Which is better? Dedicated Orignal GF2MX card or Onboard NF2 video

[optimistic]

I'm building a dorm rig for a friend that doesn't game. But if the urge ever arised which would be faster?

A dedicated Orignal Gainward Card Expert GeForce2 MX 32MB card

or

Onboard NForce2 video with 2 sticks of 256MB PC2700?


He'll save $50 if I went with the first choice becuase I already got a spare MX for him. MB would be ASUS A7V8X-MX (KM400) with 1 stick of 512mb PC2700.
Both system would have an XP2600 Barton as the processor.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Niether would be incredible for gaming at all, but I think, depending upon how you set it up, the nForce2 is a little faster as it is based off of the GF4 MX? I dunno, I'd say save $50 and save it up for a faster video card on down the line if he ever really wants to game he'll probably want more than a 32MB GF2 MX or integrated nForce2 video if he ever wants to game with anything newer than CS...

 

[themanwithapc]

I'd say the nforce 2 would be better, due to it being the newer technology. However, I do agree with bunnyfubbles, on the fact that your friend does need to save up the money for something better along the line. Unless he just wants to play Half-life, and quake 3....

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Onboard nF2 will eat that thing for breakfast. That card is only 32MB and SDR.

Plus, the advantages of having the nF2 chipset itself on the board (MCP-T, Firewire, DCDDR, other goodies) seals the deal.

nForce2 baby! 😀

- M4H

 

[Bateluer]

Just make sure you run the Nforce 2 with dual channel DDR RAM. Won't be much good otherwise. Which means you'd have to pick up a second stick of RAM.

I am slightly confused, though. Either way you are putting in an nForce 2 based motherboard, so he is not really saving any money at all. I'd leave him with the IGP and the AGP slot open for later.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Onboard nF2 will eat that thing for breakfast. That card is only 32MB and SDR.

Plus, the advantages of having the nF2 chipset itself on the board (MCP-T, Firewire, DCDDR, other goodies) seals the deal.

nForce2 baby! 😀

- M4H

Yep! My 75MRN runs 400DDR synch in dual channel and you can even overclock the G4 MX core with coolbits 😎 I score 6001 in 3Dmark2k1se and games run surprisingly well on it without the AA&AF enabled and game settings on med or low with 8x6 or 1024x768 depending on the game. That old G2 is no match for the IGP but a Shuttle MN35N=55$ and G4 440MX with TV out=41$ can be had at Mwave and just add 8-10$ shipping config courtesy of MechBgon and it'll spank both setups 😉

 

[Twista]

a7v8x is not NF2 but Kt400

 

[nemesismk2]

 

[Corporate Thug]

onboard w/ dual channel

 

[NYHoustonman]

According to a recent article in Maximum PC, the NF2 does, in fact, stomp the GF2MX.

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
According to a recent article in Maximum PC, the NF2 does, in fact, stomp the GF2MX.

Yeah the Nforce2 integrated graphics is something like an MX440SE isn't it??

Jamie