Which is Better?

[SYL\X/3K]

GeForce4 Ti 4200 128mb or a Sapphire ATI radeon 9550 256mb
(both AGP)


did a little research, im guessing the Geforce
thnx

 

[NosBoost300]

which ever has more pixel pipelines is probably the winner

 

[SYL\X/3K]

well they both hav 4 pixel pipelines:
Geforce: http://techreport.com/reviews/2002q3/ti4200s/index.x?pg=1
Radeon: http://shop.elsaco.com/ais2002/shop/page.php?product=0808032


** Edit the geforce owns

 

[Mjmitch2]

I used a Ti4200 AGP 128mb card in one of my old PCs before, its quite the workhorse!

 

[b1gapl]

I think 4200 wins here. But isn't the 9550 DX9? The 4200 is DX8 I believe. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[maroon1]

Ti4200 has little bit faster memory speed, but it is DX8.0 card, while the radeon9550 is DX9.0 card

 

[SYL\X/3K]

both cards are off by a bit, the geforce is faster in speed, but the radeon has more memory

 

[b1gapl]

Either 4200's faster clocks, or 9550's more memory and DX9. Maybe get the 9550 and OC it a tiny bit?

 

[maroon1]

both cards are off by a bit, the geforce is faster in speed, but the radeon has more memory

Radeon 9550 is not fast enough to take the advantage of 256MB memory, so the extra memory doesn't improve performance at all.

The only advantage that Radeon 9550 has over Ti4200 is that it supports pixel shader 2.0 (DirectX9.0)

 

[SYL\X/3K]

i never seen this type of card in my life! 640mb?
http://shop.elsaco.com/ais2002/shop/page.php?product=0811001&zone=3