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Product: Gainward GeForce 4 Ti 4600
Ultra 750 Golden Sample |
Conclusion
I have to say that overall I am very impressed with this card. It is a massive improvement over the previous card which was a GeForce 2. The current price is around £320 or $490 US. Is it worth that sort of money? I personally think so, but only if you have a powerful enough system to get the most out of it. The system that this was reviewed on was an Athlon XP 1800 with 512 MB DDR of RAM and I did notice a difference with the system. If you have a lower end system you probably won’t notice much of a difference because even though the graphics look better there will be other parts of the system slowing it all down.
The cost of the card is around the average price these days for the Ti4600 cards out there on the market and it is an easy card to install with comprehensive software to load up. The Gainward card is very easy to over clock if you with (but only really recommended if you are willing to take the risk and know what you are doing). Personally I wouldn’t over clock this card because I don’t like risking it with a £350 graphics card myself.
| How It Grades |
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Installation:
90% |
Reviewers Setup
AMD Athlon 1800+ @1.51 Ghz
MSI MS-6380E Motherboard
1 GB of 2100 DDR Memory
Gainward GeForce 4 Ti4600 Ultra 750 Golden Sample
SoundBlaster Live! Platinum 5.1
Daytek 19" Monitor
| Specs & Package | |
| Overall Score | 85% |
| Version Reviewed | Gainward GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Ultra 750 Golden Sample |
| Release Date | Out Now |
| The Good Points |
Easy to install Dual Connections at the back so you can utilize the nView capabilities of the card and also has the multiple VGA and DVI support Has a 3 Port firewire card that comes as standard which is very useful if you do video editing. |
| The Bad Points |
GeForce 4 cards are still very expensive unless you are
willing to shop around and try and find yourself a good deal. The power of the card sometimes outweighs the power of the machines |
