I get point five fps!! on some fish screen prog

[ArkAoss]

A quick question what is the difference between the geforce 2 version mx and gts?
i know the mx is cheaper, im tryin to decide between gettin the mx now or a coppermine and slocket to make my sys go faster
EDIT- yeah i have a prog that i run and on the sys described in my sig i get .5 fps
on a sys with an older 8mb vid card i get 8 fps (i wont mention it locks up dead)

 

[Wizkid]

GTS has around double the memory bandwidth of the MX...

 

[xtreme2k]

i would spread out the investment

coppermine + slocket + MX

 

[ArkAoss]

yeah, but a cumine and the gx now your sayin? i really only have bout 120 to spend right now, and thats pushin it, I think I'll do the mx now, cause im only runnin a v3 2k agp, and i have a little fish tank prog, and it only gets half a fps!?!?!?!!? yes .5 frames per sec, you think that's the vid or the cpu?

 

[xtreme2k]

i think no programs should get 0.5fps on a V3 2000 P2/450

check system settings

 

[ArkAoss]

oh yeah, res is 1280x1024, i havent messed with that prog in months, i gotta check to see if with some of the recent changes i've made to my sys what fps i can get

 

[Noriaki]

GF2MX:
2 pixel pipelines with 2 texture blocks 175Mhz core and 166Mhz SDRAM

GF2GTS:
4 pixel pipelines with 2 texture blocks 200Mhz core and 166Mhz DDR (333Mhz) SDRAM

So it has a little over twice the fillrate, and twice the memory speed.
At high res memory speed is a big limiation, so at high res the GF2 GTS mauls the MX. At low-mid resolutions they are closer, but the fillrate edge from the GTS gives it the win there to.
The important difference is the memory speed though.

 

[ArkAoss]

hmm, im gonna look at the prices between the 2 versions mx and gts. I want to get a card with dvd decoding built in, and tv out built in any suggestions?

 

[Noriaki]

<< I want to get a card with dvd decoding built in >>



ATi is the only company that offers DVD decoding functions built in. nVidia offers some hardware motion compensation but it doesn't do much.
With a Radeon I get less than 10% CPU usage on an athlon 550 because the Radeon does iDCT.

Besides, a 450 P3 is fast enough to decode DVDs in software

I'm looking at the Hercules 3D Prophet MX as a good MX card.
It has faster memory than other Mxs so at higher res it's a bit faster, and it has TV-out.

 

[SuperFreaky]

yeah!!!! I love this screen-saver!!!! I had forgotten all about it! any new changes?

 

[kami]

Set your desktop color to 16bit and you'll get a good 50+ fps on the fish screensaver. It's just a bug with the voodoo3.

 

[ArkAoss]

its not a screen saver, i forget where the heck i got it from, i think it isnt a screen saver, you say droppin to 16bit color, and i can keep the res cranked?? hmm ill try that tonight, i gotta turn my full tower tri nic dual hd burner and dvd fully rigged monster tower into a laptop so i can Bring it into work easier. . .

 

[Adul]

Remember the V3 cards cant render in 32bit color.

 

[MadRat]

As soon as I saw this thread the old 32-bit color-o'-doom in that benchmark came to mind.

Switch to 16-bit color for a better score.

 

[Rudee]

With my Athlon 1.2Ghz and overclocked GeForce2 GTS @ 235/395 I get well over 300fps with the fish screensaver at 1024x768 16bit. Incidently, 3DMark gives me 8200 3DMarks with the same setup. I'm happy.

 

[Quickfingerz]

If you are really looking for a value card that does a lot of what you want it to do (ie DVD decoding) you should look at no other than the ATI Radeon SDR. A &quot;value&quot; card that's FASTER than the Geforce 2 MX and has built in hardware DVD decoding.

ATI Radeon SDR should easily be your graphics card of choice.