Geforce 4 Ti4600

[KasiuS]

Could this be it ! COULD COULD THIS BE IT !!!! i think so but i know one thing this is one card im going to be getting a loan for ! i saw this pic and knew i has to stick it on the forums how mnay of you are buying one ?

Lets see if the pic is posed 2nd time around !

[WhiteKnight]

/me drools.

is that twinview i see before me ?

(no i havent been drinking)

can you get DVI and VGA at the same time and have a split desktop ??

[KasiuS]

It is indeed or as they call it nVIEW i could just spam the forums with stats but i cba :p: but it looks the part

[Mingtea]

well that looks strangley like a artists impression so im gonna reserve my judgement till i see a real thing :)

[KermitTheFrag]

nah thats the real thing. There were some promo shots shown somewhere else that looked about the same. The bit I dont like is the plastic shroud over the fan :p:

[Triprotic-Acid]

need...... more...... money.......



anyway, from what i ahve read the GF4 will phase out the GF3 cards very soon, making them the only ones available!

im going to get my hands on a cheap GF3 instead now :D i already see a GF3 @ £130 :)

[Eskimo]

hmmm anyone wondered where the RAM is on that chip? or is it so omnipotent that it projects and uses the RAM from another dimention?

It wouldnt suprise me...

On another note there wont be games utilising this card for another 2 years.

There are only a handfull of games that use the GF3 to anything like its full potential. If any that is.

hmmm another 6 months another GF Card that will have problems installing

BRING BACK THE VOODOO CARD FOR CHRIST SAKE !!!

[Porkie]

Yeah, id stick with the Geforce 3's for now. I guy from ID said that the Geforce 3's will probably outperform the MX 4s when the next Doom gets realeased. Though by the time that happens we will probably have the GF8. :rolleyes:

[WhiteKnight]

Originally posted by Eskimo
hmmm anyone wondered where the RAM is on that chip? or is it so omnipotent that it projects and uses the RAM from another dimention?


The 4 square chips, 2 above and 2 to the right of the main GPU.

There maybe chips on the back of the card too.

[KermitTheFrag]

true about usage/performance etc. My GeForce 2 Ultra is still coping admirably with EVERYTHING I throw at it.

[KasiuS]

I bet it looks nice under a blue cathode :p: i think im going to buy one for my athlon xp but ill be sticking to the gf3 for my athlon 1.4 and i think the bit ontop of the fan is ali not plastic so i have been told

[Eskimo]

VOODOO VOODOO VOODOO VOODOO

i have a GF-2 GTS 32MB but its no wear near as good as the old voodoo card i used to buy they were ace!

[Bowser]

:( I've only just bought my gf3 that replaced my voodoo3. I'm not folking out more money for a gf4 i'll wait for gf5 cause no doubt it will be out in the next 12 months.

Voodoo 0wned, but no more :( my games didn't play very well on it towards the end of its life in my main pc.

[Dyce]

Stupid nvida! i only just got up enough cash for a GF3. balls...

[DJ Hatred]

hmmmm i may consider fitting a cheap GF3 card in my new PC ill be building soon...now that the prices will have dropped!

[tiSSue]

LOL i did the GF4 promo test thing and it ran perfectly on my radeon8500.... apparently its only meant to run on GF4's and my mate with a ti500 said it was jerky lol

[Sainteh]

<Wubs> Radeon 8500 64DDR </Wubs>

[Dizzie]

ummm, didn't the Radeon 8500's have that dual output so you can have 2 monitors running? I think so. I've got one myself. Awesome bit of kit. Oh well. Tally hoe!

[Nexus]

refresh are selling the gf4's.

/me sells old gf3

[Zenith]

Is anyone else bothered with the sheer number of capacitors on the card, or is it only me?

Those capacitors would take a bit of juice to charge, and would probably hold onto that charge for a while after powering off. Definitely a case of earth yourself before taking one of these babies out of your machine. :)

(But why would you want to take it OUT of your machine...)

