EVGA Offers $1,000 for Your Old GeForce4 ACS, ACS2 Graphics Cards

Raevenlord · Dec 15, 2017

EVGA is feeling both generous and nostalgic, and has announced a contest that's as welcome as it is original. Looking back on its roots as an innovative designer of cooling systems for graphics cards, allowing gamers everywhere to play their favorite games with the best temperatures and least noise possible, EVGA are looking for users that still keep their GeForce 4 ACS and ACS2-powered graphics cards. ACS and ACS 2 are effectively the precursors to EVGA's latest cooling innovations, even if these types of cooling designs are now the norm rather than the exception.

If you have a GeForce4 MX 440 or a GeForce4 4600 Ti, both launched way back in 2002, EVGA is asking that you submit your information to them, and the company will gladly pay you 1,000 EVGA bucks - its digital currency that is equivalent to $ in a 1:1 ratio, and would allow you to buy a great 1080 Ti from the EVGA store. Not such a bad deal for an old GeForce 4 graphics card, eh? Like Sonic would say, you "gotta go fast", though: the contest is available for a maximum of 3 ACS owners and 3 ACS2 owners.

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hkpolice2 · Dec 15, 2017

https://www.anandtech.com/show/904/10

The 5000 RPM fan is noticeably louder than any of the fans on the other Ti 4600 cards but surprisingly enough this elaborate cooling solution doesn't offer any additional overclocking headroom nor any significant cooling improvements. In fact the ACS is more of a novelty feature that results in more noise coming from your system than with any of these other cards.

Capitan Harlock · Dec 15, 2017

I have an old Nvidia gpu but

not Geforce 4 .
Geforce FX5700LE 128mb agp.

FreedomEclipse · Dec 15, 2017

Capitan Harlock said:
I have an old Nvidia gpu but not Geforce 4 .
Geforce FX5700LE 128mb agp.

I might have two working 440s in the shed somewhere...

HopelesslyFaithful · Dec 15, 2017

screw me eh...i dont remember if it was a EVGA or not but i gave my old Geforce4 cards and so on away to friends/others as i upgraded (well my dad and I gave them away) I was born in late 1980s so not so much I bought them when i was 10-14 lol...well my mowing money bought them in a sense /birthdays and christmas hahaha. CS betas 5.2 and PVK and vampire slayer for the win lol...oh and ESF

Capitan Harlock · Dec 15, 2017

FreedomEclipse said:
I might have two working 440s in the shed somewhere...

Good look find them XD

[crs] · Dec 15, 2017

I've an old Gainward Geforce 4 Ti-4400 Golden Sample. Its all red including heatsinks and I've got the original box in pretty good condition. It was still working last time I checked.

bug · Dec 15, 2017

Because nothing says miracle better than a bold, red "1,000 bucks". I guess they didn't really think this through.

RejZoR · Dec 15, 2017

I have an S3 Savage 4 Pro and GeForce 8400GS if anyone wants to pay $1000 for each XD

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Dec 15, 2017

Im never going to throw anything else away ever.

Moofachuka · Dec 15, 2017

I still got my old ti4400 leadtek lolll

Ruru · Dec 15, 2017

Damn, the closest hit would be MSI GF4 MX420 from my pile of old parts.

TheGuruStud · Dec 15, 2017

Son of a bitch. I gamed hard on a Ti4600. Oced that slut and slayed plebs online day and night...back when games didn't suck.

PcForge · Dec 15, 2017

this card is older than I am

natr0n · Dec 15, 2017

"the contest is available for a maximum of 3 ACS owners and 3 ACS2 owners."

They are doing this maybe because they had none in there archive of products.

Deleted member 67555 · Dec 15, 2017

Ugh...I bought a refurb mx420 years ago and gave it to my sisters kids because it was obnoxiously loud... LoL
It's long gone by now...

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Dec 15, 2017

natr0n said:
"the contest is available for a maximum of 3 ACS owners and 3 ACS2 owners."

They are doing this maybe because they had none in there archive of products.

i can feel a museum / mausoleum coming.

kruk · Dec 15, 2017

Ah, the Geforce 4 Ti series was quite the performer back then. Those were the days when ATI/nVidia really were neck to neck in performance on the top end. Anyone remember that?

I purchased a Geforce 4 MX and Geforce 4 4200 Ti some years after the official release. Huge mistake, as both had garbage build quality and didn't last more than 2 years ...

bug · Dec 15, 2017

kruk said:
Ah, the Geforce 4 Ti series was quite the performer back then. Those were the days when ATI/nVidia really were neck to neck in performance on the top end. Anyone remember that?

I purchased a Geforce 4 MX and Geforce 4 4200 Ti some years after the official release. Huge mistake, as both had garbage build quality and didn't last more than 2 years ...

Yeah, well, the GeForce 4 series is also what undid 3dfx.
Back then Nvidia claimed 24bits colour support (which was technically implemented), even if the cards didn't actually have the power to push that at acceptable fps. Because 3dfx were more honest and only advertised 16bits, everyone flocked to Nvidia. Nvidia would later do the same with their FX5200, which claimed DX9 support, also without the power to actually do it.

Mr.Scott · Dec 15, 2017

lol
I believe I have both of them here.

Guess I'll rummage through the storage container this weekend.

Imsochobo · Dec 15, 2017

kruk said:
Ah, the Geforce 4 Ti series was quite the performer back then. Those were the days when ATI/nVidia really were neck to neck in performance on the top end. Anyone remember that?

I purchased a Geforce 4 MX and Geforce 4 4200 Ti some years after the official release. Huge mistake, as both had garbage build quality and didn't last more than 2 years ...

And then came 9800pro and yeah ;P
I had tons of gf4 ti's and had a lot of RMA with them :/ I think I went through almost 7 of them!

EarthDog · Dec 15, 2017

I met andrew and saw his gpu with that cooler in a glass picture frame... let me see if I can dig up the pics.........

EDIT: Wasn't that card but, yeah, im guessing there is some nostalgia for it...

evernessince · Dec 15, 2017

Damn, used to have one of these back in the day. Was one of the first discrete graphics cards I bought. That's boy is long gone though, donated it as part of a PC a long time ago.

cellar door · Dec 15, 2017

A+ for a publicity stunt.

T4C Fantasy · Dec 15, 2017

cellar door said:
A+ for a publicity stunt.

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EVGA Offers $1,000 for Your Old GeForce4 ACS, ACS2 Graphics Cards

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