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3d card expert please help...

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Fjive

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how much difference can i see when i swicth from a tnt2 ultra to a GF2 MX 400 32mb ?
i want to get a new card but not for heavy 3d gaming...just normal games...
 
I have just 2 questions. 1) Define a 'normal game'. 2) What CPU have you got?

In terms of graphics power, the GF2 MX has the TNT2 beat however, you will not see an amazing difference in speed going to an MX from a TNT2 Ultra. Your frames per second will go up in 3D games a bit, but it wouldn't be a great increase. Dont be fooled by the 3DMark2000/1 scores, that will just utilise the cards T&L and boost the score, which is not truely representitive of most games.

If you mean a normal game as in old DOS 2D games, then these are really limited by processing power. A graphics card change may help a little, but everything that could be done for speed in 2D games was pretty much already done on the TNT series.

A suitable cheap upgrade from a TNT2 Ultra would be more along the lines of a GF2 if you really want to see any real difference.
 
The GeForce 2 MX is probably not going to give you much of a boost when your CPU (P3-550?) is going to be a bottleneck. While you will see an increase in frame rates, you wouldn't be maximising the potential of your new card.

TMnet....KL person huh?
 
p3 550e
256mb pc 100

oh...what i mean by normal game is counter strike....red alert....
i dont play much of quake 3...or unreal....
so i wont need a Titanium class 3d card...
just want the card to last for 12-15 months ...until i get a new pc...

what is a good brand for a GF2 MX 400 ? 32mb or 64 mb ? is there big difference in performance between those 2 ?

yeap Andy Hui, TMnet...from KL....how u know that anyway ? hehe
 
Well read from this page to the end of the review, they use a TNT2 Ultra and Geforce 2 MX. They even bench it on a system with a Celeron 366@550, which should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect. I would say go for it...or go for the GTS-V from newegg for about the same price.
 
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