OC Ti4200 Vs. Stock and 100pts.

[dippy_skoodlez]

Hello. A friend of mine is having some trouble admitting the Nforce2 is better than a Kt600, and his Ti4200 r0x0r. He and I have a 2500+ overclocked, and a Ti4200. he has a soyo Kt600 and I have an a7n8x. he has his Ti4200 overclocked to 344/640, and beats my 13k in 3dmark01 by 100points and thinks he's all that. anyone else wanna back me up on this? my stock Ti4200 is kicking his butt!

[repo man11]

The KT600 is a solid performer. But it trails the nForce2.

Where the 7VT600 1394 really falls short is in the enthusiast market. The lack of an AGP/PCI lock is a glaring disadvantage for overclockers, especially compared to mature nForce2 motherboards with adjustable AGP/PCI locks. The 7VT600 1394’s overclocking disadvantage is best exemplified by the relatively low 205MHz FSB overclock we achieved; nForce2 Ultra 400 motherboards reach considerably higher FSB overclocks, mostly over 218MHz FSB and as high as 235MHz FSB. At stock speeds, the 7VT600 1394 is also slower than nForce2 Ultra 400 motherboards, although the difference does not become severe until you reach our workstation benchmarks. Still, VIA has had more than enough time to tweak the KT600, and so the fact that KT600 is still slower than the 9+ months old nForce2 chipset is unacceptable for enthusiasts.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1838&p=12

There are many similar reviews out there.

But why push it? The more he insists it is better, when in fact it isn't as good, just makes him look silly. You know yours is better, that's all that really counts.