geForce 2 MX400 PCI vs. geForce 4 MX420 PCI...

[MrElusive]

I have the geForce 2 MX400 PCI and I think it sucks. If I bought the geForce 4 MX420 would I see a big difference on running games like Medal of Honor Allied Assault? That game has been giving me Hell lately and I've been only running like 12FPS. I lack an AGP slot () so no go with a great AGP card. What would you suggest?

 

[LordMagnusKain]

keep the video card, keep the CPU/mobo, wait until there is something you want to do but cant. then get something to fix it, otherwise wait. geforce 4 has better memory usage on the card, but you'd actually be better off investing in a cheep mobo that actually has an AGB slot, and then serving up for a good AGPcard.

*hay, 1998 called, it wants it's video card interface back* (J/J)

 

[MrElusive]

So there is no difference between the geForce 2 MX400 and a geForce 4 MX420 PCI?

 

[CubicZirconia]

<< geForce 2 MX400 and a geForce 4 MX420 PCI? >>



Sure, there's a difference. But, anything made for pci is inherently slow nowadays. It would be a waste of time and money to get a geforce 4 mx pci. Your framerates probably wouldn't increase all that much and the card has no future. You're better off upgrading your mobo to something with an agp slot, you'll be happy you did.

 

[novice]

What is the rest of your system? Considering your current motherboard lacks an AGP slot, you may want to consider replacing the board and picking up a Geforce 2 GTS-V for $46 from newegg, which I am confident would outperform either the MX400 PCI or the MX420 PCI, since neither of them use DDR ram or the AGP bus. (Can you say extremely limited total memory bandwidth? I knew you could!) Of course, if money is no object, by all means, new board, XP 2100+, Geforce 4 4600Ti. Otherwise, consider the bang for the buck potential of upgrading to something like Duron 1 gig, KT-133 chipset motherboard (uses your current SDRAM) and Geforce 2 Ti or Geforce 3 Ti200 if budget allows. Any of these options would likely result in a very good improvement in your system's performance. You may even be able to use your current processor in the new board, assuming it is fast enough to take advantage of the new card. The other danger in the piecemeal upgrading is that you will still be missing out on the latest technology (i.e. DDR ram) if you try to retain too much of your old system. I guess eventually, we all just have to bite the bullet and build/buy a new system and be up to date (for at least a month or so

) I seem to make it for about a year or so, and then I start really looking. At least my current systems have okay cases and one even has a new sparkle 350W power supply. (Preparing in advance for that jump to either XP or P4 Northwood) Now all I need is new ram, video card, processor and motherboard. And I probably should upgrade the sound card, and I suppose the operating system should be upgraded, too. Like I said, basically a new system.
Chuck

 

[MrElusive]

700Mhz PIII, 256MB SD, 40 gigs (2 Different HDDs). I have been thinking about a new motherboard but I have been half-assing the search for it as well as the delve to learn about them. So to save me some time what would you suggest? I had in mind one that has an AGP slot and RD or DDR DIMMs/SIMMs (<--Still confused on those). But then I suppose I need to buy a new power supply as well as a new processor and case right? (I have a Compaq 5000 case) That'd be pushing me up in the $500 range huh? Then I'll need to buy RAM and the video card, fuk.

 

[santokki]

I suggest on getting the GeForce3 Ti200 card. They cost just a LITTLE BIT more (around $120 at newegg), and they are much better than any MX card.