Please advise me

[Toto]

Can someone tell me if this is a good graphics card that would be worth it if I bought it for 400Aus?

Nvidia 4th-generatioin 256-bit GeForce4 Ti 4200 GPU
nfiniteFX� II Engine
64 or 128MB fast DDR Memory
8.8 GB⁄sec Memory Bandwidth
Accuview Antialiasing� Engine
4.4 Billion AA samples per second fill rate
113 million vertices⁄sec Peak Vertex Processing Rate
1.12 trillion operations⁄sec
On-board TV-out support up to 1024x768 resolution
On-board DVI support up to 1600x1200 resolution
High-quality HDTV⁄DVD playback
Nvidia video Processing engine (VPE)
Full acceleration for Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL 1.3 ICD
Comprehensive AGP 4X support
Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC, resolution up to 2048x1536, True Color @ 60Hz
Full version games and utilities bundle include: Tom Claney`s Rogue Spear-Black Thorn, Aquanox, Master Rallye and Games Gallery) WinFastDVD, Colorific, 3Deep, True Internet Color and Cult3D.
Leadtek WinFox II system Utility

Hardware Features
Nvidia nfiniteFX� II Engine
Dual Programmable Vertex Shaders
Advanced Programmable Pixel Shaders
Nvidia Accuview� Antialiasing
Nvidia latest nView technology
3D Textures
Shadow Buffers
8 texels per clock cycle
Dual cube environment mapping
64 or 128MB high-speed DDR RAM memory
High-Definition video Processor (HDVP)
AGP 4X⁄2X and AGP Texturing Support
32-bit color with 32-bit Z⁄stencil buffer
Z-correct true, reflective bump mapping
High-performance 2D rendering engine
Hardware accelerated real-time shadows
True-color hardware cursor
Integrated hardware transform engine
Integrated hardware lighting engine
High-quality HDTV-DVD playback
Multibuffering (double, triple, quad) for smooth animation and video playback
DirectX and S3TC texture compression support
OpenGL 1.3 ICD support

cooling solution:
on-board active heat-sink cooling fan

AGP Standard:
AGP 2.0 slot support

TV-out:
TV-out up to 1024x768 resolution

[grantu2]

That card is ok low budget card but you should only pay 275AUS for that card and thats with 128mb ddr ram. Its not worth 400AUS.

[MasJ]

Yes it's a good card dammit But if you're getting a 4600 for a similar price, get that one. Otherwise if you have R300 available, get that, but if you have this one only, then this one is the BEST!

[Toto]

The 4600 is about 200 more expensive MasJ and I'm not on a low budget i'm just saving.
BYW what brand is the R300 is it Radeon or what

[MasJ]

R300 is by ATI. If you can buy that, get that one, otherwise settle for a 4200. You should try eBay also, it might be cheaper and they generally ship to Australia.

[gannondorf]

Matrox Parhelia.

[Magus]

You had to slip the Parhelia in there didn't you gan. You sly devil. Well, I concur with my comrades that the card is not worth if for the money. It sounds like nvidia's newest revision of the Ti4200 which incorporates features the original's lacked. That might be why it is so expensive. Where are you looking to buy? If MSI distributes in Australia, you should go with their package. Usually cheap and bundles many extra goodies.

[MasJ]

Don't forget the TV-In, 3D Glasses, and uhh.. the DVI Out.
Those would make things 1337!
And don't buy the Parhelia, it's not what you need..

[grantu2]

I swear I knew what gan was going to say in this post "get a Parhelia" man I should work for Mrs. Cleo on the psyhic network.

[gannondorf]

lol grantu2 i wasnt about to say that, because this dude doesnt need it's all supreme features, and it's rather expensive...


and btw Magus, nice signature there

[Magus]

Haha, that lady is nuts.