GF2 MX / GF 256. Which to keep, which to sell??

[mgpaulus]

I should be receiving a VisionTek GeForce 256 and a Jaton GeForce2 MX shortly.
I paid $72 shipped for the GF256, and $95 shipped for the MX. My question is,
for my T-Bird 1GHz / MSI Pro2-A, which should I keep, and which should I sell??
Performance wise, they seem to be pretty close, so is there some compelling argument
that would lean me one way or the other??

Thanks.

 

[qadesh]

I would stick with the MX, it's based on the next core after the GF256, and OC's really well.

 

[jpprod]

If it's a SDR GeForce, the MX should be a slightly faster gaming card. Here's the chip-level differences:
- Fillrate. MX with 350Mpixels/700Mtextels per second beats GF256 in textel fillrate when multitexturing w/ at least two textures is being used, GeForce256 has more fillrate in single-texturing circumstances (480 Mpixels and Mtextels/s). With trilinear filtering GeForce256 has twice the fillrate of a MX.
- MX has a slightly more advanced T&L unit, and faster too thanks to it's higher core clock.
- MX draws much less power than GeForce, and can be run without a fan.

IMO these two are equal as general-purpose gaming solutions. You should base the choise on following:
- Do you appreciate low power consumption over fast trilinear filtering?
- Which card has better 2D image quality?
- And of course, which you can sell for more $$$?

 

[MCS]

If its a GF DDR, I would keep that because it faster than the MX at default speed and you can probably o/c much higher to the point where it would leave the MX behind.

Incidentally, why did you order BOTH in the first place?