Creative MX DDR and 2D image quality... (vs. Asus MX)

[Leo V]

Anyone got their Creative MX yet? How does it rate on 2D quality at high resolutions? Since Buy.com has indefinitely delayed my order, I'm wondering if the Asus MX 32MB would be a better option in that department?

 

[obeseotron]

There should be no noticeable difference between any of the Geforce SDR, DDR, GTS, MX, Pro, Ultra... 2D quality. It should be good, but not as good as a Matrox.

 

[BFG10K]

There should be no noticeable difference between any of the Geforce SDR, DDR, GTS, MX, Pro, Ultra... 2D quality

That's not true at all. The budgo brands tend to use lower quality RFI filters which affect 2D image quality.

 

[GL]

I've heard of several people crying about how their MX has bad 2D quality. In the summer at work I had a Matrox G400 MAX with a kickass Viewsonic trinitron monitor. I just purchased an Abit Siluro GF2 MX and the 2D quality was actually pretty good...so much so that I can't really notice a difference between the G400MAX and my card at the resolution I run at (1152x864). However, I haven't seen higher resolutions with my Abit card. I'm sure the G400MAX would look sharper at high resolutions like 1600x1200. Anyway...my point is I don't really think the MX (or at least the Abit version) has bad 2D quality. You might want to look into this card.

-GL

 

[kami]

I recently got a Asus V7700 GF2 GTS and the 2D quality is worse than my old V3-2000.

 

[AndyHui]

You may want to consider the ASUS MX as the Creative DDR is just a tad bit slower than the SDR versions. The overhead and latency on DDR makes it lag behind the SDR just a little.

 

[Leo V]

Thanks guys, the 3D speed of both cards are sufficient for my needs (or I wouldn't have sold my GTS after all! 😀) I'm concerned about 2D quality at 1600x1200x32 @95Hz, since this is pushing the limits. Can't get Maxtor because I'll continue tinkering with the 3D features.

 

[cyclistca]

Can't get Maxtor because I'll continue tinkering with the 3D features.

Mmmm might also have trouble displaying images with a hard drive 😀. I here Matrox makes some good 2D cards.

I just got a new system with the ASUS 7100 Pure. Very happy with the card so far. My last system had a Matrox card. I have not noticed any big diff.

 

[Noriaki]

Go Radeon then.

I had a Radeon 64MB Vivo and it was quite sharp at 1600x1200x60Hz on my 17" .25dp monitor (dunno about 85Hz...come on it's a 17" it's astounding that it can do 1600x1200 at all). It has speed up there with GF2 and V5 and it has very good 2D quality, probably not as good as Matrox (definately better than Maxtor though 😉) but still quite good.

You can of course use the SDR Radeon, for much cheaper. Or the new Radeon VE that has licensed a DualHead/TwinView type technology (I'm not sure if the VE is available or not yet). The SDR is about as fast as a GF2MX, but has better 2D quality and more features. Probably costs slighty more though.

 

[Mule]

Buy.com has the Radeon 32MB DDR for 162.00 - 30 coupon. Hurry! as the coupon for non-new users expires today!

I had some trouble using the coupon, so I called them up and they deducted it manually(their website was a little screwy yesterday).

 

[WetWilly]

I just had a Creative MX in my computer to test for a few days. Replaced a V5500. DEFINITE difference in 2D at 1024x768 on a NEC FD Trinitron. Classic nVidia ghosting. Went back to the V5500 after some game trials. Then again, my old Matrox Mystique had better 2D than both of them.

 

[Leo V]

One problem though, does the Radion use a cooling fan? 😉

Yeah, yeah my fingers can type Maxtrox right... 🙁

 

[Leo V]

Speaking of the BUY.COM coupon...didn't they cancel it prematurely yesterday??