Visiontek Ti 4200 review
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on June 14, 2002 at 4:49:03 PM
Beyond3D reviews a Visiontek Ti 4200.
The suggested price of USD$249 may sound pricey for a "low end" GeForce4 Ti card but with VisionTek opting for 128MB to "promote" anti-aliasing as a possibility at high resolutions (i.e. higher than 1024x768), the amount of memory has to be taken into consideration. This review suggests that this is not necessarily true all the time - it depends on the type of game and the anti-aliasing option implemented. 2xAA is barely an option in Jedi Knight2 - with Comanche4 and F1 2001, any kind of AA is not an option at this high a resolution. Yes, perhaps 128MB has an advantage over 64MB - it actually allows the ability to use even 4xAA in games because of the larger frame buffer. Actual performance is another matter.
The suggested price of USD$249 may sound pricey for a "low end" GeForce4 Ti card but with VisionTek opting for 128MB to "promote" anti-aliasing as a possibility at high resolutions (i.e. higher than 1024x768), the amount of memory has to be taken into consideration. This review suggests that this is not necessarily true all the time - it depends on the type of game and the anti-aliasing option implemented. 2xAA is barely an option in Jedi Knight2 - with Comanche4 and F1 2001, any kind of AA is not an option at this high a resolution. Yes, perhaps 128MB has an advantage over 64MB - it actually allows the ability to use even 4xAA in games because of the larger frame buffer. Actual performance is another matter.