FOUND MY NEW VIDEO CARD !!!!!!!

gapman · 01-31-2002, 05:27 AM

Almost ready to order a new Gainward
GeForce 3 TI200,128 mg .memory overclocked out of the box card for $ 188. Read reviews that call it the fastest GF 3-TI200 card
available and very close to the GF3-TI500.
Anyone got this card and played MOHAA with it ? It was well woth the extra $ 38 bucks for the 128 DDR Ns memory. Any opinions ?

[SE]Sgt.WillyWonka · 01-31-2002, 05:50 AM

They make a GeForce3 with 128mb of memory??! If this is correct that is an awesome card!

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rudedog · 01-31-2002, 06:31 AM

I would like to see a link to the review. Per www.nvidia.com the max ram for a ti200 is 64 Megs.

Would be nice to have 128Megs though

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parchy · 01-31-2002, 06:55 AM

yeah, i don't think the sucker has 128 just yet...

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BlueWeasel · 01-31-2002, 07:03 AM

There are several different 128mb GF3 cards out on the market now.

Here is a link to the Gainward card (Scroll down to the bottom to see it):

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ry=1387&DEPA=1

However, getting a 128mb GF3 will not even get you a 1% improvement in frame rates in any game (including MOH). The only advantage is if you use the card to do 3D rendering. NO GAME can take advantage of all that VRAM.

There have been several benchmarks comparing the Ti200 64mb vs. the Ti200 128mb with less than 1% improvement.

devanh02 · 01-31-2002, 08:14 AM

geforce3 128megs?

DaFladow · 01-31-2002, 08:18 AM

GeForce 4 is coming out. ASUS announced it.

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gapman · 01-31-2002, 08:19 AM

Why not get the 128 mg. memory Gainward card for $ 38 bucks more than the 64 mg. card ? If 128 memory were not a wise purchase for a GF 3-TI200, why will the GF 4 cards include 128 memory ? It just seems to make good sense for the future to get the 128 memory and be prepared for future games that will use the extra memory, Buy for the future, not just for now !

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BlueWeasel:
There are several different 128mb GF3 cards out on the market now.

Here is a link to the Gainward card (Scroll down to the bottom to see it):

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=48&manu fac tory=1387&DEPA=1

However, getting a 128mb GF3 will not even get you a 1% improvement in frame rates in any game (including MOH). The only advantage is if you use the card to do 3D rendering. NO GAME can take advantage of all that VRAM.

There have been several benchmarks comparing the Ti200 64mb vs. the Ti200 128mb with less than 1% improvement. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

BlueWeasel · 01-31-2002, 09:17 AM

The GF4 have 128mb of VRAM for suckers who think that they need all that VRAM right now.

Don't get me wrong...I nearly bought the Gainward Ti200 128mb myself a few days ago. But I did my homework and found the 128mb cards don't O/C as well as their 64mb brothers and there is NO increase in the performance of today's games.

I agree with buying for the future, since I can't afford to upgrade every time something new comes out. But, by the time that games will be able to utilize all that VRAM, the video card will be obsolete.

Personally, I just saved $40 and got a Gainward Ti200 and overclocked that baby past a Ti500!

BlueWeasel · 02-01-2002, 04:09 AM

Guts? What guts do you need?

I have the Gainward Ti450 Golden Sample (Ti200) which means its a cut above the rest. In fact, it comes overclocked out of the box to 200/450 from 175/400.

The specs call out for 4ns RAM on this card. So that means the RAM is theoretically good for 1000/4=250mhz. Since the RAM is DDR, then the theoretically maximum speed this RAM can do is 250x2=500. The basic GF3 Ti200 comes as 175/400....You do the math.

The Golden Sample version is guaranteed to O/C to 200/450...thats why it is configured to do that. I have seen many of these cards overclock to 240 core/560 memory. That is faster than a Ti500.

As long as you increase the core and memory values in small increments, you shouldn't damage the card at all. If you have it overclocked too far, its not going to blow up right then. You will see artifacts and "snow" on the screen when playing games. Just lower it back down if you see this.

rudedog · 02-01-2002, 06:57 AM

Well I guess there is a 128M card. I wonder why they did not put it on the Ti500?
The only reviews I find are not in English. Was this card released over seas?

It looks like some other companies are releasing a 128 card as well.

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sk8save1 · 02-01-2002, 07:27 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BlueWeasel:

Personally, I just saved $40 and got a Gainward Ti200 and overclocked that baby past a Ti500!
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I wish I had the guts to do that. Never paid so much for a video card (GF3 Ti 200 Deluxe), I'm afraid I fry the sucker and have to play with my old 4 MB S3 (errr, with no GPU that is!). As like you, I can't afford each new little toy that they throw at us...