[WhiteKnight]

Originally posted by tiSSue^GUN^
LOL i did the GF4 promo test thing and it ran perfectly on my radeon8500.... apparently its only meant to run on GF4's and my mate with a ti500 said it was jerky lol

You`ll probably find that the demo is detecting that your card cant do some of the GPU hungry things, and isnt doing them.

Possibly..

dunno


Anyway.. i think i`ll get one as i still have a GF1 DDR.. time for an upgrade...

[Xantos]

They dont look like very big capacitors, and I'd bet they only charge up at 5V, possibly 12V, nothing to worry about.

[KermitTheFrag]

Originally posted by Zenith
Those capacitors would take a bit of juice to charge, and would probably hold onto that charge for a while after powering off. Definitely a case of earth yourself before taking one of these babies out of your machine. :)

I would just jump them with a screwdriver / 1k resistor first. The last thing I'd do is be part of a circuit containing an earth point when theres capacitors involved.

This knowledge comes from getting a nasty burn (!) on my finger from a 24v 2200uF electrolytic bastard from hell (and it wasnt that big either!).


They dont look like very big capacitors, and I'd bet they only charge up at 5V, possibly 12V, nothing to worry about.


It's not the voltage, its how quick it dumps the charge out at you.

Capacitors = EVIL!!!!! Stand back, approach with caution!

[tiSSue]

Radeon8500 is very nice and very overclockable...

1.4 Athlon, Geforce 3 920

--------------VS-------------

1.2 T-bird, Radeon 8500

on 3dmark2k1

Geforce setup got 6300 odd

Radeon setup got 7500

:)

i am happy for only £200 was a good investment

[D2M]

whats the price of this new beast?

[Dyce]

What i want to know is how much extra are you paying for some guy to sit in a room all day and paint the fan covers?:D

[Bowser]

I seen them for $399 I bet there more then that when they come out here.

[Dwarf_Pr0n]

Ge Force 4's aren't as big a step up from the Ge Force 3 as they would have you believe.
I'd hang on til Ge Force 5 where they are apparently going to be making another major leap in graphic card technology.
If you can wait for 6 months for the Ge Force 5 then do that instead of the Ge Force 4's.

[Sainteh]

i'm so happy that i bought my Radeon 8500, its a beast for its price.... GF3 / 4 = waste of money :}
8500 = teh win :}

[Mingtea]

im happy with this GF3 it will gimmie a good 2 years service.

[Guigsy]

i have to say that my gf3 ti500 kicks my v5 5500's ass apart from Tribes1.

gf4 mx's are nothing more than hyped gf2's though. not worth it.

[Dwarf_Pr0n]

GeForce 4 MX's are only about 90 quid so if you don't have a Ge Force I'd go for that one over the Ge Force 2. Otherwise wait for Ge Force 5's

[Nibbler]

Originally posted by Bowser
I seen them for $399 I bet there more then that when they come out here.

Yea, take your phone number times it by 3 and thats how much your looking to pay 4 one of those bad boys :mad: God damn money grubbing tarts!!!!!!

[Eskimo]

and ffs how much does it cost them to produce the thing???

2 pounds max!

thats...... carry the 4..... alot of bloddy profit!

[Cabe]

Pentium 4 cores are currently 23 times more expesive than platinum pound-for-pound

now thats a profit margin.

The new machines payed for themselves after a day.

[Big Giant Head]

Watford electronics are quoting £329 for the Ti4600 (can't remember the make) while dabs are quoting £399 for an Asus Ti4600

enjoy :)

[D2M]

its a bloody disgrace. They don't need all that profit. I'm sure we could divert a bit of the profit into our own bank accounts ;) Any hackers in here?? :D :D

[Dizzie]

Long live the Radeon 8500! :cool:

Some tart was saying in PCzone "Never ever buy an ATi card. One word: Crap. The drivers are pants"

umm, mine are ok. Wips GF3's matey