Upgrade from Ti4200 128mb, Please advise!

[Newbienumber1]

Hi all,

I currently have a bog standard Ti4200 with 128mb and am considering getting a Connect3D 9500 128mb (non pro).

After doing the hardware or software upgrade will this give me extra speed?

My current clocks for the Ti4200 are 295\544.

Is it worth it?

[Gator]

I would have to say no,

an R9500 will perform around the same, or slightly better than a TI4200. It will be able to do certain processes faster because of it other features including DX9. But if you look at the benchmarks, a GF4TI card is only JUST slightly less than a R9500.

A better investment is the R9700 (pro or non-pro), and they don't sell for much more money. Here's a R9700 non-pro for $218
http://www.fticomputer.com/cgis/detail.cgi?product=VB-PC-ATI-XR9700-C3-128B&secat=VB

[Newbienumber1]

Thanks for that.

But will it make a difference if i changed it to the 9700 and clocked it?

it does have clocks of 275/275, im sure you could squeeze a bit more out of it!

[renegade77]

Be carful of fti computers. I just baught a 9700 card from them.
The problem is i thought i was getting a 9700pro. But when i checked the clock speeds of the card it turned out it was running at the non-pro clock. Ive contacted them about the problem hopefully i can work somthing out.

[Sazar]

Originally posted by Newbienumber1
Hi all,

I currently have a bog standard Ti4200 with 128mb and am considering getting a Connect3D 9500 128mb (non pro).

After doing the hardware or software upgrade will this give me extra speed?

My current clocks for the Ti4200 are 295\544.

Is it worth it?

per ati specs.. the 9500 PRO is designed to compete with the 4200... not the 9500 NON-pro which is designed to compete with the gf4mx seres of cards and below...

I would highly recommend getting the 9500 PRO over the NON-pro version...

you can of course do the software mod but there are no guarantees as to if it will work... remember it is not tested to work as a 9700 non-pro by people other than you that are in the privy :) its a risk..

the 9500 PRO compares very favorably with the 4600 and outperforms it handily in FSAA :)

like chalnoth says... no reason for people using a gf4ti and above NOT to play with a small degree of FSAA turned on :)