On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 13:29:49 -0800, "DaveL"
wrote:

The GF4 ti4x00 will always be a classic.

Nvidia should have kept the ti4200 and made it the low end (MX) card instead
of the terrible FX5200 series. They did it before. They took the GF2
Ultra, pumped up the memory and called it a GF4 MX440.

Dave

Yep... logically, a Ti4200 would have made a CHEAPER and more
sucessful LOW-END card for todays PCs... Imagine THIS as a current
GPU line up... that makes sense:

$400 5950 Ultra
$300 5900 Ultra
$200 5900
$150 5700Ultra
$120 5700
$ 75 5600Ultra
$ 50 Ti4200-64mb


But instead we got a bloody mess of cross-over products spaning 3
generations DX7 (GF2mx/GF4mx) a few FX8 cards and then the GF5 series.

Realize this... I bet you for at least another 12 months, you'll still
find GF2mx/GF4MX cards on retail outlets STILL... for $30~50 - with NO
GF4Ti cards... this is already happened.

We junk are we up to now?

5950Ultra
5950 (128mb version?)
5900 Ultra 256mb
5900 Ultra
5900
5900XT
5900SE
5800Ultra
5800
5700Ultra 256mb
5700Ultra
5700
5600Ultra 256mb
5600Ultra (FC2)
5600Ultra
5600 256mb
5600
5600 256mb
5200Ultra 256mb
5200Ultra
5200 256mb
5200
5200 64bit 128mb
5200 64bit 64mb
5200 64bit PCI 64mb

(Won't touch the Go series)

That's 25 different chip types... of course 3~5 of them are no longer
being marketed, some are still in the channel.

Then add the moron company Gainward to call them ALL Ultras.


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