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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.

JayisunJ
06-07-2003, 07:10 AM
Ahh, the good ole' Ti4200. I think these cards were nVidia's greatest gift to gamers on a budget. I used mine for almost a year and a half and I only upgraded because I knew I would have to before Half Life 2 and Doom 3 come out. Now she sits in my 9800 Pro box eagerly wanting out to play again. Nice overclock by the way. I got my Gainward 650 XP (standard ti4200) up to 310/540, but nothin close to that ASUS! :wave:

ThugsRook
06-07-2003, 07:50 AM
awesome core speed out of that 4200!

my ti4600 can only manage 320x714 100% stable :look:
(2.8ns memory)

Jeff7181
06-08-2003, 01:03 PM
Originally posted by ThugsRook
awesome core speed out of that 4200!

my ti4600 can only manage 320x714 100% stable :look:
(2.8ns memory)
I actually completed a 3DMark2001 test at 350/700... but the tearing with the memory that high is horrible... and in normal games, it locks up with a core speed above 340. Needless to say I didn't run it at that speed for long, just kinda amazing to see a card that by default runs 260/550 complete a benchmark at 350/700. Now if only they'd make a Ti4200 with 2.8ns RAM, lol.

JayisunJ
06-08-2003, 04:16 PM
Well, according to Anandtech they DO make a 2.8ns Ti4200!? Here is the link - http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.html?i=18079
If you click the link at the bottom of the page to the actual article and click on the "video card list" heading, it has links to thier review of the card. It is the ASUS V9280S. Here are the specs according to the site: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8x 128MB 2.8ns, 275/600 MHz. Cool huh? ;)

Jeff7181
06-09-2003, 05:57 AM
:eek: I didn't know that... damn, I bought the wrong card, lol

Jeff7181
06-09-2003, 06:03 AM
Uh oh! They lied!

Asus's Specs (http://usa.asus.com/prog/spec.asp?m=V9280S&langs=09)

ThugsRook
06-09-2003, 06:49 AM
thats what i figured.

only the 4600 came with 2.8ns.

JayisunJ
06-09-2003, 09:42 AM
Too good to be true :(

Ilmater
06-16-2003, 12:41 PM
I can also say that that ASUS card OC's well. Mine is at 320/690. I could probably push the memory higher, but Coolbits is maxed and I don't like Powerstrip. I'd say that it was worth the money.

Jeff7181
06-21-2003, 09:38 AM
Originally posted by Ilmater
I can also say that that ASUS card OC's well. Mine is at 320/690. I could probably push the memory higher, but Coolbits is maxed and I don't like Powerstrip. I'd say that it was worth the money. Don't you get tearing with the RAM that high?

Moonwizard
06-21-2003, 12:44 PM
Asus makes real good overclockers on the graphic side... I know my plain old vanilla version of gf3ti200 can do 258mhz on the core and 554mhz on the memories without any tearing in 3dmark2k1... It gets really hot then but that is just max o/c normally I am at 220/500... :D

oldfart
06-21-2003, 03:28 PM
Its funny how these cards are marketed. What makes a 4200 a 4200? Mostly the differerent PCB VS 4400/4600 and the slower ram speed. A 4200 on a 4400/4600 8 layer PCB with 3.3 ns ram is a ....4400 with a 4200 name. change the ram tp 2.8ns and its a 4600.

Nice overclock on the card BTW.

pointreyes
06-21-2003, 03:40 PM
Being a 2D fanatic, I prefer the MSI Ti4200. MSI did it right for quality 2D with the nVidia video cards. :)

Skully
06-22-2003, 12:17 PM
Originally posted by pointreyes
Being a 2D fanatic, I prefer the MSI Ti4200. MSI did it right for quality 2D with the nVidia video cards. :) So did Gainward! :)