GeForce2 flavors. Which is best for the money?!

[Tyrannus2k]

I understand that the GeForce2 MX is for all-around usuage; still very powerful, yet geared for office use as well. Then, the beastie of them all, ULTRA. I was just thinking of getting a MX or a GTS board. Comparable in price and performance (GTS slightly ahead in most cases). Which flavor should I go with? Thanks.

 

[gl0ry]

really depends on what your gonna do with one.... if your gonna play games over 800x600 resoloution your best bet is a GTS.

 

[Actaeon]

How much you plan to pay? And what do you plan to do with it?

 

[Tyrannus2k]

Well, I plan to mostly play games, 1024x768. 32bit color doesn't matter.

 

[gl0ry]

get the gts

 

[Biggs]

The GF2MX is perfectly capable for chumming out very decent frame rates at 1024 x 768 16 bit.

 

[Spoooon]

Depending on what you do, an MX is good enough for 1024x768x32 gaming as well. I played Quake III just fine with my MX. I usually got around 45fps with all the sliders maxed out.

 

[freefalle6]

my asus v7700 geforce2gts 32m rocks and its only $189 just dont use the asus drivers cause they dont work i.e suck!!! use the drivers off the nividia website and things will rock!!

 

[RadioactiveCPU]

From what i read, the MX has SDR RAM and the GTS has DDR, however, the GTS Ultra has a 250MHz core clock as opposed to the 3D Prophet 2 GTS which has a 350MHz core. I believe that's the real difference. Also, the Ultra has 2 added features: does 5 million more Polys/per sec, bringing it to 30 over the GTS's 25mil, and has ports for MPEG/Quicktime digital. Thought i'd just input.

 

[Untamo]

For the $100 mark - Get a GeForce PRO DDR
For the $150 mark - Try A.) Radeon 64MB Engineering Sample B.) GTS2 32MB
For the $200 mark - GTS2 64MB
For the $350 makr - GTS2 64MB Ultra

An MX is great value dont get me wrong, but I assue people here are more performance orientated rather than the setteling type. Just make your descision and be happy with it.

 

[DarkMajiq]

I think Untamo has some pretty good recommendations there, except for a couple of things: those prices are a little low (biggest difference is the "$200" GF2 GTS 64MB, they're about $250), and you're probably better off with a GF2 PRO than a GF2 GTS 64MB, the price difference is only $20 or so, and the performance difference is quite big, especially since most PROs will reliably overclock to Ultra speeds.

 

[Untamo]

Most pro's will do Ultra speeds, however I'm not off on the 64MB Version. I sell 'em for $200 all day long, usually a tad lower.