G400-GeForce2 MX?

[spwango]

Hey all,

I am running a ~700MHz PIII...256MB of RAM with a G400 video card...will I see a big performance boost (3d) in switching to one of the origional Hurc Geforce2 MX retail cards?

Thanks,

spwango

 

[Archknight]

Yes, you will see improvement. This Link showed that the G400 could even compare to the TNT2, so you definitely will see improvement for the Herc MX.

But a bit of advice, you are also going to see a drastic down grade of 2D from your Matrox. A really big one. I would suggest the Radeon LE instead of the Herc. It have better 2D, DVD playback and the same if not better 3D performance.

 

[spwango]

Yeah, the 2D is a concern for me...the deal is that I allready have the hurc on my machine at home. At work, there is the occasional game of late afternoon Quake, and I'm at a serious disadvantage with that G400---the MX card is a total bottleneck in my box at home, so I'm going to by a GF2 Pro or a Radeon for that box and just move the other over because I can...The 2D is a bit of a concern for me though, because I'm running on a nice big 21" Sony-based monitor at work...However, I figure the worst that will happen is that I will decide to keep the G400--I don't think it will be a problem though, because everyone else around the office runs the same or very similar monitors with GeForce2's (though most everyone else has Ultras as opposed to MXes).

Thanks,

spwango