Video Cards??

***swelsh*** · August 28th, 2002

I understand that the GeForce 4 is recommened for this game but while browsing for prices on it I came across variations on it

e.g. 64MB CREATIVE GEFORCE 4MX440+TV+DDR RET

64MB GEFORCE 4MX440+TV+DDR RETAIL

I was hoping I could be told what these mean as I don't want to buy the wrong card just incase those letters are important.

Thanks for any help.

***magnetixxx*** · August 28th, 2002

i bought the 128mb geforce ti4200, and it rocks! you may need to think about your budget, but the 300$ canadian i paid for it was well worth it. also a 64 mb card will not grow with your system for long. i also hear that the mx series had less than stellar reviews (older technology)...and thats why they brought out the 4200. hope this helps?

***Slayer636*** · August 28th, 2002

They are both the same cards except one is made by the Creative Company and the other one is made by Nvidia. The one that says creative just has its name on the box but it is the same graphics card. They both have TV out. Personaly I would buy the other one. The

64MB GeForce 4 MX 440 DDR + TV Out Retail

***Vrykyl*** · August 28th, 2002

Do NOT buy a GeForce4 MX of any type. MX's are in actuality a slightly revamped GeForce 2. It's basically nVidia's way of suckering newbies into buying something crappy for a high price.

I bought an MX420 a few months back and I've been using it since then. I'll admit, it's not a "bad" card. It's served me well the past couple months, but looking back on it, it was hardly any better than my old TNT2.

For only a few bucks more you can get yourself the GeForce4 Ti4200 which is a REAL GF4: It supports pixel-shading (really, REALLY beautiful water), all the high-res stuff and is just overall a great video card. I just ordered one myself a week ago and it should be arriving in a couple hours..

So, yeah, basically spend the ~$50 extra and buy a 4200. You WILL regret buying ANY type of MX video card. Always use the extra cash to go the step farther and buy a Ti. You can find a GeForce4 Ti4200 on pricewatch.com for only $130-150 right now. if you plan on using the card for a while, get the 128RAM version. If you're like me and are just gonna upgrade it again in a couple months, get the cheaper 64RAM one. I only bought the 64-version because I plan on buying the nv30 once it's out.

***policy11*** · August 28th, 2002

Forget nVidia, ATI's new Radeon 9700 destroys all the competition.

http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1683&p=1
http://www4.tomshardware.com/graphic...819/index.html

And btw, I'm running the game with a GeForce2 TI(which I paid around $80 for a year ago) on 1024x768 high quality and get around 70-90fps in most levels. That's adaquate enough for me to play the game.

Also,
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4Ghz on ASUS A7A 266
256MB Crucial DDR PC2100 RAM
40GB 7200 IBM Deskstar
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1

For anyone who was wondering...

***policy11*** · August 28th, 2002

Also, here's the price guide from Anandtech:

http://anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.html?i=1688&p=4

Usually the best prices on the net can be found here.

***Tbag*** · August 28th, 2002

F.A.O

Vrykyl

hi there just read ur post abvout the G4MX 420

Have just installed JK2 and the damm thing wont work

i get message up saying invalid openGL driver

wonder if you had same prob with that card ?

or anyone else can offer some help this would be greatly

appreciated

running windows 2k athlon 1200 500 meg ram

Thanks guys

keith

Please email me at kgibbo@btinternet.com

***Strider*** · August 28th, 2002

I have a Geforce 4 MX series because my lame computer can only take 64 megs of DDR ram (I know I'm dumb but it was cheap!) and it runs smoothly.A good way to test your graphics card is to download the original full version of the ladder and spawn in Jedi and Reborns and Desann and rebels until your frame rate gets choppy. It takes about 50 things onscreen for it to slow. But as everybody else said dont get the MX series unless its that or a crayon. Get the TI4200 or above. BUT IF YOU HAVE THE 300 BUCKS GET THE

RADEON 9700

AND RULE THE WORLD!

***Slayer636*** · August 28th, 2002

I have GF 4 MX440, and I can play all the games i have with max res and extra graphics options. JK2, MOHAA, AA, Elder Scrols (the new one)
I dont know what your complaining about.
I use a

2.0 GHZ Pentium 4 (500mhz bus speed)
60GB hard drive
256 MB ram
GF 4 MX440 Graphics Card
Windows XP

***Strider*** · August 28th, 2002

crap your lucky. 1.4 ghz Celeron w/ GF 4 MX 420 256 mb and a 209 gb HD is all I got