If you can find a Ti4200 somewhere for a reasonable price, it would be your best bet.3 Bring on the clues! GeForce 4 series served two segments Also avoid the new ATI 9200 or 9000 series (slower than the 8500/9100). avoid the 64-bit bus architecture).Īll things being equal, I would say the 8500/9100 is a better bang for your buck than the FX5200, and the GF4MX really isn't a good buy, even though it is cheaper. And, of course, the FX5200 has its problems as well (e.g. Of course, 8500s have their range issues as well (core and mem clock speeds from original 275/275 down to 183/166!). Memory bandwith can vary from 6.3GB/s to as low as 1.3GB/s all the 440 series cards. A lot of them come with much slower memory (especially SDR - avoid at all costs). The 8500 is a faster card in virtually all tests (Q3 being the exception), and has features missing on the GF4MX line (which is basically the same as your GF2).Īs for the SE, I would definitely avoid.
For UT2003, the 8500 performed between 25-50% faster than the GF4MX (as it should). You'll noticed, BTW, that the GF4MX outperformed only in Quake3 at THG's latest roundup. Is it just AGP - 8x support? I don't need it since my current motheboard doesn't support 8x, but what kind of performance hit should I expect? Right now it looks like I can get the MX for $50, the Radeon for about $60, and the FX for about $70. Also, what is the differance between the MX 440 - 8x (as listed in the linked article) and the MX 440SE (which I keep finding online for approx. I always though the MX line performed on par with cards from two previous generations. I have narrowed it down to these three cards and I'm trying to figure out which one to pick or if I should just wait to buy a card.Īccording to THG, the MX actually outperforms both the 8500 and the FX, which comes as somewhat of a suprise to me. I'm not a big fan of the top of the line cards right now, so I thought I would make a $50-$70 "bridge" upgrade that should last me until the holiday season when I will be upgrading my entire system. It's finally time to upgrade my againg Geforce 2 GTS with a new video card.
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