All things being equal, which is the better video card performance wise; a nVidia GeForce2MX 32MB or an ATI Radeon VE 32MB?:o
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All things being equal, which is the better video card performance wise; a nVidia GeForce2MX 32MB or an ATI Radeon VE 32MB?:o
mx by a long shot
i second that
Cool, my burger buddies.:D Another shout out goes to the MX.
No contest, the mx.
MX should be faster...had you said Radeon 32DDR(and not the VE), the Radeon would have been quite a bit faster.
Hey dudes the Radeon can do EMBM while the MX cannot and no i am not an ATI fanboy.
As you can see in my sig i desperately need a new videocard and do not have much money but i refuse to buy an MX because it has no EMBM and EMBM looks as good as Pixel shaded graphics if properly implemented.
But the MX has hardware T&L, which the Radeon VE does not, and hardware T&L is FAR more important than environmental bump mapping.Quote:
Originally posted by Darkman
Hey dudes the Radeon can do EMBM while the MX cannot and no i am not an ATI fanboy.
As you can see in my sig i desperately need a new videocard and do not have much money but i refuse to buy an MX because it has no EMBM and EMBM looks as good as Pixel shaded graphics if properly implemented.
It was important, not anymore , atleast if you run a CPU above 1Ghz it should be more then enough to compensate for the lack of HWT&L.Quote:
Originally posted by s1203372
But the MX has hardware T&L, which the Radeon VE does not, and hardware T&L is FAR more important than environmental bump mapping.
Besides the MX's T&L is not that powerful, hardwired T&L which the MX and Radeon has been a hype mostly the benefits are not that obvious.
Programmable T&L is much more promising and is the future.
try running any new game with the kyro II...it usually beats out the mx in direct x 7 tests but once you start playing games that require t&l (basically any new game) it'll lag considerably...that's if it'll run at all...or try playing americas army which uses the ut2k3 engine) with a ve/7000...you'll get terrible frame rates no matter what cpu you have...run any game that let's you choose between hardware and software t&l (max payne supports this I believe) and you'll find that hardware helps considerable...believe me...I've served as a tech support person for americas army and a lot of frame rate issues was usually the result of a card not support t&l and most of these cards were radeon ve/7000 cards...Quote:
Originally posted by Darkman
It was important, not anymore , atleast if you run a CPU above 1Ghz it should be more then enough to compensate for the lack of HWT&L.
a lot of games require it.nolf2 and doom3 spring to mind and im sure i got a few others-but the mx cant really run these games very well anywayQuote:
It was important, not anymore , atleast if you run a CPU above 1Ghz it should be more then enough to compensate for the lack of HWT&L.
renditionkid, how much money can you spend on a video card?
VE = ultra craptacular
Hands down, Tnt 2 pro.:D
Hmm...I would pick the MX
just spend like $15 more and get something a lot better,