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NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4200 — Benchmarks & Specs

$199 MSRP2002

Bottom line: how fast is the GeForce 4 Ti 4200?

At 1080p High, the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 averages 281 fps in Quake III Arena, per hw-museum.cz. In 3DMark 2001 SE it scores 9,000–14,292 points, across five published results (hw-museum.cz, PCSTATS, Tom's Hardware Forums, HWBOT, HEXUS).

Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.

GeForce 4 Ti 4200 is pre-2012 retro hardware — Amazon rarely stocks active listings; the used/refurbished market lives on eBay.

Read the full comparison → GeForce 4 Ti 4200 AGP: The Best-Value Retro GPU for a 2002 Windows XP Build

The GeForce 4 Ti 4200 is a graphics card from the GeForce 4 family released in 2002 from NVIDIA. It launched with a $199 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing. Data on this page draws on 11 synthetic benchmark results (top 10 shown), 29 measured game frame-rate results (top 14 shown), compiled from hw-museum.cz, PCSTATS, 3DMark, Dan's Data, ComputerBase, HEXUS, HWBOT, thandor.net, Tom's Hardware Forums; each table row links to its source. Read this page when shopping the GeForce 4 Ti 4200, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K or synthetic benchmark scores).

Gaming Performance (measured FPS)

Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.

Measured gaming frame rates for the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 by game, resolution, and quality preset. “1% low” is the frame-time floor that determines perceived smoothness. Each row links to its original review or benchmark database.
Game	Resolution	Settings	Avg FPS	1% low	Source
Quake III Arena	1080p	High	281 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	1080p	High	258 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Half-Life 2	1080p	Low	155 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Quake III Arena	1280x1024	High	152 fps	—	thandor.net 2005-01
Unreal Tournament 2003 (FlyBy)	1080p	High	139 fps	—	ComputerBase 2017-09
GTA: Vice City	1080p	High	106 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Quake III Arena	1080p	High 4xAA	99 fps	—	PCSTATS 2002-01
Call of Duty	1080p	High	88 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Unreal Tournament 2004	1080p	High	84 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Quake III Arena	1080p	High 4xAA 8xAF	82 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	1080p	High 4xAA 8xAF	78 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Quake III Arena	1024x768	High	77 fps	—	PCSTATS 2002-12-31
Far Cry	1080p	Low	74 fps	—	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
Unreal Tournament 2003	1080p	High (FlyBy timedemo)	68 fps	—	PCSTATS 2002-01

Synthetic Benchmarks

Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.

Synthetic benchmark scores for the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 — higher is better. Each row links to the public database the number was taken from. A benchmark listed more than once is separate published results, shown as published rather than averaged.
Benchmark	Score	Source
3DMark 2001 SE	14,292 points	hw-museum.cz 2022-01
3DMark 2001 SE	11,816 points	PCSTATS 2002-12-31
3DMark 2001 SE	11,104 points	Tom's Hardware Forums 2004-01-08
3DMark 2001 SE	10,820 points	HWBOT 2016-03-26
3DMark2001 SE (default benchmark, overclocked 315/625 MHz)	9,161 points	Dan's Data 2002-07-03
3DMark 2001 SE	9,000 points	HEXUS 2002-07
3DMark2001 SE (default benchmark, stock 250/500 MHz)	8,407 points	Dan's Data 2002-07-03
3DMark 2003	1,863 points	3DMark 2003-05-29
3DMark03	1,863 points	3DMark 2003-05-29
3DMark 2003	1,835 points	hw-museum.cz 2022-01

Full Specifications

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GeForce 4 Ti 4200 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 best used for?

GeForce 4 Ti 4200 is a GeForce 4-family graphics card. 1080p gaming and general productivity are the headline use cases; the benchmark tables on this page place it within its generation.

When was the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 released, and what was its launch MSRP?

GeForce 4 Ti 4200 launched in 2002 at a $199 MSRP. Street prices drift from launch pricing over a product's life, so check the current listing before buying.

Where do the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 benchmark numbers come from?

Each benchmark row on this page names its source (public benchmark databases such as TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench and Cinebench, and community reports such as r/LocalLLaMA threads) and links to it, so every number can be checked against the original.

Can the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 run local LLMs?

Community AI benchmark results for this exact card aren't on file yet. See /ai-rigs for hardware-tier recommendations and comparable GPUs with measured numbers.

Where can I buy the GeForce 4 Ti 4200?

GeForce 4 Ti 4200 is pre-2012 hardware, so Amazon rarely stocks it; the eBay search link at the top of this page covers the used and refurbished market where it still sells.