VisionTek's Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4600
Finally, we have VisionTek's rendition of the GeForce4 Ti 4600. Not long ago, these cards hit retail, and the weak among us hardware enthusiasts could be seen out on street corners trying to sell our first-born on the open market to fund the purchase of one of these puppies. This is the highest of the high-end consumer video cards, with faster RAM and better bragging rights than just about anything.

Like any product that follows the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti reference design, this card is large. I'm not sure whether you plug it into a motherboard or plug a motherboard into it.

Top: GeForce4 Ti 4600. Bottom: Radeon 8500LE.

Only the Voodoo 5 5500 can make this thing look small Either way, the VisionTek card comes with most of what you'd need, including a DVI output, a VGA out, and video in and out ports (via an included splitter cable) for real VIVO functionality. VisionTek even throws in CyberLink's PowerDirector video editing suite. VisionTek's lifetime warranty is part of the package, as well. The only thing missing from the box with our review sample was a DVI-to-VGA converter, which you might have to hunt up separately if you want to drive a pair of CRT monitors.

NVIDIA's reference cooler is mighty fancy As you'd expect, the GeForce4 Ti 4600 chip promises to make this beast one of the fastest cards you can buy.