MSI MX-4000 w 128 Mb of RAM?

[cloasters]

Is this an absolutely miserable Vidcard? Was trading a GF3 Ti200 w 64 Mb of RAM for it stoopid?

[GrahamGarside]

I think it may well have been
I couldn't find any info on it but it sounds like a GF4mx which is basically a Geforce2 chip, so no pixel/vertex shaders

[cloasters]

Oh. Goody. Argh, too smart for my own good, again.

[cloasters]

I got the GF3 Ti200 Vidcard back, nyuk nyuk. The 128 Mb of RAM on the MX-4000 doesn't mean what I thought it did.

[mashakos]

There wa a Ti4000 I think which would have been what you wanted. I remember reading about it being released but have no idea if it was released or if Ti4000 was just the old prototype name for the FX series.

[dolanenwindrift]

Glad you got your GF3 back - tho slow by today's standards, I already miss my TI200 that finally died.

[cloasters]

Originally Posted by dolanenwindrift

Glad you got your GF3 back - tho slow by today's standards, I already miss my TI200 that finally died.

Thanks, dolanenwindrift! It replaced the 32 Mb GF2 GTS in my B box. The LCD looks better, text isn't as bad as it was.

[cadaveca]

and to think the lowest card i have is a 9800pro. Guess you can tell what my priorities are!

on a side note, CS:S and HL2 play not too bad on a 64mb mx4000

[GrahamGarside]

Yeah I suppose valve deserve some credit for doing their research into the level of card most people own and making a scalable engine thats incredible on high end gear but playable on low.
But steam!?

[dolanenwindrift]

I will have to agree that Valve did a nice job in supporting older video cards. Tho I suspect in reality since they worked on the game for nearly 5 years, the truth is that they simply added support for NEWER video cards before the release. And Steam is why I won't purchase HL2 (at least until it hits the bargain bin!). So I guess we can expect HL3 sometime in 2009.......

[keithwalton]

The fully fledged geforce 4 series was graded by speed at the ti4200, ti4400 and ti4600. later speed bumps brought along the ti4800 as well. the mx series allways was a budget gimmick and i'm glad they've kinda seperated them out now with different main names ie, geforce 6200, 6600 and 6800 for different core chip types, then used, gt / ultra etc for speed grading

[surlyjoe]

some MX4000 are 128mbDDR 128bit, these are probably the best gaming card you will find for $40, granted another 20 bucks will get you much more, but....

well, you may be able to get a 5200 for $40 now days so I may be full of $#!%

[GrahamGarside]

Maybe $50, and the GF4MZ is actually faster in some things than a 5200.
The GF2MX was a good card for it's day, a slightly stripped down GF2 with either SDR or 64bit memory, but today is long past it's day.