MSI G4Ti4600-VTD (GeForce4 Ti 4600) Review
By Vince Freeman :
June 20, 2002
MSI G4Ti4600-VTD GeForce4 Ti 4600 Specifications
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600: 300 MHz core
Memory: 650 MHz effective DDR memory clock
128-MB DDR SDRAM, Lightspeed Memory Architecture II
RAMDAC: Dual 350 MHz
Specifications
- RAMDAC 350MHz
- API Support Direct-X, Open GL ICD for Windows
- Connectors VGA, DVI-In, S-Video/TV Out
Features:
- nVIDIA nfiniteFX II Engine
- Dual programmable Vertex Shaders
- Advanced programmable Pixel Shaders
- nVIDIA Lightspeed Memory Architecture II
- nVIDIA Accuview Antialiasing
- 3D Textures
- Shadow Buffers
- 4 dual-rendering pipelines
- 8 texels per clock cycle
- Dual cube environment mapping
- 128MB high-speed DDR RAM memory
- High-Definition Video Processor (HDVP)
- AGP 4X with Fast Writes
- 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
- TV-Out and Video Modules
- Multibuffering (double, triple, quad) for smooth animation and video playback
- Microsoft DirectX and S3TC texture compression
- nVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
- Up to 10.4 GB/sec. memory bandwidth
- 136 million triangles/sec. setup engine
- 4.8 billion AA sample/sec. fill rate
- 1.23 trillion operations/sec.
Compatibility
- Complete Linux drivers, including full OpenGL
- Microsoft DirectX optimizations and support
- Complete OpenGL 1.3 and OpenGL support
- WHQL-certified Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
- Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95 display drivers
- Microsoft DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectVideo and DirectActiveX drivers
- - OpenGL ICD for Windows XP/2000/NT/98/95
- - Complete Linux display and OpenGL drivers support
- - Fully P00, PC99 and PC99a compliant
- Support operation system under Windows XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
- Linux compatible
- API support:
- OpenGL 1.3 and lower
- Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and lower
Minimum System Requirements:
- IBM PC or 100% Compatible
- 600 MHz or higher CPU
- AGP 4X Compliant Expansion Port
- 6X CD ROM drive
- Windows 95 OSR2, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP
- 32 or 64MB System Memory
