XFX GeForce4 MX440se Compatible with Abit BE6 MB?

[greyhavns]

I have a Abit BE6 motherboard. It's approximately 4 years old, but I was wondering if i were to upgrade to this card taht only costs $30 bucks if it would be worth it and how much of a performance I would gain. I'm currently using a Matrox G400.

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: greyhavns
I have a Abit BE6 motherboard. It's approximately 4 years old, but I was wondering if i were to upgrade to this card taht only costs $30 bucks if it would be worth it and how much of a performance I would gain. I'm currently using a Matrox G400.

Although the MX440SE (250mhz core & 332mhz memory) is slower than a regular MX440 (270mhz core & 400mhz memory) you will get a very nice performance boost from your Matrox G400. I havn't heard there's any problems running a mx440 on your motherboard.

Here's some benchmark scores for you compared to a regular MX440 and Radeon 9000 used with an AMD Athlon XP 1700:-

(results are=mx440se, mx440 & radeon)

Quake 3:-

800x600x32bit=162,174,174
1024x768x32bit=122,141,140
1280x1024x32bit=102,120,117

Quake 3 2xfsaa:-

800x600x32bit=111,129,103

Quake 3 4xfsaa:-

800x600x32bit=56,66,58

Return to castle wolfenstein:-

800x600x32bit=124,140,138
1024x768x32bit=89,116,115
1280x1024x32bit=73,100,97

Serious Sam 2:-

800x600x32bit=84,120,122
1024x768x32bit=57,84,91
1280x1024x32bit=39,69,77

UT2003 flyby (Antalus):-

800x600x32bit=75,86,77
1024x768x32bit=51,59,51
1280x1024x32bit=34,40,33

Please remember that you will get much better results than above because I used max settings with each game so my scores are the lower than you will probably see.