Geforce 2MX -> Radeon VE Switch. Performance issues?

[Magicthyse]

Hi. I'm looking to do something temporary while still mulling over my new PC. I've got a Sony N80 monitor (which is the first component I've bought of my new PC-to-be) doing nothing at the moment, as my main desktop currently has a perfectly nice Iiyama 19" monitor. I'd like to use the monitor as well, in a multi-monitor environment.

The Geforce 2MX card in the PC at the moment only has 1 VGA connector. However I have a Radeon VE card with VGA/DVI/TV connectors.

I've heard that the Radeon has lower performance than the 2MX, so that was my original reason for sticking the 2MX inside the desktop. However I'm a bit curious before I do this - assuming I swapped out the Geforce 2MX in my desktop and put in a Radeon VE 32MB (with the DVI connector), what kind of performance hit can I expect in a) Rogue Spear, which is the game I play most, b) General Windows operation and c) DVD movies? Is there a performance hit associated with multi-monitor usage?

 

[AA0]

There is quite a large performance hit for 3D games, as they took out most of the 3D hardware on that card. The DVD playback will be improved, as will normal windows usage though. I think the VE scores close to the MX200.

 

[The_Lurker]

The Radeon VE Blows the GF 2mx out of the water for everything except for gaming performance, it'd be just up to par with it because of a removed texture pipeline and no hardware TnL.

 

[Magicthyse]

Hmmm. Thanks for feedback.