two lackluster cards, which is better

[Yodster]

I currently have in my possetion an ATI radeon LE 32 meg DDR card as well as a visiontek geforce4 MX 420
now the radeon is obviously a fairly old card at this point, but it does perform well (its the one I am currently using). it has DDR memory which helps it keep up with todays graphical demands
the geforce4 MX 420 on the other hand is a newer chip but from what I know the core is still a geforce 2 at heart but with a better memory controler, that along would make me use the 420 except for the fact that the board is loaded with non-DDR ram. (before you go and bite my head of i have the LE because i needed a quick and cheap replacement for my geforce 256 SDR when it suddenly failed, and the mx 420 is the card that visiontek sent me for my RMAed Geforce 256)
As you can see I am not exactly a bleeding edge user in terms of video hardware but I do like to use the best of whats available to me. All input will be greatly apreceated.

 

[richleader]

I'd go with the MX unless you notice a serious degradation in 2d quality.

 

[spanky]

i like the radeon. becuz its a better overall card.

 

[Killrose]

I'd agree with richleader. Though you could sell the MX for more money than the LE. The LE can also be bios hacked to a retail DDR spec. fairly easily, and that would close the performance gap which i'd guess the MX 420, even with SDR ram is faster.

 

[Yodster]

ok so I decided to mess around with the MX 420
have a serious problem with it, my system won't post with the card installed.
I have tried reseating it many times and the results are the same. I tried it in another system and that one posted perfectly.
My system board is an abit KT7-Raid with a 1 Gig T=Bird in it
the system that it had no prob with was an abit BH6 with a p2 in it
I've yet to try to boot my system with only the vid card and cpu but i've a strong feeling it won't change much since i have read a few other reports of the same issue. was wondering if anybody could provide any tips or advice to resolve this.

 

[Blurry]

The Radeon LE. I remember that the Geforce 4 MX 420 was just a regular Geforce 2 MX