GeForce 2MX or GeForce 256 DDR? no really I'm serious

CountZero

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So I have a NForce2 Mobo with barton 2500 proc and 512MB of ram on the way and I have two video cards lying around to hold me over until I upgrade.

Between an Inno3D Geforce2 MX 64MB and an Asus V6600 or 6800 (I can't remember) 32MB DDR which would you use? I have read that you have to be careful with older cards on the NF2 mobos since it doesn't support higher AGP voltages? I have no clue if thats correct and I can't find any info for these antiquated boards about voltage. The motherboard is the biostart M7NCD if that matters.

Any help would be appreciated since I dont' wanna fry it the day I get it.
 

VIAN

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Well, right now im using something older on the nforce 2. Nvidia Riva TNT2 M64 (waiting for 9700 pro), my guess is that if the card fits in the slot, the card works, I've only ecountered one card that didn't fit in the slot and that is the Voodoo5 5500. The Inno3D Geforce2 MX 64MB is definitely more powerful boasting 300MTps more of fillrate, 32Mb more of memory and 10Million more triangles per second.
 

DAPUNISHER

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The geforce 256DDR is faster than a G2 MX400 64mb, take a look at this comparison link As to the 3.3v vs 1.5v card issue I believe the easy way to tell is here
 

modedepe

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The gf 256 ddr will probably be a little faster. It has more pixel fillrate and bandwidth, though less texel fill. The extra memory on the gf2 probably won't help that much either, as the type of games you'd play on either of these cards wouldn't suck up that much memory.