Jeff7181
06-07-2003, 02:38 AM
Just thought I'd share this with you all if you haven't heard about it yet...
The Asus V8420S (GF4 Ti4200) is one hell of an overclocker. It uses the Ti4600's 8 layer PCB, and uses a Ti4400's 3.3ns RAM. Out of the box this card runs at a default speed of 260/550. But that's just the beginning... using the coolbits registry hack, I've adjusted mine all the way up to 335/655. It runs perfectly stable up there too... that's faster than a stock Ti4600 (300/650).
I've backed it down to 325/650 because I don't see a difference at all between that an 335/655, so I'd rather not run it right on the edge of stability.
I tested the card for a short time at 350/700, and it completed 3DMark2001... however, tearing was horrible, and I took the temp on the PCB right behind the GPU core and it was 58 C... at 325 it runs at 36 C... quite a difference.
A few people claim to be running their V8420S at around 325/680... but I think if they ran 3DMark, they'd see tearing in the Dragothic tests... that's the only game I see tearing in... and the fact that it tears at all, in any game, is reason enough for me not to push it any harder.
I can't figure out why Asus is selling this card as a Ti4200. It can easily pass as a Ti4400. But I'm glad they call it a Ti4200, cause that makes it cost only $140 as opposed to probably $200 if they called it a Ti4400. =)
Oh, I just checked at newegg... it's now $145, probably because I've been talking about it so much on AnandTech, lol. Either way... if you're lookin for a card under $150, THIS is the card to get. BTW, Googlegear also carries the card, and it's priced at $143 currently.
The Asus V8420S (GF4 Ti4200) is one hell of an overclocker. It uses the Ti4600's 8 layer PCB, and uses a Ti4400's 3.3ns RAM. Out of the box this card runs at a default speed of 260/550. But that's just the beginning... using the coolbits registry hack, I've adjusted mine all the way up to 335/655. It runs perfectly stable up there too... that's faster than a stock Ti4600 (300/650).
I've backed it down to 325/650 because I don't see a difference at all between that an 335/655, so I'd rather not run it right on the edge of stability.
I tested the card for a short time at 350/700, and it completed 3DMark2001... however, tearing was horrible, and I took the temp on the PCB right behind the GPU core and it was 58 C... at 325 it runs at 36 C... quite a difference.
A few people claim to be running their V8420S at around 325/680... but I think if they ran 3DMark, they'd see tearing in the Dragothic tests... that's the only game I see tearing in... and the fact that it tears at all, in any game, is reason enough for me not to push it any harder.
I can't figure out why Asus is selling this card as a Ti4200. It can easily pass as a Ti4400. But I'm glad they call it a Ti4200, cause that makes it cost only $140 as opposed to probably $200 if they called it a Ti4400. =)
Oh, I just checked at newegg... it's now $145, probably because I've been talking about it so much on AnandTech, lol. Either way... if you're lookin for a card under $150, THIS is the card to get. BTW, Googlegear also carries the card, and it's priced at $143 currently.