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Antelus Benchmark (Direct 3D)
This benchmark was designed by Brent @ HardOCP and is a great gauge of real-world Direct3d performance, as Quake 3 is an OpenGL benchmark.
1280X1024, AGP 4x
1280X1024, AGP 8x
Well, the card was certainly exposed, as well as embarrassed by the Radeon 9500 in this benchmark. The score of 87.3 achieved using AGP 8 is certainly respectable, but overshadowed by a card that is on the same price-level.
Final Words
The MSI TI4800SE-VTD is a nice card bundled with an extraordinary package. The card performed on par with others in its class, although the Radeon 9500 outperforms it by a fair margin in every benchmark. Using AGP 8X proved to be of little advantage, as it allowed the card to gain a paltry 249 3DMarks. If you don't own an AGP 8X board, the results that we showed today are proof that you aren't missing much.
The price of the card is its biggest downfall. A quick peak on PriceGrabber shows this card available for , with the Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro, which outperformed the TI4800SE for . It should be a no-brainer as to what card is the better value, unless you want to bring the included software into the equation, which puts each card on a more level playing field. Chances are, however, that if you are a gamer you already own the games that appeal to you, bringing the value of the software package into question as well.
The cooling solution definitely needs to be improved upon, but I doubt MSI will find that neccesary, since this will probably be the last product they release based on the GeForce 4 chipset. If you have hopes of turning this into a standard TI4600 by means of overclocking, don't get your hopes up. As I stated before, my attempt at overclocking this card was abysmal.
While this offering from MSI certainly appeals to the crowd looking for great performance at an excellent price point, far better solutions do exist. The GeForce4 Ti is an end of life product, and that said, you should look take a look at a Radeon 9500, or the recently released 9600 instead. That is unless you absolutely refuse to purchase or use an ATi-based card.
Pros
Excellent software bundle
Good price point
Good performance
Uses MSI's trademark red PCB
Cons
Cooling solution not the best
Outperformed by Radeon 9500, which is in the same price-class
Terrible overclocker
Bottom Line: Unless you are one of those people that refuse to use ATi products, this card really isn't a good buy. It is based on end of life technology, and is not Direct X 9 capable. Consider that the Ti4200 is cheaper, and performs at close to the same level, we're not sure how popular the Ti4800 will ultimately be.
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MSI TI4800SE-VTD: The Ti4400 makes something of comeback, bringing along AGP8x support. With the Ti4200 and Ti4600 AGP8x parts on the market, the question is, does the Ti4800 make sense?
