Gainward nVidia Ti4800SE Video Card Review

AthlonXP takes a look at Gainward’s GeForce4 Ti4800SE, a Ti4400 card with AGP 8x capability. You shouldn’t, but you possibly will, get this confused with the Ti4800, which is actually an 8X capable Ti4600 - unless you live in North America where you’ll know it as a 4600-8X card. Just to prove how confusing this can be: I ordered a Leadtek Ti4800SE from Ebuyer and ended up with a Ti4200. So if you’re buying one of these, make sure you know exactly what you’re getting!

In order to compare the real world benefits of the new GeForce4 cards from NVIDIA, we have run a series of tests comparing the old Ti4400 to the new Ti4800SE. The specifications for both of these cards are the same, as the chart below reveals, so we should certainly see just how the AGP 8X bus benefits the GeForce4 Ti cards. Since there have been no changes to the Ti4400 core, many wonder what the justification for the name change is. It could be said it is misleading to name the Ti4400 a Ti4800SE without increasing the speed of the card above the current Ti4400 cards or the Ti4600 for that matter. Certainly many will buy the cards thinking 4800 is faster than 4600, even though the Ti4600 is clocked higher than the Ti4800SE. This certainly illustrates the need to compare purchases thoroughly before buying based on the name of a video card.

Gainward nVidia Ti4800SE Video Card