Video cards

Performance

We're assuming that you're pretty up-to-date concerning the relative speed of a GeForce4 Ti 4600 board, so we're simply confirming that the MSI G4Ti4600-VTD performs up to par with the other NVIDIA products. As such, our selection of comparison video cards include the GeForce4 Ti 4400, GeForce4 Ti 4200 (64-MB) and the GeForce3 Ti 500.

Our reference platform is the impressive SiS 645DX, powered by a Pentium 4-2.53 GHz and 512-MB of high-end Crucial PC2700. All memory and system timings are set to the highest PC2700 settings to ensure the best platform base. We've also upgraded to the latest NVIDIA 29.42 reference driver release, so the performance tests not only show relative scores but demonstrate how the new release may affect overall speeds and rankings.

For game benchmarks we've included the old favorites such as Quake 3: Arena, 3DMark 2001SE and Return to Castle Wolfenstein , as well as newer games like Jedi Knight II, Comanche 4 and Serious Sam; The Second Encounter. Full overclock testing is also featured, along with a few benchmarks demonstrating the potential framerate increases.

Test System

General Settings:
Desktop Resolution: 1024x768
Color Depth: 16-bit
V-Sync: Disabled

SiS 645DX - MSI 645E Max 2 Motherboard
Processors: Pentium 4-2.53B
Memory: 512 MB Crucial PC2700 DIMM
Motherboard: MSI 645E Max 2
Motherboard chip set: SiS 645DX
NVIDIA reference drivers: 29.42
Hard-Drive: Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM ATA100
IDE Interface: Ultra ATA100
Sound: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live
CD/DVD: Panasonic DVD-ROM
Power Supply: Sparkle 400 Watt
Operating System: Windows XP Pro

Video Cards:
MSI G4Ti4600-VTD GeForce4 Ti 4600
VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4400
GeForce4 Ti 4200 (64-MB) Reference
VisionTek Xtasy 6564 GeForce3 Ti 500

Quake III Arena Test Specifics
Version: 1.30 (retail)
V-Sync: Disabled
Sound Disabled
High Quality Defaults

Return to Castle Wolfenstein Specifics:
Version 1.0
High Quality Defaults
Checkpoint MP demo

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Specifics:
Version 1.05
Elephant Atrium demo

Jedi Knight II Specifics:
Version 1.02 Jk2ffa demo