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    This is a good article that breaks nvidea's mirror and reveals the truth about the gf4mx
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    John Carmack warns people NOT to buy a GeForce 4 MX for Doom (or anything says I).

    nVidia: Let's sell people crappy mid-range cards so they have to upgrade a second time to the bigger cards once WarCraft III and Doom 3 comes out.

    Carmack: You are unwise nVidia, I will thwart you!

    nVdia: What's a thwart?

    Carmack: Boot to the head!

    [PHOOMP]

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    • #3
      All your game code belong to us !11
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      • #4
        The only way nVidia can make the GF4MX brand somewhat acceptable is by dropping the entire GF3 range.
        "That's right fool! Now I'm a flying talking donkey!"

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        • #5
          Originally posted by CHHAS
          The only way nVidia can make the GF4MX brand somewhat acceptable is by dropping the entire GF3 range.
          I heard they were indeed dropping the GF3s (TechTV segment).
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          • #6
            Marketing marketing, all those joe sixpacks will buy one because Geforce 4 sounds better than Geforce 3 .
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            • #7
              Of course, what Carmack fails to mention is that any currently sold card will run Doom3 just fine.

              Despite all his blustering, he never REALLY alienates an entire segment of the populace. I mean, Wolf3d runs ok on a G400, despite it being totally old-tech.

              - Gurm

              P.S. But yes, I have come to realize that the Gf4-mx is just a higher-clocked version of my gf2-mx. They already sell one of those. It's called a GF2ti. Sheesh!

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              • #8
                Despite all his blustering, he never REALLY alienates an entire segment of the populace. I mean, Wolf3d runs ok on a G400, despite it being totally old-tech.
                a 386 with a normal vga card runs wolf3d ok.

                back to topic, i don´t think the gf4mx will backfire at nvidia, because of the name, but then again it all depends on the honesty/knowlegde of the salesman, this could be real problem in stores that isn´t specialized in computer hardware some of them don´t even know what they are selling.
                a long time ago i bought a soundblaster awe32, believing that it could (as the salesman said) deliver 32bit sound, when i learned the truth i didn´t blame it on the creatives marketing, and i didn´t returned the card, because i was satisfied with it, but i would have returned it, if i was looking for 32bit soundquality(i didn´t know better)).

                I can see the problem if the salesman insist that the gf4mx is a "real" gf4, lets just hope i tnever happens.

                if you don´t know anything you just have to trust they know what they are talking about.
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                • #9
                  How about "EXCLUDING" nVidiot card from Doom3

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                  • #10
                    I think they intentionally chose the name because:
                    The GF4mx is an OEM card.
                    Now all the system manufacturers get to sell computers that have "GeForce 4 chipsets."
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                    • #11
                      Now all the system manufacturers get to sell computers that have "GeForce 4 chipsets." [/QUOTE]

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