GF4 Ti4200 vs Intergrated GF6100

[MeatLoaf]

Im in the process of upgrading a family PC which currently has :

XP2400+
GF4 Ti4200 GFX 64Mb

Ive managed to get hold of a socket 939 3200+ and have a choice of mobos.

Should i get either a PCI-E mobo with intergrated GF6100 graphics

or

should i get an asrock dual 939 and continue to use the Ti4200?

Which would be quicker. Dosent play many games, mainly COD1 and COD2 in DX7 mode.

Maybe in a few months i will see if i can get my hands on an FX5900/6600GT

 

[wizardmaxx]

I would try and find a buyer for the 4200 and live with the onboard graphics until you upgrade. Best i can find is that the 4200 is about 15% faster than the 6100, but thats in dx7. In dx9 its probably a different story

 

[paradigm]

In dx9 its probably a different story

Yes, its a hugely different story, the GF4 can't do DX9, its a DX8.1 counterpart.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

as it stands the 6100 core is faster than the ti4200, but the ti4200 has a 128bit memory interface where the 6100 probably has a 64bit memory interface. so at resolutions like 1024x768 the ti4200 will have the lead, where as at 640x480 the 6100 will be in the lead.

i have a 6200 64bit card in my 6th pc and that plays battlefield 2 at 1024x768 wonderfully with everything turned to low/off excpet for textures which are set to medium. it still shockingly has a very playable framerate and doesn;t look too shabby.

ti4200 won;t even run the game.

however the trick with some games like flat out 2 and toca race driver 3 is to put the display resolution into a 16bit mode. less need for memory bandwidth then and games play quite well.

 

[MeatLoaf]

The only other problem is the 6100 board only has 2 RAM slots, and ath the moment the pc thats been upgraded has 3x256Mb sticks, so there would only be 512Mb RAM in there, 64Mb of which would be pinched by the intergrated gfx.

At least with the asrock dual it has 4 slots so its an easy enough job to get another 256Mb stick and take it to 1Gb

 

[barnettgs]

Ti4200 would be faster than GF6100 in Directx 9 games...why? Because poor GF6100 will have extra grunt of directx 9 effects to take care of but you'll see less attractive graphic in Ti4200.

I replaced Geforce 3 with Radeon 9550 256mb 128-bit and while both has similar bandwidth, geforce is faster.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

im going to replace the gf3 ti200 thats in my server with a radeon 9250 since the radeon card is passive cooling and im going to be making a ultra quiet server.

 

[MeatLoaf]

Another thing ive just realised is the RAM is PC2100 DDR266.

Im assuming that i can just set it to DDR266 in the BIOS? According to the manual for the abit 6100 board on ocuks website it supports DDR333/DDR400, does that mean DDR266 wont work?

 

[Mitch007]

Asuming the ram is portable, i'd keep the 4200 (great card in it's day) and get the asrock board. I think the integrated graphics could be a dead loss, especially if it shares system RAM

 

[MeatLoaf]

Ive managed tro get a decent 939 AGP board off MM so im going to reuse the Ti4200. Plus ive then got 4 ram slots so if i get another 256Mb stick it will have a gig of ram