GPU Name NV25 GPU Variant Ti 4200 Architecture Kelvin Foundry TSMC Process Size 150 nm Transistors 63 million Density 443.7K / mm² Die Size 142 mm² Graphics CardClock SpeedsGPU Clock 250 MHz Memory Clock 250 MHz 500 Mbps effective MemoryMemory Size 64 MB Memory Type DDR Memory Bus 128 bit Bandwidth 8.000 GB/s Render ConfigPixel Shaders 4 Vertex Shaders 2 TMUs 8 ROPs 4 Theoretical PerformancePixel Rate 1.000 GPixel/s Vertex Rate 125.0 MVertices/s Texture Rate 2.000 GTexel/s Board DesignSlot Width Single-slot TDP unknown Suggested PSU 200 W Outputs 2x VGA 1x S-Video Power Connectors None Graphics FeaturesDirectX 8.1 OpenGL 1.5 OpenCL N/A Vulkan N/A Pixel Shader 1.3 Vertex Shader 1.1 NVIDIA would have been quite happy supplying the mainstream market with GeForce4 MX cards but because of the Radeon 8500LE it became necessary for NVIDIA to also have a DX8 card in this sector; and thus the GeForce4 Ti 4200 was born.  The GeForce4 GPU is considerably more expensive to manufacture than the GeForce4 MX so costs had to be cut as much as possible to make the Ti 4200 a profitable offering. The GPU is clocked at 250MHz, making it the highest yielding NV25 GPU coming out of TSMC. As far as memory goes the card can be offered with 222MHz DDR (effectively 444MHz) or 250MHz DDR (effectively 500MHz) SDRAM. The difference in memory clock speeds arises from the fact that the cards will be offered with TSOP packaged memory and not the new BGA packaged memory we've seen on the higher end GeForce4s. In order to offset the costs of the 128MB cards the slower memory is used while the 64MB cards get the benefit of faster memory. Sticking to TSOP memory allowed NVIDIA to keep to an older board design and you'll notice by the above pictures that the power circuitry is significantly reduced. The Ti 4200 PCBs are also 6-layer boards instead of the much more expensive 8-layer 4400/4600 boards. The end result is a GeForce4 that is cheap enough to produce that it can be sold for $179/$199 (64MB/128MB). Availability is very scarce at this point, most board manufacturers are waiting for chips from NVIDIA. Most cards will begin to appear in May. One thing that should be made very clear is that the overclocking characteristics of the reference boards being sent out for review now are in no way representative of how final Ti 4200 boards will overclock. NVIDIA's reference boards have historically overclocked much better than shipping cards which also explains why NVIDIA usually encourages reviewers to try overclocking in their reviews. ATI's Radeon 8500LE: Let the people have DX8 compatibility The Test After massive price cuts by ATI on their Radeon line, Nvidia is forced to come up with a low cost card to market. This is where the MSI GeForce 4 Ti4200 comes in, with an estimated retail price of $150 US or $260 CDN, the Ti4200 comes with VIVO options, DVI to analog converter WinProducer, WinCoder, No One Lives Forever, Sacrifice and AquaNox. Similar to the MSI GeForce 4 Ti4600, the Ti4200 is its little sister but no means weak in performance. Features (From MSI's website) Chipset Features
640x480 8/16/32 bit colors with 150Hz 800x600 8/16/32 bit colors with 150Hz 1024x768 8/16/32 bit colors with 120Hz 1152x864 8/16/32 bit colors with 120Hz 1280x1024 8/16/32 bit colors with 100Hz 1600x1200 8/16/32 bit colors with 85Hz 1920x1200 8/16/32 bit colors with 75Hz 2048x1536 8/16/32 bit colors with 60Hz GeForce4 Ti4600 GeForce4 Ti4400 GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB Chip Clock 300 MHz 275 MHz 250 MHz 250 MHz Memory Clock(DDR) 650 MHz 550 MHz 444 MHz 500 MHz Memory Bandwidth 10,400 MB/s 8,800 MB/s 7,100 MB/s 8,000 MB/s nfiniteFX II Engine The NVIDIA nfiniteFX II Engine incorporates dual programmable Vertex Shaders, faster Pixel Shaders and 3D textures. The nfiniteFX II Engine gives developers the freedom to program a virtually infinite number of custom special effects to create true-to-life characters and environments. Accuview Anti-Aliasing The NVIDIA Accuview Antialiasing (AA) subsystem tackles difficult antialiasing problems by providing a unique and flexible technology architecture that delivers high-quality graphics at unbeatable levels of performance. For the first time, end users can choose high-resolution antialiasing as their default display mode, without suffering any performance degradation in their favorite games and applications. nView The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience. nView allows end-users to select any combination of multiple displays, including digital flat panels, analog CRTs, and TVs, and to modify the display properties using an intuitive software interface. |
