My 2 secret weapons were new geforce4 ti4200s

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10-02-2003, 10:23 PM
Thunderbird1GHz

My 2 secret weapons were new geforce4 ti4200s

I know you guys were dieing to know, well now that im back and recieved the items, I shall let you know!

1. albatron ti4200 128mb. I know its not the turbro but still should overclock good. well I got a dog! the core was a3 stepping and did 300MHz but the 4ns ram only did 525! it came at 250/500 and I tried 530 first jump and got slight artifacts in the point sprite test in 3dmark 2001. I was like that cant be right and pushed the ram to 540 and artifact galore! pushed it down to 525 and all was fine. Pfffffff 128mb cards are dogs! even the albatron :eek:

2. abit siluro 64mb ti4200. I got it cheap too so I gave that one a shot. I loaded rivatuner and the core was a2. darn this might not do 300MHz and I was right. the 4ns ram which worried me did 600MHz which is amazing for 4ns! the 128mb albatron was also 4ns but sucked! Is there some plague with 128mb? do they use crap ram for the 128mb? The core locked up at 300MHz and at 295 had mild artifacts in the lake in nature. 290/600 was my final results and my score did not go up over 300/590 that my triplex ti4200 did, but the triplex one had 3.3ns ram so I was shocked the ram maxed at 590! seems like ns rating is a moot point!

3. got another ti200 for $30 so I was like what the heck ill try. that thing(PNY) did 220/490 which is ok but not great. my chaintech overclocked like a beast at 250/525 and I am not kidding, on air, no mods!

4. my corsair pc3000 xms ram failed to work stably at any speed. wouldnt even load windows past 166fsb. guy who sold me that ram says it may not be compatable with my mobo and told me to resell it which I did and someone bought it now easily on ebay.

5. I had sold my old corsair pc2700 ram in antiprecation of the new ram so now im using pc2100 ram and running my xp2000+ stock for now, I have corsair value 256mb pc3200 ram on the way and that thing better do over 200fsb, 215 would be nice at 2-2-2-6-t1 timings.

6. I am not having a good day or much luck :( ah well im just happy to be healthy and back from the hospital. If that ram wont do it, then forget 15k marks ill just wait for the a64 to mature and drop in price. Ill enjoy other things such as computer games, my pet fish and collecting coins :) my rig is way fast enough for games even at 14600 marks :)
10-02-2003, 11:08 PM
|_053|2

i was wondering where the eff you have been!!

how did you end up in the hospital, hope you're alright

sucks about your hardware troubles:(
10-02-2003, 11:17 PM
ranger2992

WELCOME BACK TBIRD, WE MISSED YOU

:D :D :D :D :D
10-02-2003, 11:20 PM
vairox

thunderbird - whats weird is my MSI 64 meg goes 310/650 with 4ns, maybe you should get one?
10-02-2003, 11:28 PM
BL1NK

Welcome back Thunderbird1GHz! I didnt think you would come back? Hope your getting better.

Any ways not all GF4ti4200 128mb OC like dogs. Well atleast sapasion got his up to 315/599 with his gainward. Oh and your sig is a little outdated ;).
10-03-2003, 12:23 AM
XP1800

Good to see you back Tbird! What happened that put you in the hospital, is everything ok now? I actually have to go in next week for a bunch of tests:mad:
10-03-2003, 12:29 AM
tituswolf

my best oc wasn't that bad 315/550
10-03-2003, 02:42 AM
sapasion

Quote:

Originally posted by BL1NK
Welcome back Thunderbird1GHz! I didnt think you would come back? Hope your getting better.

Any ways not all GF4ti4200 128mb OC like dogs. Well atleast sapasion got his up to 315/599 with his gainward. Oh and your sig is a little outdated ;).

Yeah and I could do 318/620 with my previous one before it died after three months
10-03-2003, 03:27 AM
al bundy

Re: My 2 secret weapons were new geforce4 ti4200s

Quote:

Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
...im just happy to be healthy and back from the hospital...

I'm glad you're feeling better, welcome back! Noticed you had stopped posting for a while.

After that most unpleasant abdominal experience, hospital, etc, do you think you'll now be choosing another trademark slogan? ;)

:cool:
10-03-2003, 04:09 AM
THE SHADOW

this Asus V8420 I have has done 310/620 and I think thats quite good but I am too scared to run it at that speed, so its now running at 300/600. I do not care about points but I did notice that some games played a little bit better, looked more fluid, especially BF1942.
10-03-2003, 04:29 AM
adslegend

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Originally posted by vairox
thunderbird - whats weird is my MSI 64 meg goes 310/650 with 4ns, maybe you should get one?

