VoodooHellfire
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Okay all, didn't think this warranted news on the main page, but thought I'd let everyone know that I picked up a PNY Verto GeForce4 4400 over the weekend. Really great card. Couple of issues that I've seen so far.
First, overall length of the card. I'm running an Asus A7V Motherboard and the end of the card actually rests on the ribbon cable coming out of one of my ATA100 controllers. Nvidia dogged 3dfx for the length of the V5 5500 (which I also owned) and now they are doing the same thing. Eh.
Second, PNY bundles those 3d glasses with this card. Horrid hardware. Really bad strobing. There's no way I'd actually play a game with these things on!
Other than that, well worth the $300(US) I paid for the card. My 3dmark scores are in the low 5000's though, but that probably has more to do with the fact that I'm running a Tbird 800 (200Mhz FSB).
If anybody else picks up either the 4400 or the 4600, I strongly recommend downloading the tech demos that Nvidia has on their site. It will really show you what your card can do. Last thing. For some reason I'm topping out at about 70FPS in UT avg. Not sure if it's a CPU issue or Vsync or what. I've seen the topic floated before, but never saw a definite resolution. Any help or ideas would be cool.
BTW, here's the specs on my system.
ASUS A7V
AMD Tbird 800 MHz (200FSB) (not OC'd)
512 PC133 SDRAM
3 Hard Drives, one on the ATA100 Controller (you don't want to know)
SBLive! Value (Soon to be replaced with an Audigy)
No modem installed (been using Cable for last 3 years)
oh, and last but not least....PNY Verto GeForce4 4400 (stock)
First, overall length of the card. I'm running an Asus A7V Motherboard and the end of the card actually rests on the ribbon cable coming out of one of my ATA100 controllers. Nvidia dogged 3dfx for the length of the V5 5500 (which I also owned) and now they are doing the same thing. Eh.
Second, PNY bundles those 3d glasses with this card. Horrid hardware. Really bad strobing. There's no way I'd actually play a game with these things on!
Other than that, well worth the $300(US) I paid for the card. My 3dmark scores are in the low 5000's though, but that probably has more to do with the fact that I'm running a Tbird 800 (200Mhz FSB).
If anybody else picks up either the 4400 or the 4600, I strongly recommend downloading the tech demos that Nvidia has on their site. It will really show you what your card can do. Last thing. For some reason I'm topping out at about 70FPS in UT avg. Not sure if it's a CPU issue or Vsync or what. I've seen the topic floated before, but never saw a definite resolution. Any help or ideas would be cool.
BTW, here's the specs on my system.
ASUS A7V
AMD Tbird 800 MHz (200FSB) (not OC'd)
512 PC133 SDRAM
3 Hard Drives, one on the ATA100 Controller (you don't want to know)
SBLive! Value (Soon to be replaced with an Audigy)
No modem installed (been using Cable for last 3 years)
oh, and last but not least....PNY Verto GeForce4 4400 (stock)