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The Card
This video card is simply a reworked VTD64 - The VTD8X has a redesigned PCB, support for 8x AGP, a new heatsink, 128 Mb of ram, and Video-In. The GPU itself has not changed from card to card. We would find that the speeds of the VTD8X would not differ much from that of the VTD64 if and only if the AGP bus was the bottleneck, whereas if the Ti4200 chipset itself cannot process any more images, then it is obvious that the change in AGP speed wouldn't matter.
As with all Ti4200s, the size of the card is more on the normal side, unlike the Ti4600. No worries about crushed capacitors. It is an AGP8x part, but naturally, AGP4x is supported.
 
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One of the major upgrades from MSI's last Ti4200 is that it sports a new cooling design which now cools both the GPU as well as the memory.
 
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The GPU and RAM both have a standard thermal compound on them. Also, it should be noted that MSI uses Samsung RAM for this card, unlike the Hynix ram they used for the VTD64. Unfortunently, it's the TSOP variety, and not the newer BGA found in high end cards.
According to , the memory used has a clock frequency ceiling of up to 250MHz (500MHz DDR), which is exactly where MSI clocks it. We'll see how things fare with overclocking.
Included with the card is a mini-extended connector for VIVO (Video In Video Out.) as well as the DVI-to-VGA connector, and a S-Video extension cord.
The mini-extended connector plugs directly into the VIVO connection. You also have a standard CRT connection, as well as a DVI connection for flat panels. The card supports two monitors, and if you wish to hook up a second CRT, MSI does include the DVI-to-CRT adapter as well.
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MSI G4Ti4200-TD8X64: MSI has come a long way from just being another motherboard manufacturer. They've expanded into several markets now, including servers and multimedia. Today we'll be looking at their latest video card, the Ti4200-TD8X64.
