Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650-8X XP Golden Sample

[Dissolved]

Anyone have one?
http://www.gainward.com/c-1.html?id=68

im gonna return my Albatron GF4 ti4200P tubro simply cuz it sucks, and im looking for a Good sub 200 vid card to replace it.
Thanks

[j@cko]

This is a bit off topic, but I would recommend you that get a Radeon 9500 PRO. It will soon be in store and its price is about the same as those of Ti4200-8x/Turbo. However, its performance is in the Ti4600 range or even better in some cases.

[Dissolved]

yea, im looking into that.. just not to sure what to buy.. ive never owned a ATI card be4.. but they seem to be alot easier in some cases.

But if anyone knows more to this i could use the help. im Never gonna buy anything that is rumored to be good. just stuff thats proven :)

[j@cko]

rumor to be good? PLZ... where have you been?

Check out the review at Anadtech dude... (http://www.anandtech.com)

[Dissolved]

Originally posted by j@cko
rumor to be good? PLZ... where have you been?

Check out the review at Anadtech dude... (http://www.anandtech.com)

i was talking about the ALbatron gf4 4200 turbo rumor.. not ati stuff.

[j@cko]

There are many reviews that have proven Albatron's Ti4200 Turbo is a very bang for buck v/card.... Perhaps your sample is just defective....? :rolleyes:

[Dissolved]

Originally posted by j@cko
There are many reviews that have proven Albatron's Ti4200 Turbo is a very bang for buck v/card.... Perhaps your sample is just defective....? :rolleyes:


theres a hole thread i made and other posted in about the card not doing what it should. So thats why it sucks.. You pay more for what? Nothing.. Wheither thats your point or not. its mine the card sucks. Sure it oc's But it wasnt made good enough it seems, cuz only the first few hundard or so did any good. a few weeks after they all seem to do §§§§ty.

[antipop]

The 9500pro will rock
Damn why did i bought this 4400? :(

[Nohto]

I have a Gainward 4600 Golden Sample. They are the highest overclocking 4600 card on the market that I know of. They come with hand picked/tested ram and GPU guaranteed to overclock higher than the regular 4600 boards. It even comes with a nice overclocking utility that has 2 dials and you can set it to default performance, or adjust the mem and gpu seperately.

[Dissolved]

Originally posted by Nohto
I have a Gainward 4600 Golden Sample. They are the highest overclocking 4600 card on the market that I know of. They come with hand picked/tested ram and GPU guaranteed to overclock higher than the regular 4600 boards. It even comes with a nice overclocking utility that has 2 dials and you can set it to default performance, or adjust the mem and gpu seperately.

how high have you got yours at stable? on stock cooling?

[saaya]

dissolved, when you were not happy with your albatron @ what, 330 750? you wont be happy with the gainward either... i dont know about those new gainward cards, all i can say is i bought a g2mx golden sample from them, and it was the best g2mx card ever... it had 3.5ns memory on it! i had it running 250/250 for a long time with no mods or ectra cooling, and didnt oc higher because that ocing tool wouldnt go higher than 250. i used a bios editor and got the memory up to 325 without any mod! thinking that this card is more then 1 year old thats not bad @ all....

i really dont understand why you dont keep that albatron card. if you want more performence get a 9700 or 9700pro...

[Dissolved]

Originally posted by saaya
dissolved, when you were not happy with your albatron @ what, 330 750? you wont be happy with the gainward either... i dont know about those new gainward cards, all i can say is i bought a g2mx golden sample from them, and it was the best g2mx card ever... it had 3.5ns memory on it! i had it running 250/250 for a long time with no mods or ectra cooling, and didnt oc higher because that ocing tool wouldnt go higher than 250. i used a bios editor and got the memory up to 325 without any mod! thinking that this card is more then 1 year old thats not bad @ all....

i really dont understand why you dont keep that albatron card. if you want more performence get a 9700 or 9700pro...

i never said i could hit 330/750.. I cant get past 300/650 stable.. im having issues with that as it is.. Games seem to crap after an hour+ at those speeds.

[saaya]

hmmm then its a bad card! rma it and get a new albatron... as far as ive heard thats the best performing card for the $!

well, i got my ti4200/128 for 90$, but only because i know the son of the boss from the sales office from that company in europe :D :banana:

[Dissolved]

Well i think i wont Get another. its more of a luck game now..only the real early cards do anything great. im just gonna Rma Refund and get the Gainward ti4600 for 88 dollars more. about 100 more after tax :-\.

[antipop]

Why don't you wait for the 9500pro it should be on the market really soon

[Dissolved]

Originally posted by antipop
Why don't you wait for the 9500pro it should be on the market really soon

im not a fan of ATI really, plus the board i saw, they had the power connector right next to the ram So if you plugged it in you couldnt have ramsinks.. kinda a Dumb ass idea i think. And i wanna OC. So no ramsinks means it probly wont oc that good.

[Nohto]

Originally posted by Dissolved
how high have you got yours at stable? on stock cooling?
I haven't OC my card in a while since I've been working on my radeon and my new prometeia. I want to say 315/720 around there. I have the 750 card though. the 4x not the 8x.

[antipop]

Originally posted by Dissolved
im not a fan of ATI really, plus the board i saw, they had the power connector right next to the ram So if you plugged it in you couldnt have ramsinks.. kinda a Dumb ass idea i think. And i wanna OC. So no ramsinks means it probly wont oc that good.
I'm not an ati fan neither, and i think that this puppy even not oc'ed will still be faster than a 4600. But it's up to you to choose

[Dissolved]

Originally posted by antipop
I'm not an ati fan neither, and i think that this puppy even not oc'ed will still be faster than a 4600. But it's up to you to choose

well ill get it if it comes out in 2 weeks.. But i need to order it in 13days.. or ill lose the Refund-RMA from newegg..

[antipop]

it should come out really soon but i don't know the exact date (hercules said beggining of december).

[Nohto]

You had my curiosity going so I ran a couple of benches and it just ran a 15200 @ 320/734. I'll step up the settings and see if it is stable, let you know. As far as the 9500 goes I heard it is a great card, but if you are a serious gamer I've also heard that a lot of people are having problems on certain games with the new ATI cards. I personally like my 9700, except for the fact that they run the ram so hot, which means that it is basically maxed out.

[antipop]

don't you think the ram on the 9500pro will have some room for oc?
I really wish i haven't bought my 4400 and waited for the 9500pro

[Nohto]

That depends on what type of ram they used. (speed) I think the radeon uses Samsung 3.5ns chips. I guess I will just have to grab the card out of the shop and check. (sealing it for new pelt/waterblock and its drying) let you know what kind of ram there using. What is the 9500 using and what are the stock clock settings?

[Dissolved]

well the 9500 is only 199 per-order Which seems Really cheap since the 9700 pro is like 345.

So i dunno anything about ATI.. but..

1. there drivers seem to always suck for a while for new cards
2. not sure what memory the 9500 uses, so dummo how it would oc.
3. dunno when its gonna come out..