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  • Compare singlehead G400 to Geforce2 MX

    Has anyone been able to compare the 2D quality of the Geforce2 MX cards to that of a G400 singlehead.

    The G400 is hard to find these days (in real stores) but the Geforce MX cards are everywhere.

    Is the 2D quality of these cards comparable to a plain G400?

  • #2
    As long as you don't go higher than 1280x1024 the difference shouldn't be noticeable to an untrained eye, above that the G400 looks better ...

    Of course this depends a lot on your monitor too.

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    • #3
      I don't run at anything higher than 1280x1024 either, and I can't see a difference between the two.

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      • #4
        Then make sure to have a real look onto each card so that you won't be disapointed, in case you would notice a difference.
        Imean, theoretical differences are one topic, but your personal subjectiv opinion is the measurement that counts.

        As you know already, there are quite a few manufacturers offering an MX these days, but all come out more or less different in quality and performance.

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        PS: Btw, why do you ask ? Wanna upgrade or just collect opinions ?
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        • #5
          I have a Geforce 256 at work and a G400 at home. I can tell the difference at 1024x768x32.

          just my 2 cents.

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          • #6
            The plain 32MB G400 is hard to find these days so the only other alternative is the Geforce MX (easy to get).

            I have a 19" SONY CPD-G400 sitting there at the store right now along with the rest of my new computer (except for the video card).

            I'll be running it at 1280X1024 32bit.

            I was just gonna get the G400 until something really amazing/worth buying would come out.

            I guess if I get a Geforce I'll at least have better OpenGL in Lightwave and other 3D apps I guess?

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            • #7
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              • #8
                I have a geforce2 MX at work and I can't complain about the image quality. I am running at 1280x1024x32. I am pretty sure that moving from driver 5.3x to 6.18 made a huge difference. At first I was very disappointed but with 6.18 I was happy. It probably just fixed the contrast or something...

                Anyway, I think that the geforce2 MX is a very good card. I like that it doesn't use a fan. I got the Hercules and I am glad I did. I never had any problems except under Linux. I was able to get Linux working with the older XF86 driver but with RH7.0 it doesn't work for me.

                Also, in a way the 3d image quality for games is better because you can run at higher res + color, but it's got lots of artifacts and textures sometimes are wrong.

                I had a hard time choosing between the two for my home system. I think that previous cards from nvidia had bad 2d quality but at the resolution I run at, the monitor probably makes a bigger difference.

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                • #9
                  If you are checking, check on the same monitor otherwise you'll be looking at the differance between monitors as well.
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                  • #10
                    I have a G400 Max and an eVga MX and I'd give the G400 a slight edge in 2D. The GeForce 2 is much better at 2D than it's predecessors were. If you don't play games or do 3D work the G400 is a good choice but the MX is far better for 3D. My G400 actually looks better at 10x7 than at 12x10.

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                    • #11
                      I notice that you are from Canada. If you decide to get the g400, I strongly suggest looking at this place: www.atic.ca.

                      They have the g400-32MB singlehead for $160 (canadian$). So it is a very good price. I am on the east coast, they are on the west coast, and I always buy from them and Onvia because they are much cheaper for basically everything.

                      For the crazies who want Rambus, 128MB pc800 for $250. Also 256MB pc133 7.5ns $320, thunderbird 800 $230, etc.

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                      • #12
                        Well, I can see a huge difference at 1024x768x32bpp. The G400 wins hands-down. 'Course some people ain't got such sensitive peepers, y'ken?

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                        • #13
                          Gurm also has a good point about the old peepers. Someone here posted some picturs compairing the G400 and Gts I think. I tried these out at work. Two of us couldn't tell the differance and one could (The Youngest one) and chose the G400 everytime.
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