GF4 Ti4200 Question

[JuicyFruit]

Given the choice, MSI or Chaintech. Just those two. Just tonight.

I read up on a thread and they seem kind of similar, with the MSI yielding better results with overclocking. I'm not much of a video card overclocker but the option doesn't hurt. But some people said that the quality of the picture wasn't that great with MSI. . . I've got a Chaintech now, 128mb, but I can have a MSI 128mb one tomorrow (swapping).

Thanks.

 

[Bovinicus]

If it doesn't cost you any money, and the MSI video card tends to overclock better, then I see no reason why you shouldn't go ahead and accept it.

 

[JuicyFruit]

Just curious as to who has either of the two. I don't know anyone else with a Chaintech. Not sure if that's a good thing.

Any MSIers out there to convince me to switch?

I'll probably be getting the MSI tomorrow anyhow, but I'd still like to know what's up. It looks cooler too.

 

[amdskip]

Pretty much the same card because they just use nvidia's reference board with their own stuff on them. Go for the MSI if you want overclock.

 

[Inept]

If nothing else, the MSI package should be reason enough to pick it over Chaintech. You get 3 full version games and a bunch of demos, you get DVD software (not too bad either), you get a nice assortment of cables and adapters and you get a great performing and good looking video card to top it all off. Chaintech and MSI both build video cards off nVidia's reference specifications, so they shouldn't be too different. At the very least they should never be worse than nVidia's specs, only better or equivalent.

I'm very happy with my 128MB MSI TI4200 and I'd recommend it.