geforce2MX vs geforce4MX

tanto1982 · February 2nd, 2003

I have an Athlon 500MHz, geforce2 MX (32MB DDR) and 320MB Ram. Next weelk I'm getting an AthlonXP 2000+ on a nforce2 motherboard and 2 modules of 256MB DDR333. My question is this: should I get the nforce2 with the onboard geforce4MX? Is it worth the money or should I stick to my geforce2MX for the time being? I mean, how much better is 4 in comparison with 2 (considering that the onboard card will share memory with RAM). Opinions?

Raqia · February 2nd, 2003

Go w/ a plain nForce 2 and a new card.
You will definitely want a new graphics card to go w/ that nice new CPU and memory, so ditch the GF2MX. However, the GF4MX isn't that good a card either, it has no DX8 features which do make games look much better. I would suggest getting a plain nForce 2 w/ a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 or a Radeon 9500. These won't bottleneck your gaming performance or image quality like the GF2MX or the GF4MX.

**Yeloazndevil** · February 2nd, 2003

GF4MX is a good value card, u could go with it to save money or use a little more money and go with a Ti4200 or even a Radeon 9700 Pro (which I will be getting soon BTW

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February 2nd, 2003

The Geforce 4 MX will be better than the Geforce 2 MX, I would reccomend getting the board. Thenm upgrading your card later. You will see a performance increase and you'll get better anti aliasing out of the box.

Eventually you'll want a new card however

Chinoz · February 2nd, 2003

Get the board, and get a good g/card. Fully utilise your bandwidth

Blebekblebek · February 2nd, 2003

Yeahhhhhhh

go FOR IT...

and do you Know that nForce is much-much better than VIA KT400(even KT333 can't beat it)

May nForce be W/ You...

Sampah · February 2nd, 2003

Geforce4 MX is a good card, those who have a limitation of funds can pick this card, Geforce4 MX is faster than Geforce2 MX you should use your nforce2 onboard card.

**Dark Watcher** · February 2nd, 2003

We made the small jump from 2MX to 4MX..We have been nothing but pleased. We run 4XFSAA full speed with no issues. PSX emulation extras like 2XSaI and screen smoothing work well with little to no slowdown. Games that required Read / Read on Move framebuffer techniques work far better.
The extra Quincunx and 4XS FSAA modes are cool....speeds are cool. a nice cheap upgrade..particularly for us...we have no AGP ports..so PCI all the way baby....

AtomicFeline · February 2nd, 2003

AGP equivalents of PCI Geforce cards are exponentially better (well, not quite.) Not just that, but IIRC the PCI cards actually cost more. Invest in a better motherboard.

T.O.F.K.A.Z · February 2nd, 2003

Gefroce 4 MX series are based on the Geforce 2 , therfor I suggest getting a Geforce 2 because they come fairly cheap and they get almost the same result.

**liquid** · February 2nd, 2003

the geforce4MX is definately an execellent card for emulation, I'd say go for it

February 2nd, 2003

I've also made the jump from gf2mx to gf4mx on a p3 800, and it gave a decent boost. Just dont expect miracles

It's not a TI.

mitchpoodisko · February 3rd, 2003

u can get a geforce 4mx 440 for £33 from dabs.com

Gamer1 · February 3rd, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by tanto1982
I have an Athlon 500MHz, geforce2 MX (32MB DDR) and 320MB Ram. Next weelk I'm getting an AthlonXP 2000+ on a nforce2 motherboard and 2 modules of 256MB DDR333. My question is this: should I get the nforce2 with the onboard geforce4MX? Is it worth the money or should I stick to my geforce2MX for the time being? I mean, how much better is 4 in comparison with 2 (considering that the onboard card will share memory with RAM). Opinions?

If i were you, i'd get the SPP north bridge, and the mcp-t south bridge vresion of nforce2 (w/o the IGP). and get a separate GF4 MX instead. The nfocre2 IGP performance is crappier than nfoce2 with a regular gf4 mx.

