Cooling & Overclocking:

XFX Graphics has redone the standard Nvidia heat-sink with a silver-plating over it, as opposed to a graphic design displaying the companies? logo. Whether or not this affects cooling abilities is not determined, however the silver plating may add small cooling benefits. On this card, RAM-sinks are not necessary due to lack of heat production even after overclocking. The point where RAM-sinks become necessary is oftentimes with BGA RAM on the Ti4400 & 4600. As far as overclocking is concerned, this card is a forerunner in the field, with its competitors laying few and far behind it overclocked from the base 250/500 to 350/650 without a problem. Not only are high speeds easy to achieve, but it is part of XFX?s objective to supply the user with a solid, working, extreme, performing card that provides great leeway for overclocking. Here are the results of a 3DMark bench incorporating the scores of the overclocked XFX Ti4200:

XFX Graphics Guide on Overclocking your video card: http://www.xfxgraphics.com/articles/pdf/Overclocking.pdf

While the results really speak for themselves, it's fairly astounding that even with minimal overclocking using stock cooling, the GeForce 4 Ti4200 can out-perform a GeForce 4 Ti4400 by a moderate margin. With added RAM-sinks and perhaps some Artic Silver III, the possibilities for overclocking are tremendous.