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GeForce4 Ti 4200 Preview

Posted by michael on from the CGA dept.

Mike Chambers writes "Hi All, I've completed a preview of NVIDIA's GeForce4 Ti 4200 graphics chipset. Although the preview contains your typical benchmarks, it's centered around game play and antialiasing image quality. Here's a list of the games involved - Quake 3 & Team Arena, IL-2 Sturmovik, Nascar Racing 2002 Demo, Jedi Knight 2, Serious Sam 2, Max Payne Demo, Comanche 4 Demo, Dungeon Siege and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 Demo. Since antialiasing image quality, especially Quincunx and 4XS, was an important aspect of the preview, all of the screen shots were saved in high quality PNG format. For those Slashdot readers that are avid gamers, you might want to check this out."

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  1. Hey by Forsh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Too bad the Linux "d00ds" will not enjoy as great a gaming experience with this bad boy as us "Windows" d00ds. I could never see Everquest, Camelot, or anything like it as open source. Would ruin the game totally.

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    1. Re:Hey by Forsh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Damnit I will take you to hell.

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    2. Re:Hey by Forsh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Before I bring you to hell, let me tell you that Linus and his tribunal will never enjoy the same gaming experience as us "Windows" D00Dz, because he can not haXor the kerNal, so he would cry when I kill him. K.Thx.

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    3. Re:Hey by Forsh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Gamers don't want liNux haXors ruining their gaming experience. k. thx. Iwonder how hard it would be to cheat in Everquest if it was ported to liNux.

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  2. HEY by Forsh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How can they post a story about a card that can only be fully realized under WIndows. Are you all thinking of converting to a real gaming box finally, and throwing out your l337 LiNux haXor box? I am happy to hear that....

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  3. Oh for the days of good code by Hyperhaplo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow. A new video card jam packed with electronic goodies humming with performance power.

    Does anyone remember the days of good clean code and high performance? All this card does, AFAICS, is give developers more excuse to waste CPU, RAM and bandwidth. Bah. 'oh look! they have all this RAM and CPU power now: lets bloat!'

    Yes, it's a nice card and thanks for the pointer toward the review. I just disagree with our current "we have the resources to waste!" attitude to coding. I can't wait for the 10G CPU, 2Gig ram and 1 Gig video card that's going to be required to run games on windows 2010.

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  4. I don't get it... by ferrocene · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The reviewer's setup:

    "The following is a list of the hardware and software used in this preview.

    AMD Athlon XP 1800+ @ 1.53GHz
    NVIDIA Reference Motherboard (nForce Chipset)
    256MB Corsair PC2400 DDR RAM
    21-Inch Sony Multiscan E500 Monitor
    NVIDIA Reference GeForce4 Ti 4600 (300MHz/650MHz) - 128MB
    NVIDIA Reference GeForce4 Ti 4200 (250MHz/500MHz) - 64MB
    NVIDIA Detonator XP Driver Version 28.32
    32-Bit Color / Sound Disabled * / Vsync Disabled / 75Hz Refresh Rate
    Windows XP Professional / DirectX 8.1"

    Ok, you're reviewing a card with 128mb of video memory, yet your main system memory is only 256mb? On WinXP? Dude, just shell out the extra $$ for at least 512. Unless using 2 DIMM's somehow cuts your performance. Who's using 256? Compaq?

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  5. You my friend.... by Nickovsky · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are a complete fucktard.... Thank you.