Geforece2 MX - $63.95 @ buy.com

[flenn]

linkie

Yesterday's DOTD is even cheaper.

 

[batorok]

it's an mx200...

 

[aperry]

Forgive my ignorance, but what is the significance of "it's an mx200"? Is that bad?

 

[DDCSpeed]

Forgive my ignorance too. What is mx200......i cant seem to find much reviews about it...only mx. waht is the difference?

 

[takhyon]

MX200 is slower than MX400. I'm not sure, but I think it has a 64bit bus versus a 128bit bus. Kind of like the TNT2 M64 verus the regular TNT2.

 

[mithrandir2001]

It's a crippled MX400, which is a crippled GTS to bring with.

 

[ai42]

ok guys the Geforce ME 200 core is a bit underpowered. It goes like this TNT2, GF 2 MX 200, GF 2 MX, GF 2 400. Basicallly its a revamped version of the GF2 MX maded to use cheaper SDR ram, and make the chip cheaper of course with expesnse of performance of course. Check out Dr Tom's they got a review of the GF 2 400 which has a lot about the 200 as well.

 

[patj]

A vendor that uses the nvidia geForce 2 in their card:

Legend GeForce2 MX 200 32MB Nvidia AGP

Powered by NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200
AGP 4X support. including Fast Writes and Execute Mode
64-bit SDR memory interface
350MHz RAMDAC
NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer
Fill rate up to 350M pixels/sec, 700M tesels/sec
Integrated 2nd generation Transform and Lighting Engines
Video accelaration for DirectShow, MPEG-1 MPEG-2, and indeo
Complete DirectX 7, Direct X 6 and Direct X 5 support
256-bit 3D/2D Graphics Processing Unit ( GPU )
AGP 4X support, uncluding Fast Writes and Execute Mode
1.3GB/sec memory bandwidth
NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer ( NSR )
Cube environment mapping
Digital Vibrnace Control
Video acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and indeo

Legend GeForce2 MX 400 32MB Nvidia AGP

Powered by NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
AGP 4X support. including Fast Writes and Execute Mode
128-bit SDR memory interface
350MHz RAMDAC
NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer
Fill rate up to 400M pixels/sec, 800M tesels/sec
Integrated 2nd generation Transform and Lighting Engines
Video accelaration for DirectShow, MPEG-1 MPEG-2, and indeo
Complete DirectX 7, Direct X 6 and Direct X 5 support
256-bit 3D/2D Graphics Processing Unit ( GPU )
AGP 4X support, uncluding Fast Writes and Execute Mode
2.7GB/sec memory bandwidth
NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer ( NSR )
Cube environment mapping
Digital Vibrnace Control
Video acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and indeo

 

[Boogak]

The 64bit path to SDR memory will kill your fps in high resolutions and/or 32bit color. Some benchmarks have shown a TNT2 Ultra beating a MX200 in certain resolutions.

 

[GoldenTiger]

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[A]

If you can find then buy the old GeForce2 MX cards.

The MX 200s are slower and the MX 400s are really not much fater for the price.

Here is a good review:
Link

 

[patj]

from previous link:


Chip..............Memory Bandwidth...Core Clock...Fill Rate
GeForce2 MX 400...2.7GB/sec..........200 MHz......400M pixels/sec
.
GeForce2 MX.......2.7GB/sec..........175 MHz......350M pixels/sec
.
GeForce2 MX 200...1.3GB/sec..........175 MHz......350M pixels/sec

 

[GMaximus]

Ouch...learned to stay away from crippled cards after the TNT2-M64...

 

[mithrandir2001]

Are those fillrates correct? My V3 3000 has fillrate of 333M pixels/sec...

 

[aperry]

Thanks everyone for the info! Now I know...

 

[Boogak]

Those are just theoretical fillrates. Most cards don't even come close to their quoted fillrates because of memory limitations.

Link to real world Serious Sam fillrates