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There is an
old saying that goes something like, "bigger is better".
This definitely seems to apply when talking about video
cards. The GeForce 4 is the fourth generation in NVIDIA's
GeForce line, and each new installment seems just that
much bigger and better, than those that came before it.
Today we are going to look at Chaintech's A-GT61.
This is Chaintech's "Special Edition" model using GeForce
4 Titanium 4600 technology, currently the flagship of
their line of video cards. We feel this card is a beauty
to behold, with its dark PCB board and golden heatsinks on
front and back cooling the NV25 chip and ample 128MB of
650Mhz DDR RAM. The card itself is larger than most video
cards, with a large number of capacitors at one end.
It's size somewhat reminds me of the original AWE32 from
Creative Labs. Although they have been delivering
quality motherboards for sometime, Chaintech, hailing from
Taiwan, is a lesser known player in the video card market.
While their website is somewhat Spartan, their product
line is not, ranging from the new GeForce 4 models all the
way back to the Riva TNT2 series, including a standard
version of the TI 4600 that retails for slightly less than
the A-GT61, but leaves off the memory heatsinks. Lets take
a closer look at the Chaintech A-GT61 and see what it can
do:
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Specifications and Features of the
Chaintech GeForce4 Ti 4600 |
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The gold at the end of the rainbow? |
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Chaintech GeForce4 Ti 4600
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300MHz GeForce 4 Ti GPU
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15-pin VGA, S-Video In/Out, DVI-I
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256-bit Graphics Architecture
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AGP Interface ? 4x/2x support
NVIDIA nfiniteFX II Engine:
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Dual programmable Vertex Shaders, faster Pixel Shaders
Lightspeed Memory Architecture II:
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With 128-bit DDR Lightspeed Memory Architecture II
provides nearly double the memory bandwidth of
GeForce3.
Accuview Antialiasing Engine:
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High-performance and stunning visual quality at high
frame rates.
Output Jacks:
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Standard 15-pin VGA
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S-video jack
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DVI-I port
Cooling solution:
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on-board active heat-sink cooling fan
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Memory heatsinks on front and back
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Specifications:
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Controller: NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
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Memory 128MB DDR SDRAM
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Core Clock 300MHz
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Memory Clock 650MHz
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350MHz internal RAMDAC
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API Support Direct-X, Open GL ICD for Windows
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Connectors VGA, DVI, S-Video In/Out
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4.8 Billion Texels/sec Fill Rate
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136 Million Vertices/sec
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10.4 GB/sec memory bandwidth
Features at a Glance:
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AGP 4x compatible with fast writes
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256-bit 3D and 2D graphics accelerator
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NVIDIA nView display technologies
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Lightspeed Memory Architecture II
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Accuview Antialiasing
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High Definition Video Processing Engine
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TV Out connector
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DVI connector
Package Contains:
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Chaintech GeForce4 Ti 4600 Graphics Card
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Installation Manual
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Installation CD with NVIDIA Drivers, WinDVD, 3deep,
and
TurboGFX
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S-video out cable, S-video in/out cable, and DVI-I/VGA
adapter.
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Bundled games: Aquanox and MDK2
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In the box we
found a standard S-Video cable, an in/out S-Video dongle,
a DVI-I/VGA adapter and the installation manual.
Also present was a CD that included NVIDIA reference
drivers, DirectX 8.1, a full version of Intervideo?s
WinDVD, 3deep, TurboGFX and finally two games, Aquanox and
MDK2. Finding full versions of two games is always a
nice bonus. Just for the record, WinDVD is a software DVD
player that ranks up there with PowerDVD, 3deep is a
monitor calibration utility that attempts to correct 3D
lighting effects, and TurboGFX is Chaintech?s overclocking
utility which worked well, but we did not use, favoring
Coolbits instead.
Setup and
Screen Shots
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