Geforce2 MX400 Pci vs Agp

[AlphaFox]

I just won this bid over at ubid and realized that the friggin board is PCI!!!! arg... I got it for $49. does anyone know if the performance is going to be drasticly different? I cant cancel the order...

 

[Smbu]

Performance should be slightly below agp version of the card. I don't think the decrease will be that much though.

 

[sash1]

The PCI version is awful (sorry). The MX line is already crippled by bad fillrate and memory bandwith, and the slow transfer of the PCI slot doesn't help much. Fifty dollars for a PCI MX400 is kind of a rip off. You could of had this MX400 AGP for only a bit more.

 

[chizow]

<< The PCI version is awful (sorry). The MX line is already crippled by bad fillrate and memory bandwith, and the slow transfer of the PCI slot doesn't help much. Fifty dollars for a PCI MX400 is kind of a rip off. You could of had this MX400 AGP for only a bit more. >>



Yep I completely agree with Aunix...except I prefer the term "neutered". No T&L benefits b/c of the choked PCI bus and the extra RAM is wasted b/c its slower than molasses and there's only 2 rendering pipelines. In other words GeForce 2 MX is suck!

Try and fleabay it, people are dumb, so you could probably get your fifty back.

Chiz

 

[Kingofcomputer]

why don't you try to go to bestbuy this fri to buy the $100 GF3 Ti200?

don't go to ubid again, their price is not better than most online retailers, they false list the GTS-V as GTS while newegg has it truely listed as GTS-V for $70 shipped immediately. If you want a budget card now, GTS-V is the best buy, next choice is Radeon LE.

 

[Rand]

Unfortunately the PCI GF2 MX400 really is considerably slower then the AGP version. The GF2 FOU reslies extreely heavily upon AGP's advanced features and takes a guge hit by going to PCI. The GF2 MX400 in PCI is regularly as much as 40% slower then the AGP version, you would come out with performance that's only about as good as the GF2 MX200.... which is barely able to match TNT2/V3 level performance.
PCI and the GeForce2 really isnt a good match.

 

[Mustanggt]

Just have a question about TNT2 Ultra PCI will this card take a big hit also?? I have a system i am building a 1.4 Tbird with MSI 266pro MB It can only take video card in PCI slot AGP slot is defective. whats the best card to get for this thing in the PCI format???

 

[goot]

How about the ATI RADEON 32SDR PCI?

 

[chizow]

<< Just have a question about TNT2 Ultra PCI will this card take a big hit also?? I have a system i am building a 1.4 Tbird with MSI 266pro MB It can only take video card in PCI slot AGP slot is defective. whats the best card to get for this thing in the PCI format??? >>



The best card available is the V5 5500 PCI. Good luck finding one though. Honestly, I wouldn't make that the deciding factor in investing in a new card....I'd try and get your board RMA'd.

Chiz

 

[FrustratedUser]

I have a 2MX PCI and it is slower than a AGP version. But if you're playing at 800*600 the difference is minimal (read a test of AGP/PCI GF2 cards, will try to find the link later).
The limitation starts to show when going to 1024*768@32.

Bottom line: It is comparable to an AGP card up to 800*600 but then it gets bogged down. For a user with the i810 chipset (like me) it is an OK card.
I am getting 2800 3DMark2000 running a Celeron and W2K with this card. The 12.90 drivers are best. the Det 4 drivers are slower.

My $0.02