ATI Radeon 7500 or Geforce4 mx440 8x

[RelaxTheMind]

I am pressed at figuring out which one to stick in my friends computer that I am building from spare parts he picked up.

Reviews seem to be mixed...

ATI Radeon 7500 64 2x/4x

Geforce4 mx440 8x (with 8x/4x slot design)

Upon reviews and such that I have picked up the mx440 beats it by a margin of like 5-10%. The kicker is that the board it is being installed in is only 4x. So is it safe to say that the 5-10% benefit will not be there due to the lack of agp 8x?

The memory clock is locked on the 7500 so thats a no for OCing on it. The mx440 on the other hand can oc pretty well.

So... which would you choose?

 

[BFG10K]

The GF4 will be a bit faster but the Radeon will give you 16xAF for free. I'd probably go with the Radeon.

 

[Blastman]

7500 ~ = 440MX in performance. They are generally very close.

I would take the 7500, I had Sapphire 7500 and the 2D display quality is really good. Likely much better than the 440MX. Since gaming performance is going suck on both them go for better 2D.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

Good points... I was initially leaning towards the mx440 but now that I think of it, the card doesnt even have a HSF and no visual signs of what brand it is. Looks mighty generic and the 7500 has svideo/dvi/vga outputs.

thanks guys