64MB GeForce2 MX?

[Gumby16]

I have been shopping for a new video card in an affordable price range and I've decided to go with an nVidia GeForce2 MX. I am seeing mostly 32MB varieties, but have recently been finding many versions with 64MB RAM. I was wondering how much difference the extra 32MB would make in performance. I run a Duron 650 on an ABIT KT7 m/b with 256MB. I currently have an nVidia TNT2 32MB and am just looking for some added performance when running Unreal, Q3 Arena, and DK2 in higher resolutions.

 

[KangLang]

Plenty of differance, get the 64M

 

[Vegito]

on the mx ? there is a big difference ?

 

[KangLang]

Doubling you memory?? That must make a difference??

 

[jaredm77]

The 64MB cards are based around the Geforce2 MX400 chipset, which is the original Geforce2 MX with an upped core speed of 200MHZ and and additional 32MB of RAM in most cases. You won't see a huge difference in performance between the two, but since the cost difference is marginal, I would opt for the faster card w/more RAM.

 

[majewski9]

Going from 32 megs to 64 megs wont help performance in about 90% of situations.

 

[BurntKooshie]

It doesn't make much difference, though it is marginally faster. The card is so utterly bandwidth limited anyway.

 

[sideburns7]

The Visiontek ones are pretty swank. I have a Duron 600@933 on a KT7E. I upgraded from a tnt2 ultra and it's made a ton of difference.

 

[Vegito]

anand's test

a 64mb is sometimes slower then the regular geforce2 mx

firing squad test again, throwing money away for extra 32mb

better off getting gts, diminishing returns

 

[KangLang]

Cool, that's why I come here..to learn something. Thanks.

 

[Gumby16]

I don't think doubling the memory will necessarily help. All the research I've got points out that the card is a stripped down GTS and is very memory bandwidth limited. Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not sure how just doubling the onboad memory will fix this problem. Wouldn't the core speed have to be increased as well?

 

[BurntKooshie]

by definition, being bandwidth limited means any gains seen by increasing core speed will be minimal at best.

 

[jaredm77]

the core speed is increased from 166-200mhz

 

[Vegito]

mr Kang, there is soooo much to read on this site, all the review are helpful

 

[KangLang]

so true. I'm not a real tech but I play one on TV so this is my fav site now