Whats Better? GF2 GTS or GF2MX? (read)

[LaVoS]

What is a better buy? a GF2 GTS-V 32mb DDR (visiontek) or a GF2 MX-400 64mb SDR?(GAINWARD/CARD EXPERT)??? they are both $65 on newegg... if there is betetr for that same price what wuld it be?

 

[LaVoS]

any one? plllllz? lolz i wana order tonight

 

[Sugadaddy]

GTS

 

[novice]

No contest. Even at default, the GTS-V manages around 4.6 gb memory bandwidth compared to the MX maximum of around 2.8. Also there are many reports of people successfully clocking the GTS-V at standard GTS speeds of 200 core and 333 memory to attain around 5.3 gigs of total bandwidth. Trust me, I have had 2 Geforce 2 MX cards and now have replaced both of them with GTS cards. The difference is noticeable, especially if you like to play games at 1024x768 resolution at 32 bit color. IMO, go for the GTS-V and don't look back. if it is out of stock, go for the MSI 8820 for $97 plus shipping from newegg.com. Mine has been very solid (and I paid $125 for it!) But the gTS-V is the current budget card steal, absolutely the best bang for the buck, IMO.
Chuck

 

[fortega]

I second that ...I would go the GTS way

 

[LaVoS]

even if the MX is 64mb and the GTS is 32DDR?

 

[LaVoS]

hmmm well ig uess now i need to find a site to buy it form... Mwave and Newegg are both out ... any one know any sites that might have it in?

 

[LaVoS]

bump

 

[Enigma]

GTS should utilize ram better.

 

[LaVoS]

Where can ig et one other then Newegg or Mwave? theya re out andi wana order tonight...

 

[Kingofcomputer]

Ubid has it too, it's listed as Visiontek GTS 32M, the part number is same as newegg's.
try to bid it under $60, no tax for CA, after shipping could be better price than newegg or mwave.

 

[LaVoS]

thanx

 

[merlocka]

THe extra ram on the MX will only really help in in high resolutions and when texture compression is off. In those situations the MX is too slow anyway so the 32MB GTS is a safer bet.

You would need to overclock the memory of the MX to like 250/250MHz to get close to the performance of the GTS-V at 200/333

 

[CraigRT]

GTS is for SURE better... I have an MX400 and a GTS in my house and the GTS walks all over the MX400..

the GTS is still the best price/performance ratio card available.. runs q3 @ VERY GOOD FPS.

 

[mindiris]

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't they chop off 2 rendering pipelines and lower the clock speed of the memory for the GF2 MX (Half the theoretical fill rate at the same clockrate?).

My vote goes to the GTS. It's fast. If it runs out of memory, it'll be very slow. The GF2MS is somewhat slow to begin with. And few games will require 64MB for the short term.

 

[Jiggz]

Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't they chop off 2 rendering pipelines and lower the clock speed of the memory for the GF2 MX (Half the theoretical fill rate at the same clockrate?).

You're absolutely correct! The MX is the "neutered" version of the GTS. Even with 128Mb of ram on the MX, it'll still be inferior in performance compare to the GTS. Besides, most programs don't even use mem over the 32mb unless you're running in 32bit and higher that 1024X768 resolution.