Which 3d card ?

[Fjive]

ok...a friend of mine wants to get a new graphic card for his 1.2 T-bird....
he has the choice of a GF2 Ti 64mb ddr or a GF4 MX 440 64mb ddr
overall, the GF4 MX should be better than the GF2 right ?

thanks

 

[mchammer187]

the mx will be better but i think a GF3 Ti200 would be a better choice for $100

 

[Fjive]

oh...the GF3 ti 200 is 1.5 times more expensive in my place

 

[ojai00]

If you read some reviews, there are some things that are not so good about the GF4 MX. However it will definitely be better than the Geforce2. I think the benchmarks should be the same with a Geforce3 Ti200 or Ti500.

 

[Mavrick007]

I would probably stay away from the GF4 MX 440 or 420 and I would expect that the GF2 TI or GF2 Pro should close in speed. The only thing is that the GF2 will not have the new LMA II or the new DVD hardware assist that the GF4 MX has, plus don't forget Nview to let you view two monitors/tvs at once. The GF2 Ultra would trash it in most tests, but anything under that will be close to par with the GF4 MX 440. Any GF3 will wipe out the board when comparing the Gf4 MX. If you are into gaming and want a good card with not alot of price, go with a Gf3 Ti200 or a Radeon 8500 and you will have good value for price, but if you do a bit of everything, you might want a Gf4 MX440/460, I would totally stay away from the MX420.

 

[acejj26]

get the GF4 MX with the high-speed ram (not the one with the 400 MHz ram)....i'd go with a Gainward card....they always produce highly overclockable cards (as evidenced by my GF3 Ti200 which at default is 175/400 but i have it at 225/550 with AWFUL case cooling and the stock cooling on the card)

the GF4 MX will definitely beat the GF2, especially in higher res/higher color depth....it is, however, slower than the GF3 series of cards

EDIT: newegg has the Gainward GF4 MX golden sample for $109 and it has a 600 in it's model name to imply that the 4 ns memory should do 600 MHz.....this card would chump anything in the GF2 series, including the ultra

 

[bluemax]

With better, faster FSAA too! If both cards are the same price, I'd go with the GF4MX. Speeds maybe aren't dramatically different, but it has some extra graphical goodies.