Sampah · February 3rd, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by T.O.F.K.A.Z
Gefroce 4 MX series are based on the Geforce 2 , therfor I suggest getting a Geforce 2 because they come fairly cheap and they get almost the same result.

UNless you are using Geforce4 MX420, Geforce2 MX is slower and the result will not same because Geforce4 has a lightspeed memory architecture which Geforce2 MX doesn't have, this what makes the big differences between Geforce4 MX and 2MX.

Ali · February 3rd, 2003

As for my suggestion, check if you have a AGP slot on the Nforce2 Mobo with the Builtin GF4 MX, if yes then go for it, and then look for a upgrade of Video card later, if ur budget is low, and yes GF4 MX is way better then GF2 MX ( as I upgraded between the two categories about three months ago) but I dunno much about the builtin card, since it is intended to share the system memory as a Video Memory.

Ali

tanto1982 · February 3rd, 2003

Thanx for the thought guys, I think I'm gonna buy the chip with the integrated g4MX. After all, I'm buying sufficient memory (512MB). We'll see...

Player-X · February 6th, 2003

The built in card of the nForce2 is a GF4MX420,If you can,do yourself a favour and get a Ti

tanto1982 · February 6th, 2003

what?? i thought it was a 440. now that really sucks....

Gamer1 · February 7th, 2003

as i told you, stay away from the IGP versions of nforce. do yourself a favour and get a separate vid card.

February 2nd, 2003	#1 (permalink)
tanto1982 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 19	geforce2MX vs geforce4MX I have an Athlon 500MHz, geforce2 MX (32MB DDR) and 320MB Ram. Next weelk I'm getting an AthlonXP 2000+ on a nforce2 motherboard and 2 modules of 256MB DDR333. My question is this: should I get the nforce2 with the onboard geforce4MX? Is it worth the money or should I stick to my geforce2MX for the time being? I mean, how much better is 4 in comparison with 2 (considering that the onboard card will share memory with RAM). Opinions?

February 2nd, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Raqia Ah! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Evanston Il Posts: 545	Go w/ a plain nForce 2 and a new card. You will definitely want a new graphics card to go w/ that nice new CPU and memory, so ditch the GF2MX. However, the GF4MX isn't that good a card either, it has no DX8 features which do make games look much better. I would suggest getting a plain nForce 2 w/ a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 or a Radeon 9500. These won't bottleneck your gaming performance or image quality like the GF2MX or the GF4MX. __________________ Laptop: 1.6@2.13 Dothan 2MB (Pinmod), 2 GB 533mhz DDR2, GeForce 6800 360/730 256MB, 100 GB 5400 RPM, 17" UXGA+

February 2nd, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Chinoz ... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Desa Park, Key Ell, Malaysia Posts: 2,301	Get the board, and get a good g/card. Fully utilise your bandwidth __________________ System specs P4 2.6c \| Abit AI7 \| Radeon 9800pro \| 1024mb kingston ddr400 \| 120gb seagate sata \| 40mb wd \| And all the minor bits and pieces 3dMark2001SE

February 2nd, 2003	#6 (permalink)
Blebekblebek Kelelep di Laut Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Banjarmasin [Indonesia] Posts: 149	Yeahhhhhhh go FOR IT... and do you Know that nForce is much-much better than VIA KT400(even KT333 can't beat it) May nForce be W/ You... __________________ ~ Blebekblebek ~ 500x130, 25k max

February 2nd, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Sampah The Handsome Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Unlucky Place Posts: 881	Geforce4 MX is a good card, those who have a limitation of funds can pick this card, Geforce4 MX is faster than Geforce2 MX you should use your nforce2 onboard card. __________________ PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @1.8Ghz RAM: Kingstone 512MB PC3200 MOBO: ECS Nforce4 A939 VGA: Pixelview Geforce 6600GT (Golden Limited Edition) 128MB OS: WinXP pro Service pack 2

