Gainward GeForce4 Ti 4200: The First Retail 4200

Unreal Performance Test 2002

We originally debuted this test months ago but it has been healthily evolving since then. The premise behind the Unreal Performance Test is to take the current build of Epic's Unreal Engine and test today's graphics cards using it. This not only better prepares you for what to expect when games featuring the engine come out (e.g. Unreal Tournament 2003) but it also helps the guys at Epic during the development stage as they can work out driver bugs with the hardware vendors long before the engine's public debut.

The engine we're testing with now is up to build 918, up from build 848 we originally tested with back in January. The benchmark today is much more stressful than even what we used in our GeForce4 review and according to Epic, it's even more stressful than most game scenarios will be but it makes for a wonderful benchmark. A number of optimizations for both ATI and NVIDIA's architectures have also been implemented into the engine. The only thing to keep in mind is to not focus on the actual frame rates themselves but the performance standings as things will be a bit less stressful when UT2003 comes around

Unreal Performance Test 2002 Build 918 - 1280x1024x32 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 (330/730) NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400 (320/680) NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 (330/540) NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400 NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500 NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 460 41.7 40.3 38.4 37.6 34.5 31.2 28.1 20.8 15.6 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 42 | 5

The stock Ti 4200 is already 11% faster than the previous champ - NVIDIA's GeForce3 Ti 500; overclocking the Ti 4200 gives it the 9% advantage over the more expensive Ti 4400. When comparing stock clock speeds here is how the Ti 4200 stacks up to the 4400 and 4600:

- The Ti 4400 is 10% faster than the Ti 4200
- The Ti 4600 is 23% faster than the Ti 4200