The seem to be unloading Geforce 4 series cheap

[Surf314]

They worth it? Or are they going cheap because they are as flawed as the rumors?

[HeK]

Or possibly because they are REALLY OLD.....

They came out almost nine years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_4_Series

[Surf314]

Or possibly because they are REALLY OLD.....

They came out almost nine years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_4_Series

I meant the 4xx series. Supposedly they had power/heat problems and nvidia is trying to rush out the 5xx series which fixes those issues (and sweep the 4xx's under the rug).

[Spore]

The 460 is one of the defining cards of the last graphics card generation.

[[fr31ns]Karrde]

the GTX 470 is no slouch either.

[Surf314]

The 460 is one of the defining cards of the last graphics card generation.

Well that's what I mean, is it worth looking into picking up one on the cheap or not?

[Spore]

[quote author=Spore link=topic=5282.msg189754#msg189754 date=1293475152]
The 460 is one of the defining cards of the last graphics card generation.

Well that's what I mean, is it worth looking into picking up one on the cheap or not?
[/quote]

Just how "on the cheap" are we talkin' here?

[Surf314]

New Egg seems to be more often having them on their special sales. I saw a 450 for $100 the other day. I'm still a month out before I'd have any spare cash but usually there is no nvidia cards, and if there are they are not 4xx series. Lately there has been quite a few. I put that and Tom's review of the 5xx series together and figure they may be trying to unload them and replace the 4xx series with the 5xx series.

[Spore]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami...,2803.html

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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami...,2803.html

+1

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami...803-7.html


Holy shit that goes far back, the first box I personally built had a Geforce 2 GTS in it

[Surf314]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami...,2803.html

Seems to be telling me to wait for a 470 or higher. I think I'll just keep waiting unless there are some good sales.

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[quote author=Spore link=topic=5282.msg189843#msg189843 date=1293517173]
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami...,2803.html

Seems to be telling me to wait for a 470 or higher. I think I'll just keep waiting unless there are some good sales.
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Well also it seems people skip graphics generations, I went 2 - > 4 - > 7 - > 2XX -> (likely 5XX/6XX when I upgrade)

I hardly knew anyone that had 3, 5 (FX), 9 (1xx), or 3XX

[HeK]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=5282.msg189864#msg189864 date=1293547612]
[quote author=Spore link=topic=5282.msg189843#msg189843 date=1293517173]
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami...,2803.html

Seems to be telling me to wait for a 470 or higher. I think I'll just keep waiting unless there are some good sales.
[/quote]


Well also it seems people skip graphics generations, I went 2 - > 4 - > 7 - > 2XX -> (likely 5XX/6XX when I upgrade)

I hardly knew anyone that had 3, 5 (FX), 9 (1xx), or 3XX


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I had THE GeForce 3 card (Asus v8200 Deluxe, Circa 2001, paid $500 for it at the time) and both Luin and I are rocking 9-series (9800 GT and 9600 GT). The 9-series has massive power savings over the 8-series.

[Spore]

[quote author=Surf314 link=topic=5282.msg189864#msg189864 date=1293547612]
[quote author=Spore link=topic=5282.msg189843#msg189843 date=1293517173]
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gami...,2803.html

Seems to be telling me to wait for a 470 or higher. I think I'll just keep waiting unless there are some good sales.
[/quote]


Well also it seems people skip graphics generations, I went 2 - > 4 - > 7 - > 2XX -> (likely 5XX/6XX when I upgrade)

I hardly knew anyone that had 3, 5 (FX), 9 (1xx), or 3XX


[/quote]

Nvidia went from the 200 series to the 400 series by the way. No 3XX.

Edit: Well, they did this piece of junk, but that doesn't count.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_gef...10_us.html

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Nvidia went from the 200 series to the 400 series by the way. No 3XX.

Edit: Well, they did this piece of junk, but that doesn't count.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_gef...10_us.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_300_Series

[Spore]

[quote author=Spore link=topic=5282.msg189956#msg189956 date=1293577262]


Nvidia went from the 200 series to the 400 series by the way. No 3XX.

Edit: Well, they did this piece of junk, but that doesn't count.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_gef...10_us.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_300_Series
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It's all just rebranded, OEM only low end 200 series stuff. For all intents and purposes, the 300 series doesn't exist.

[Spore]

So, while people are on the topic of upgrading videocards, it seems that the 6950 can be essentially modded into a 6970 for free. It's pretty much a completely artificial difference between the two cards.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/over...idcard/159

Fun stuff. 6950's are nicely priced too.