Older AGP vs. Newer PCI?

[DurocShark]

On my 1.2 Athlon system, I'm currently running my rather old TNT2 AGP video card. A friend is giving me his Gforce2 MX PCI card.

My question is: Should I bother? Will the loss of AGP kill any advantage the Gforce will give me? Or should I put it in my kid's Celery 266/400 machine that is still running an old Riva 128 card?

Thanks,
Don

 

[Rand]

The GF2 MX is hit heavily by going to PCI rather then AGP, it's extremely relient upon AGP's advanced features. A classic GF2 MX card in P{CI would be barly faster then a GF2 MX200 in AGP, and so marginally outperform a TNT2 Ultra by a small amount.
It would be worth using in place of your current TNT2 card, but don't expect a very large gain.

 

[DurocShark]

Thanks... That's what I thought. I'll do the switch, if for no other reason than the extra features on the GF card. I'll put my TNT2 in my kid's machine.

Thanks again.

Don