NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4600 — Benchmarks & Specs
GeForce 4 Ti 4600 is pre-2012 retro hardware — Amazon rarely stocks active listings; the used/refurbished market lives on eBay.
Bottom line: how fast is the GeForce 4 Ti 4600?
At 1024x768 High, the GeForce 4 Ti 4600 averages 345 fps in Quake 3 Arena, per hw-museum.cz. In 3DMark 2001 SE it scores 17,615 points, per hw-museum.cz.
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.
The GeForce 4 Ti 4600 is a graphics card from the GeForce 4 family released in 2002 from NVIDIA. It launched with a $399 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing. Data on this page draws on 11 synthetic benchmark results (top 10 shown), 38 game frame-rate results (top 14 shown), compiled from hw-museum.cz, PCSTATS, HEXUS, 3DMark, AnandTech; each table row links to its source. Read this page when shopping the GeForce 4 Ti 4600, 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 (reported FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quake 3 Arena | 1024x768 | High | 345 fps | — | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 1024x768 | High | 303 fps | — | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| Quake III Arena | 1024x768 | High | 228 fps | — | PCSTATS 2002-09-03 | |
| Quake 3 Arena | 1280x1024 | High | 219 fps | — | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| Quake III Arena | 1024x768 | High Quality (v1.30, 32-bit) | 218 fps | — | AnandTech 2026-10-02 | |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 1280x1024 | High | 215 fps | — | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| Quake III Arena | 1280x1024 | High Quality (v1.30, 32-bit) | 196 fps | — | AnandTech 2026-10-02 | |
| Half-Life 2 | 1024x768 | Low (DX7 path) | 191 fps | 104 fps | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| DroneZ | 1024x768 | High | 144 fps | — | PCSTATS 2002-09-03 | |
| Quake III Arena | 1600x1200 | High | 135 fps | — | PCSTATS 2002-09-03 | |
| Serious Sam: The Second Encounter | 1024x768 | High | 131 fps | — | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | 1024x768 | High | 130 fps | 53 fps | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| DroneZ | 1280x1024 | High | 126 fps | — | PCSTATS 2002-09-03 | |
| Quake 3 Arena v1.30 | 1280x1024 | High | 119 fps | — | HEXUS 2002-04-21 |
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.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark 2001 SE | 17,615 points | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| 3DMark 2000 v1.1 | 13,124 points | PCSTATS 2002-09-03 | |
| 3DMark2001 SE (overclocked) | 12,877 points | HEXUS 2002-04-17 | |
| 3DMark 2001SE | 11,298 points | PCSTATS 2002-09-03 | |
| 3DMark 2001 SE | 11,018 points | HEXUS 2002-04-01 | |
| 3DMark2001SE | 11,018 points | HEXUS 2002-04-21 | |
| 3DMark2001 SE | 10,921 points | HEXUS 2002-04-17 | |
| 3DMark 03 | 2,248 points | hw-museum.cz 2024-02-23 | |
| 3DMark 2003 | 2,243 points | 3DMark 2005-03-13 | |
| 3DMark03 | 2,243 points | 3DMark 2005-03-13 |
Full Specifications
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GeForce 4 Ti 4600 — Frequently Asked Questions
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