GeForce2 GTS/PRO or GF4 Mx440 8x?
Well, I'm building a comp for my sister...which is pretty damn quick. She's currently using the Geforce2 GTS/PRO and I'm ordering a 440mx 8x with her new comp. The old stuff is gonna stay with my mom, minus possibly the video card.
So the question is, which is better? The MX or the GTS/PRO?
So the question is, which is better? The MX or the GTS/PRO?
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As for the gf4mx, I've heard they overclock well... what would she be using the comp. for? The systems I've recommended for my Grandfather to use in his office (word, internet, some autocad stuff) use GF2MX400 64mb cards and do just fine... so do all the systems we just donated to Habitat For Humanity. Most of the office systems still run Diamond Viper 550s, and they're plenty fast enough for office & windows...
some video comparo
The MX440 is slightly better, but a R8500 or GF4Ti4200 will blow it away.
Oh, and this GTS also clocks to way beyond ultra speeds no problem, so according to that THG article (which I take with a grain of salt...) it should best the mx440 by quite a bit.
JK!
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but on a more serious note...ive used an nvidia riva TNT for web browsing (diamond viper 550) and it works just fine in XP. But as geeky1 said...tune down the visuals and ull be golden. However, i believe that with the availability of graphics cards today, you should go with something that has more VRAM. Like the ati rage 32mb...that shouldnt be expensive at all and it should suite you just right
Wait, so the Diamond Vipers are TNTs? So can I use the nVidia reference driver on them? Is there some kind of a list I can get of which Diamond card uses which chip, because my dad's still got 30+ of 'em running in office machines @ my grandfather's company, and Diamond has discontinued support for them, and aftermarket support is sketchy at best...
Anyhow, I know people who run GF2GTSs in XP and don't have a problem... hell, they play UT2K3 (albiet slowly) on it and it runs... I'd go with a card that has a passive cooling system if at all possible tho, and put a slot fan underneath it because that's a lot more reliable than one of the dinky fans they use on video cards... Anything that can manage ~1000 or more in 3dmark2001se is MORE than fast enough for XP (my R128 does 976 on my K7D-L w/a single 2200...)