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How well will a GF4 work on my system?
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Posted by: Bobaroo
Ok, I am ready to buy a GeForce4 Ti4400, but before I spend $300 I want to know If it would work good on my system.
I think it would be fine but I just want to make sure.
My spec's are...
Aopen Ax34Pro(VIA Apollo Pro 133A)
Celeron 600
192mb SDRam
The only thing that I can see slowing down the card is the slower processor.
Posted by: tkron
Of course these video cards are so new thay you may not get an quick reply as to weither it will work on your specific computer. but you are right. Your processor will be the bottleneck on your computer. You may wish to check that you have the latest BIOS for your motherboard. If you have a ATi chip on that motherboard you may wish to update to the 4in1 drivers of that chip too.
If memory serves me correct the first tomshardware review on February 6th had some problems with their computer that had a ATi chip, but not for that specific model see this link:
http://www4.tomshardware.com/graphi...eforce4-08.html
I quote
"Right after I received the two cards, I had to test the video output quality of the GeForce4 MX460. To do this quickly, I installed it in my multi media PC system in my living room, which is hooked up to the stereo to play SWR3 web radio all day (which I can't live without), and hooked up to my video/TV, as well, to replay copied DVDs from out of my home network. This system comes equipped with an Asus A7V266-E motherboard with VIA's Apollo KT266A chipset, an AthlonXP 2000+ processor, lots of memory and other nifty things.
Once the 27.30-driver had been installed, my GeForce4 MX460 card would not start WindowsXP as long as video-out of the GeForce4 MX was connected to the TV. I rang Lars in Germany and he tried a similar configuration, an AMD760 platform with AthlonXP 1900+. In his case the system would not run as well, as soon as the video-out of the GeForce4 MX460 was hooked to a television.
It seems as if Athlon plus GeForce4 MX plus television is not a good constellation. NVIDIA was very surprised, but also not particularly fussed. While NVIDIA likes to point fingers at ATi's driver issues, it seems to consider itself infallible. The test guys who ought to have caught this driver bug seem to be busy selling their stock or counting their money instead. That's how times change! A few years ago somebody at NVIDIA would have been willing and able to fix a bug of this kind. Today, nada ... "
Posted by: Bobaroo
Is there a way to tell if I have the latest drivers and bios? My dad doesn't like me messing around with that stuff, so I don't really want to download them if I have them already.
Posted by: Delzach
The bios string that shows up when you first boot tells you what version you have. You then look on the web site for your MB and it will tell you the latest version for that board.
Posted by: Bobaroo
I might upgrade my system to a P3 1ghz, how much difference will that make with the GF4?
Posted by: tkron
Going from 600 Mhz Celeron to a P3 1 Ghz processor will result in about a 60 percent improvement, and will work nicely with the GF4. 
I am assuming this means you are also getting a new MB, after installing the MB and the drivers, remember to check that the drivers you ahve a re the latest. Do not assume that the new motherboard will have the latest drivers. 
Posted by: Darky!
Your motherboard, considering how old it is, mite not support AGP4x. If thats the case, it would be a good idea to upgrade your motherborard as well to sometihng that does support AGP4x.
Posted by: Bobaroo
I am not getting a New Mobo because It can support up to a P3 1ghz, and it does have 4xAGP. i got this Mobo about 1 1/2 years ago.
Posted by: PITBULL
...you might need some ADVIL with the Geforce4 Bro,kinda like push starting a car don't ya think!
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