The 64MB MSI Ti 4200 actually has 3.6 ns RAM I think. I had the 128MB version, that came with 4 ns and would easily overclock to 600 MHz from 446 or whatever the stock was.
10-03-2003, 05:21 AM
Colossus

Hey TB, Just for you I did rebench my GF4 4400 :D

Well yeah I know that was a lie, it wasnt for you... But oh well...

:D

16649 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7032208

15649 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6032766

Yes I know it was 1k points difference...
10-03-2003, 05:49 AM
PCJ

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secret weapons were ti4200s

yeah, we knew about that a while ago, your sig in some other forum told us (who else has benchies for just about every geforce card thats not fx?)
10-03-2003, 02:21 PM
Ignitionator

Geez T-Bird, why not invest into an R9500 Pro or an R9600 Pro and get it over with.
10-03-2003, 03:15 PM
Thunderbird1GHz

"how did you end up in the hospital, hope you're alright"

long story, see locked thread at bottom of first page(or the next pages)

"thunderbird - whats weird is my MSI 64 meg goes 310/650 with 4ns, maybe you should get one?"

wow thats a crazy overclock. of course its luck too. I could get 280/550 or 350/700 for all I know. I dont even think I should bother with another ti4200 except perhaps if its already overclocked :D and it better be guaranteed too. Ill probably break 15k with my 290/600 if my new ram shines and thats enough, time to save my cash later down the road for an a64 and also games like HL2 :D

"Any ways not all GF4ti4200 128mb OC like dogs"

the odds are quite in favor of a 64mb and I shall change my sig soon, wait for my ram to come ;) better get your barton and fsb higher too!

"Yeah and I could do 318/620 with my previous one before it died after three months"

nice, I owned a gainward 64mb that did 280/560 wasnt happy and resold that :mad:

"Yes I know it was 1k points difference..."

nice. shows what a beefier cpu can do, but your ti4400 is like 310/690 which totally eats my 290/600. Intel rigs are faster but very expensive. ill be happy with 15k on mine and its a ti4200 too :)

"Geez T-Bird, why not invest into an R9500 Pro or an R9600 Pro and get it over with."

when prices drop to like $50 I shall collect one of those as well, but my ti4200 shall be my primary card and my goal for 15k. dont want any other card, well besides those in my sig but the ti4200 is the spotlight. I remember when I had a ti4600 I ate you by like 30 marks cause my cpu was only 2.09GHz. Now the tables could turn itll be interesting if I eat you with a ti4200 :D I know it wont be easy but ;)
10-03-2003, 03:24 PM
Ignitionator

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Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
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"Geez T-Bird, why not invest into an R9500 Pro or an R9600 Pro and get it over with."

when prices drop to like $50 I shall collect one of those as well, but my ti4200 shall be my primary card and my goal for 15k. dont want any other card, well besides those in my sig but the ti4200 is the spotlight. I remember when I had a ti4600 I ate you by like 30 marks cause my cpu was only 2.09GHz. Now the tables could turn itll be interesting if I eat you with a ti4200 :D I know it wont be easy but ;) [/B]

You 15k goal with a Ti-4200 is quite possible, just need to work on the FSB some more. And MAYBE consider an nForce2 motherboard? ;)
10-03-2003, 05:29 PM
|_053|2

an nForce2 with faster ram would definately do the trick
10-03-2003, 09:21 PM
Thunderbird1GHz

Quote:

Originally posted by |_053|2
an nForce2 with faster ram would definately do the trick

the faster ram part yes :) dont wanna spend $100 on an nf2 then its tons of work to swap mobos, esp due to my slk-800 and reformatting windows. the kt400 has served me nicely and she is not going anywhere till the kt800 for the a64 a while down the road :)
10-04-2003, 01:23 AM
Colossus

No comment on my new scores? :D
10-04-2003, 01:41 AM
Thunderbird1GHz

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus
No comment on my new scores? :D

why of course nice work! you made the front page too! so close to 17k on a ti4400 :eek: That requires an expensive cpu and good ocs on both sides
10-04-2003, 02:00 AM
BL1NK

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I shall change my sig soon, wait for my ram to come better get your barton and fsb higher too!

If it makes you feel better than you can keep your sig that way :p. I actualy lowered my fsb a couple mhz and just raised my multi up a notch. I get better results that way...
10-04-2003, 03:21 AM
Psycho Evangelion

Quote:

Originally posted by Colossus
No comment on my new scores? :D

Colossus, one day you are going to buy an AMD processor and marvel at its ease of use and capabilities. Cmon, you know you want to bench with an A64! You know you do!:D