February 2nd, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	GF4MX is a good value card, u could go with it to save money or use a little more money and go with a Ti4200 or even a Radeon 9700 Pro (which I will be getting soon BTW )

February 2nd, 2003	#4 (permalink)
ChrisRay Guest Posts: n/a	The Geforce 4 MX will be better than the Geforce 2 MX, I would reccomend getting the board. Thenm upgrading your card later. You will see a performance increase and you'll get better anti aliasing out of the box. Eventually you'll want a new card however

February 2nd, 2003	#8 (permalink)
Dark Watcher Coffee Demon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Darkness, Unknown Posts: 2,898	We made the small jump from 2MX to 4MX..We have been nothing but pleased. We run 4XFSAA full speed with no issues. PSX emulation extras like 2XSaI and screen smoothing work well with little to no slowdown. Games that required Read / Read on Move framebuffer techniques work far better. The extra Quincunx and 4XS FSAA modes are cool....speeds are cool. a nice cheap upgrade..particularly for us...we have no AGP ports..so PCI all the way baby.... __________________

February 2nd, 2003	#9 (permalink)
AtomicFeline Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 569	AGP equivalents of PCI Geforce cards are exponentially better (well, not quite.) Not just that, but IIRC the PCI cards actually cost more. Invest in a better motherboard. __________________ Feline Visit my deviantart page: http://atomicfeline.deviantart.com 1.4 Ghz T-Bird Athlon PNY Geforce4 TI4400 AGP 128 Meg DDR 512 Megs DDR ram Ensoniq Audio PCI 32X CD-ROM Windows XP SP 1

February 2nd, 2003	#10 (permalink)
T.O.F.K.A.Z ..::NL_HC_NL::.. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: THE PLACE EVERYONE FORGOT Posts: 1,744	Gefroce 4 MX series are based on the Geforce 2 , therfor I suggest getting a Geforce 2 because they come fairly cheap and they get almost the same result. __________________ Senior Member of the "Optimism-Non-Pessismism Club" ---------- Specs : PENTIUM 4 2,5 Ghz / GEFORCE FX 5700 Ultra --------- ---------- SOUND BLASTER Audigy2 Platinum/ 512MB DDR -------------- ---------- If you don't agree with me then that's OK by ----------------- ---------- me but I hope you respect my opinion as well ----------------

February 2nd, 2003	#11 (permalink)
liquid Ebichu! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Posts: 2,089	the geforce4MX is definately an execellent card for emulation, I'd say go for it __________________ ...no sig for now

February 2nd, 2003	#12 (permalink)
Samor Guest Posts: n/a	I've also made the jump from gf2mx to gf4mx on a p3 800, and it gave a decent boost. Just dont expect miracles It's not a TI.

February 3rd, 2003	#13 (permalink)
mitchpoodisko Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London Posts: 28	u can get a geforce 4mx 440 for £33 from dabs.com

February 3rd, 2003	#16 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,613	As for my suggestion, check if you have a AGP slot on the Nforce2 Mobo with the Builtin GF4 MX, if yes then go for it, and then look for a upgrade of Video card later, if ur budget is low, and yes GF4 MX is way better then GF2 MX ( as I upgraded between the two categories about three months ago) but I dunno much about the builtin card, since it is intended to share the system memory as a Video Memory. Ali __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

February 3rd, 2003	#17 (permalink)
tanto1982 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 19	Thanx for the thought guys, I think I'm gonna buy the chip with the integrated g4MX. After all, I'm buying sufficient memory (512MB). We'll see...

February 7th, 2003	#20 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,237	as i told you, stay away from the IGP versions of nforce. do yourself a favour and get a separate vid card. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

February 6th, 2003	#18 (permalink)
Player-X Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: From Kuching in Malaysia now stuck in Houston Texas Posts: 9,110	The built in card of the nForce2 is a GF4MX420,If you can,do yourself a favour and get a Ti

February 6th, 2003	#19 (permalink)
tanto1982 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 19	what?? i thought it was a 440. now that really sucks....

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