how would you compare an MX400 & a GTS running in a PIII550?

[Battousai1]

briefly how would you compare an MX400 to a GTS running in a PIII550? is it really a waste using a GTS on a PIII550? and how much would PIII550 push an MX400? how about a Radeon VE 64 MB SDRAM?

 

[tomrizzo]

Get the GTS, it has about double the power of the mx.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I tried both GTS and the original MX in my old P550e system, and the GTS let me run Q3 smoothly at 1024x768 vs. 800x600 for the MX. If you already have one of the two, I'd stick with it and save up for your P4 or AMD box , but if you're choosing buying either the GTS is a bit better.

 

[HardWareXpert]

The GTS is much better(double the fillrate, bandwith), i'd get a CPU upgrade because a GTS would suit a 700-800Mhz.

 

[Rand]

The GTS is certainly considerably more powerful then the MX, though you most likey won't see as great of a difference as you might given that the PIII 550 will be the primary limiting factor, especially if it's of the older Katmai core.
The Radeon VE typically falls between a GF2 MX200 and MX400, and the PIII 550, presuming it's a Coppermine should be powerful enough to display an appreciable difference between the two.

 

[techwanabe]

If that PIII550 (usually socket 370) is a cumine, OC it! It is virtually guaranteed to make 733 without voltage adjustments or extra cooling - that will boost your video performance some. If it is a Katmai PIII550 (slot one), get a cumine Cely cpu (800's and 900's best for OCing) or a 1.0 or 1.1 ghz.

 

[Battousai1]

well I have a PIII550 Katmai, and has a GTS installed. I think the fastest i can achieved in overclocking is only 600-620 Mhz, at first I wanted to sell my GTS and replace it with a cheaper video card, but cant choose what to buy, and I wanted a descent card that can be paired with the PIII i currently have (a card that the Katmai can use efficiently), it's ok for me cause Im not a super mega hardcore gamer but and I wanted to install a cheap not so good video card in case i wanted to play in my PC, oh btw Im selling the GTS to get additional cash to buy some PS2 games but I think selling it wouldnt give me enough cash so Im thinking on not selling it anymore.

 

[Blurry]

I have too, have a Geforce 2 GTS coupled with a Pentium 3 500 Katamai. Yes, the others are right, you won't find a tremendous performance over the MX, but expect 23-25 frames more at least.

 

[Blurry]

What games do you play? Can you give me an example of how many frames you get on average on games such as Quake III, Unreal Tournament, etc. If you are scoring under, I believe a little tweaking may help.

 

[Battousai1]

I dont play quake or unreal, but I dont experience speed and performance degredation except on battle realms, my gaming experience is fine, i usually turn the 4X anti aliasing mode in games that doesnt need too much CPU and graphics card power, btw the games i played are Soul Reaver 2, Metal gear solid, ff8, counterstrike and red alert 2 and i dont experience problems turning 4X anti-aliasing, oh the reason why i turn 4X anti aliasing is that the games i currently playing (Final Fantasy 8) doesnt need too much CPU and graphics card power and they dont give any difference when turning 4x anti-aliasing and off anti-aliasing

 

[HardWareXpert]

I dont think you would get that much for your GTS, considering a GF2 MX400 is about £60-£70 and a GF2 Titanium is about £98 and easly out performs a GTS.

I think you would regret selling that GTS for a MX.