e-GeFORCE4 Ti4400

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Today we are looking at the eVGA GF4 Ti 4400 128MB DDR AGP 4X/2X graphics card. eVGA is a fairly new company founded in 1999 out of Brea, California. Although new to the game, eVGA is quickly gaining a good name for themselves in the PC graphics card department. Namely with superior performing products at a competitive price. With those two combinations you really can't go wrong.

 

e-GeFORCE4 Ti 4400
 

Company: eVGA Product: e-GeFORCE4 Ti4400 Price: Approx 220$ Availability: Now Reviewed:  August, 2002

Introduction: Today we are looking at the eVGA GF4 Ti 4400 128MB DDR AGP 4X/2X graphics card. eVGA is a fairly new company founded in 1999 out of Brea, California. Although new to the game, eVGA is quickly gaining a good name for themselves in the PC graphics card department. Namely with superior performing products at a competitive price. With those two combinations you really can't go wrong.

As you know, there are 3 flavors of the GeForce Ti series cards. There is the Top end Ti 4600. The middle guy, Ti 4400 and the more budget friendly Ti 4200 version which is the cheapest of the three. All three varied in price ranges with their own specific markets. The Ti 4400 seems to be a favorite card among enthusiasts as it provides the best "bang for the buck". Normally a 4400 can be had for 100$ cheaper than a 4600, yet if your lucky enough to get a quality card, you can overclock the 4400 to near or beyond 4600 default speeds. You have to hand it to the nVidia folks marketing their products. They know their buyers well and what markets to target with specific hardware. And on that subject. I'm going to break it down in my own honest opinion.
 

I'm sure I'll get some flame mail for the above chart, but that always comes with the territory. Lets take a look at the specifications of each card below.

Specs and Performance

 

Key Features of the GF4 Ti Series Cards

	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 Antialiasing (AA)
	The Accuview Antialiasing subsystem with advanced multisampling hardware delivers full-scene antialiased quality at performance levels never before seen.
	nView Display Technology
	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.

Here are the particular hardware specs of the eVGA Ti 4400.

• 256-bit GeForce4 Ti (275MHz clock)
• 128MB 3.6ns 128-bit DDR Memory (275MHzclock - 550MHz effective)
• 8.8 GB per Second Memory Bandwidth
• AGP 4X with Fast Writes and Texturing support
• PC 99 DB-15 analog connector (VESA DDC2B+ DPMS)
• Video In/Out via S-Video & RCA Connectors
• DVI Connector for Analog/Digital Display
• 1.12 Trillion Operations per Second
• 125 Million Vertices per Second
• 4.4 Billion AA Samples per Second
• NVIDIA Reference Fan

Bear in mind. The GeForce4 Ti 4400 gets it's Memory speed by doubling the clock speed, thus DDR 275 = 550MHz. Not to downplay anyone's intelligence here, but to simply break it down in layman's terms as I have seen some folks curious about this lately.

Ok, so I could really go on posting specs for days here. But lets get to the actual review with a few OCA style homebrew pics of the card shall we?

 

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