeon 9600SE?

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For light gaming on an older system. Which one is better? The GF4 has 64MB or RAM, but I don't know about the 9600. It could have 128, but I think it's 64.
 
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BTW if 5200 < 9600 how the hell 4200 should be better?




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At least don't get an SE, that one has crippled 64-bit memory and will absolutely kill any hope of decent gaming. I usually go for the newest tech, and in this case, since to the best of my knowledge the Ti4200 doesn't support DX 9, I'll say go for a 9600. But I'm confident you can find a GeForce 6600 (non GT) for about the same price, which is a ton better than those 2. :)
 
If you are playing directx 8 games, the 4200 would honestly keep up with the 9600se, I would guess. I still think the 9600 is a much better card, but the 4200 was an engineering champion. The 9600's directx 9 support put it over the top. It will kill the 4200 in any modern game (i.e. HL2)
 
1c3d0g said:
At least don't get an SE, that one has crippled 64-bit memory and will absolutely kill any hope of decent gaming. I usually go for the newest tech, and in this case, since to the best of my knowledge the Ti4200 doesn't support DX 9, I'll say go for a 9600. But I'm confident you can find a GeForce 6600 for about the same price, which is a ton better than those 2. :)
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I don't think he's buying these cards. I think he already owns them.
 
9600np's can overclock pretty well- I have one with passive cooling and I've oc'ed to 400/250- just below 9600pro speeds.
 
BTW if 5200 < 9600 how the hell 4200 should be better?
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Because higher numbers don't equal higher speed. The only edge that the 5200 has over the 4200 is hardware support for DirectX features, but the 5200 is much slower than the 4200.
 
MD said:
Common read before You ask. Search tool.

BTW if 5200 < 9600 how the hell 4200 should be better?




Md
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4200 = 5600 if you don't know...
5200 = GF4 MX series...
 
Flo said:
Because higher numbers don't equal higher speed. The only edge that the 5200 has over the 4200 is hardware support for DirectX features, but the 5200 is much slower than the 4200.
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Correct the 5200 is about as fast as Geforce3 Ti200 but has DX9 features.


Here are the techinical specs

Radeon 9600 SE
325 MHz
1300 MTexels/s
64-bits
DDR
200 MHz
3.20 GB/s

GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB
250 MHz
2000 MTexels/s
128-bits
DDR
257 MHz
8.22 GB/s

GeForce FX 5200
250 MHz
1000 MTexels/s
128-bits
DDR
250 MHz
8.00 GB/s

GeForce3 Ti200
175 MHz
1400 MTexels/s
128-bits
DDR
200 MHz
6.40 GB/s
 
I had the Albatron 4200P Turbo and it kicks arse. 6 layer pcb does 4600 speeds in it's sleep and has all the ram sinks to boot. I would say the 4200 oced would be better because you get nvidias drivers which dont blow donkey balls. Coincidentally, I am selling that Ti4200P Turbo, see sig for details.
 
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