Creative GeForce2 MX/DDR will use SLOOOWW memory...

[Leo V]

Just got this link from a friend:
http://www.ixbt-labs.com/news/#972223336

7ns = 143MHz/286MHz DDR = a measly 2.3GB/sec bandwidth with a 64-bit bus...pathetic. The previous information of 2.8GB/sec would mean a respectable 175/350MHz memory, but obviously this isn't the case. Rather, the MX/DDR will be the cheapest and crappiest of all GeForce cards. It will be about as slow as the original Prophet SE (an "economy" version of GeForce SDR), which used 128-bit SDR memory @143MHz yielding the same bandwidth.

...it wasn't all that slow actually, just the slowest GeForce model. Too bad, I was hoping the DDR/64-bit MX would be slightly faster than SDR, I was seriously considering replacing my GTS with it. Obviously the GTS is much faster, but I don't need to speed that much, and I don't want a fan making noise.

 

[StickHead]

Where you expecting the GeForce2MX DDR that has a msrp around $130 to be faster than a $230 GTS?

 

[Leo V]

StickHead, I don't think you understand. I expected the 64-bit DDR MX to be 5% faster than the 128-bit SDR MX. Obviously, my GTS is faster than either. I wanted to "downgrade" to the best MX to avoid the need for a cooling fan.

 

[Gunbuster]

I bet they will target it for the OEM market.

 

[NFS4]

<< wanted to &quot;downgrade&quot; to the best MX to avoid the need for a cooling fan. >>


Are you the freak that has no internal case fans or processor fans?

 

[ahfung]

Can't you just underclock your GTS to 175MHz and rip the HSF away? This will give u a MX with 5.3GB/s memory bandwidth.

 

[Auric]

Nfs4, I be that freak (or one of them).

Well, I do have a ps fan ... for now.

 

[NFS4]

 

[Leo V]

NFS4: That's me, I stand tall and proud. Fortunately I'm not the only one

ahfung: I've tried this, thanks for suggesting. My Leadtek has a huge heatsink, and I tried unplugging its fan. Unfortunately, this appeared insufficient because the heatsink would still overheat, even at 165MHz core! I hadn't encountered stability issues, but decided against running it suspiciously hot. With an MX, I won't lose much at &quot;low&quot; resolutions (8x6x32), which I've been using recently, and I'll gain a few extra bucks to spend on a noise-suppressive harddrive enclosure I'm still not 100% decided though...it would be SUCH a more cost-effective product to have the MX chip using 128-bit DDR memory...but NVIDIA won't make it for marketing reasons :|

I've also become a stability freak now (!!) and operating a card out-of-spec is no longer policy. I've had plenty of those days of overclocking my CPU, motherboard, harddrives, videocards, keyboard controller, and using some of the most crashable MS operating systems to top that off. After 2000 or so reboots you change your outlook on life...

 

[Sephiroth_IX]

<< After 2000 or so reboots you change your outlook on life... >>

This is one of the best quotes in some time. After about 1000 reboots and a fried $250 Thunderbird 700, I changed my tune slightly also