Geforce 4 Ti 4800 (Should I buy it?)

ze2o · Post by **ze2o** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:14 am

I was thinking about buying a ASUS Geforce 4 Ti 4800, i've been looking over video card benchmarks of the ti 4600 and ti 4200 but have'nt seen any on the ti 4800. Am I correct to assume that the Ti 4800 out performs the ti 4200?

And if so out performs these cards?

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1812&p=4

Please post your comments and opinions below:

Shagster · Post by **Shagster** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:15 am

It does, but not by anything relevant.

If your going to get a Ti then there is a link in classifieds for a msi ti4600 for $122

If I were you I'd get a 9600pro for the same price though.

ze2o · Post by **ze2o** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:26 am

Yes i've been looking at at a ATI Radeon 9600 pro myself, but why was the Radeon 9500 discontinued?

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:36 am

Originally posted by ze2o
Yes i've been looking at at a ATI Radeon 9600 pro myself, but why was the Radeon 9500 discontinued?

Some folks say it's "too good" so they discontiued it.

I really don't care since 9500 pro was cheaper than 9600 pro. I got myself a 9500 pro and I couldn't be happier. My old video card, a Gf4 ti4400 burnt out because it's crappy stock fan and they won't rma. *grumbles*

Go ati, you won't regret it.

ze2o · Post by **ze2o** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:38 am

Well I'm in a situation where I can purchase the Radeon 9500 Pro but its more expensive than the Radeon 9600 Pro.

Theirs more than a 60 dollar price difference.

What would you do?

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:42 am

If 60 dollars is too much then go 9600 pro since I don't see much difference with it.

But don't take my word for it, I'm no good at this hardware stuff.

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 7:35 am

Reason why the Radeon 9500 is so expensive is because you can flash the bios on the card to make it a 9700 and it will unlock the pipelines. The 9700 is only 10% or so slower then the Pro.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 9:01 am

You should be finding the 9600p for much cheaper than the 9500p was. The 9500 is disco'd, but you can still find it around. Yes it's a bit faster than the 9600p...but not much. The 9500 could be, as mentioned above, soft modded to a 9700...another reason ATI made the 9600 substantially lesser than the 9800...they learned their lesson. Now there's more of a difference tween the top of the line (9800p), and the next series (9600p), than there was before. The 9600p is still a mighty potent card. Refer to my ATI Radeon comparison article I just posted.

fastchevy · Post by **fastchevy** » Tue Aug 05, 2003 12:46 pm

Go with an ATI card...screw that other stuff

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Geforce 4 Ti 4800 (Should I buy it?)

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Radeon 9500 discontinued because?

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I can purchase the Radeon 9500 Pro but should I?