Advantages: Great Value for Money, so easy to overclock
Disadvantages: Not going to come close to current generation of cards

...This card, is from the Geforce 4 series of cards. We're now onto the Geforce 6 series, so you can tell, this card is getting old. It's not going to be able to compete with the new generation of cards that are being released, but it is probably one of the best budget cards around. A little lesson in hardware. VGA cards, have many processor pipelines, you can think of these as separate processors, it enables the processor to do calculations in parallel and thus increase the performance. Nowadays, when a company releases a budget card, it's been slowed down by having the number of processor pipelines choked down. Not so with the Geforce Ti4200, back in the day, all manufacturers did with these cards to differentiate them from their costlier more powerful brothers, was to slow them down. But the thing is, anyone who knows anything... Read review

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Advantages: Fairly cheap, Good for older games
Disadvantages: Not very good for todays games or even some of yesterdays

...No fancy titles here, just one statement thats straight to the point, you see I purchased the XFX 5600 with an understanding that it was a decent mid range performer that would replace my ti 4200, but what I found after was it was really more like the top end of a low range band of gpus. First of all theres the attractive box, a 'sexy' X shape with some sort of robotic Lynx on the front symbolising raw power and speed, then theres the advertising on the back. 'EXTREME GAMING HEALTH WARNING' people with high blood pressure, back, or heart problems should not use this card, the unmatched graphics quality may too to exhilarating and realistic. (We're just kidding it's all good, XFX products are safe.)' Marketing at its most laughable since at the time the cards it was supposed to be replacing( the Geforce 4 ti 4200 and the ti 600... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, cheap, Dual Monitor support
Disadvantages: Not the most up to date

...I bought this card for my new PC from Dabs for £79.15 in July 2003, because it was the cheapest Ti4200 card they had. So far as performance is concerned, it is the same as any other Ti4200 card however I was suprised by the number of extras that came with it. Forgetting the paper faff, the box contained: The graphics card A big bundle of about 10 CDs (some games, some utilites, drivers etc) A DVI-VGA adapter An s-video extension lead A dongle that plugs into the s-video port on the back of the card and provides svideo in&out and composite in&out Card features: VGA output, DVI output, s-video/composite in/out 8x AGP, 128Mb Memory, Ti4200 chipset As you can see, MSI have included lots of extra cool stuff - in particular the DVI-VGA adapter which allows two VGA monitors to be plugged into the card so that you can have a desktop... Read review

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Advantages: memory and frame rates
Disadvantages: price and manual

...Okay, just to clear up the title, this is an op about the Ti series GeForce cards. Recently, my household purchased a new computer containing a graphics card using the geforce 4 MX440 chipset. While this card is more than adequate for most games and applications on the market, it is already being outdated by the newer cards on the market. After upgrading to a card with the Ti4200 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), you can immediately tell the quality of the card is FAR superior to the MX series. The card has 256MB of DDR RAM with a 6.4GB bandwidth. Basically this means that the card can shift data around your PC at incredible rates. Even when playing the next generation of games the frame rate barely ever dips from being perfectly smooth. The software side of the Ti cards is easy to use as the latest drivers can be downloaded directly... Read review

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Advantages: best of the GeForce 4 series, great card for older PCs
Disadvantages: cooling fan might break down

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Advantages: Fast, cheap, easy to install.
Disadvantages: Gets very hot.

...the temperature it seemed to be far too high (55 degrees C when not doing anything, and up to 75 degrees C when running the latest games). I decided to remove the official heatsink and buy a Zalman Flower Cooler, which has reduced the temperature by 20 degrees C! I am impressed by the amount of speed with which I am able to do things on the PC eg games and applications - a significant jump from my previous 1 Ghz AMDathlon processor. When you consider the performance you are getting for the price - I would have no hesitation in recommending this processor. In use with an Asus A7v333 board, 512 MB PC2700 memory and a GeForce 4 Ti4200 graphics card I can achieve scores of 9600-9900 on 3D Mark 2001 SE benchmarking software.... Read review

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Advantages: Great Performance, Totally Silent
Disadvantages: Installation Trickier than Most

...You know you've done well when others try to imitate you. Zalman's silent heatpipe VGA coolers have been copied by many companies now. And this is one of the originals. The packaging of this product is very professional. A detailed instuction booklet complete with diagrams will take you through the installation. You even get a bag of spare parts and a screwdriver, in case you don't have one small enough for the small screws needed. Zalman have thought of everything. Installation is trickier than most VGA coolers, but most VGA coolers don't have a heatpipe on. It'll require quite a lot of thermal paste, but you get 2 tubes supplied by Zalman. (I use artic silver though). This cooler has been cooling my geforce4 Ti4200 (overclocked to near Ti4600 speeds) for over a year now. And my old card is still running without problems. I... Read review

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Advantages: good value
Disadvantages: not direct x 9

...Hmmm, my old pc just killed it self, so I took it on my self to throw it away and build my self a spangly new one :D woo. After buying my components (in the case 2100xp, 512 ddr, 80 gig etc), I then had the tough choice of what card to get. Well, there was only one choice for me, nvidia, so I got my self a Pine XFX geforce 4 ti 4200 64mb. 64 mb you say? Why only 64mb ? Well simple, the 64 mb later editions of these cards run FASTER and cost less. The pine cards in particular are UNDER clocked, meaning you can over clock and, well, not really be over-clocking it. (for those not in the know, overclocking is running the card faster then it's set in the factory, but this produces more heat, and may require cooling, such as a fan. Not enough cooling, and you CAN cause damage, but I've never had this happen to me) The latest 128 mb 4200s... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, quite fast, great product selection and very easy ordering.
Disadvantages: They were a bit slow to dispatch my order.

...I first found Komplett's site while browsing the online retailers section of another review site. I was looking for a new graphics card to replace my ageing GeForce2 MX, and after deciding on a GeForce4 Ti4200 I went searching for a good place to buy one from. There were so many retailers who stocked the GeForce4 Ti4200 it was difficult to choose. After browsing some customer reviews and exploring their professional site, I became confident that Komplett were the best place to buy my product from. I was particularly impressed with their prices, good reviews and product range. They are a large stockist of computer parts, from hard drives, video cards, motherboards, CPU's, fans, cases... you name it, they stock it. Their delivery options are very limited though: they only have the option of next day delivery via DHL Overnight (£7... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, good quality
Disadvantages: Big compared to new tubes and TFT panels

...I bought my 17-inch Hansol 710D about a year ago from Ebuyer as I was looking for a larger monitor primarily to browse the web and also to play games on without using magnifying glasses. Money was a a strong motivator in this choice, although I was finally swayed by a number of very good reviews for this monitor. So far, it has not diappointed. The monitor looks like any other cheap monitor with off-white cabinet and plastic stand. On the front are four buttons for the on screen menu system, and the on-off button. The status is indicated by a LED that turns green when on, or amber when no signal is received. Performance is very good, particularly keeping in mind the price. I used it with an STB velocity 128 video card at first and currently with a Gforce 4 TI4200. Refresh rates to up to 85Hz at 1024x768 pixels. The image is crisp... Read review

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