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    my desktop graphics outdated?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by the1, Aug 22, 2006.

  1. the1

    the1 Notebook Consultant

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    i have a geforce 4mx440se in my desktop and want to know where it would rank when compared to notebook graphics cards
     
    the1, Aug 22, 2006
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    sionyboy Notebook Evangelist

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    Intel GMA900. Maybe worse!
     
    sionyboy, Aug 22, 2006
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    PC_pulsar Notebook Evangelist

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    buy a new one.
     
    PC_pulsar, Aug 22, 2006
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  4. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    I use to have that card on my desktop. Definitely get a new one. What are your desktop specs?
     
    ScifiMike12, Aug 22, 2006
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    On paper in some aspects it is worse but in real time games the Geforce 4MX is light years ahead of the GMA 900.

    But definately time to get a new card...I had that card 4 years ago in my desktop, was great at the time but its been useless for demanding games for the last 2 or 3 years...even games that did and in some cases still do support the Geforce 4 don't support the MX line generally speaking.

    The last game I played on my Geforce 4mx was Far Cry - it ran pretty well actually.
     
    HavoK, Aug 22, 2006
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  6. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I used to have the laptop version of that card (GeForce 4 440Go) in my old HP zv5000z (Athlon 64 3400+). It got near identical scores with the X200M in 3DMark2001. The X200M is probably still better though (if compared to the dedicated version), considering it will at least be able to play newer games that require pixel shaders - the GF 4MX is DX7 only, no pixel shaders.

    It's definitely outdated, the worst card Nvidia ever made.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 22, 2006
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  7. Dustin Sklavos

    Dustin Sklavos Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Sounds like someone's forgetting the FX series. ;)
     
    Dustin Sklavos, Aug 22, 2006
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  8. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Good catch.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 22, 2006
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  9. TwilightVampire

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    Ha ha!! Good one! But the FX series is something thats MEANT to be forgotten ;)

    I had a 440 too. For back in the day it was decent enough (but still not good). Its deffenetly time for an upgrade.
     
    TwilightVampire, Aug 22, 2006
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  10. Meaker@Sager

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    Not really, this goes a little back, so here is the run down.

    The FX series were hot and they had poor dx9 shaders but at least they COULD do them.
    Nvidia decided when coming to the value series for the geforce 4 that instead of cutting down the current core they would go back to an old one. So the geforce 3 right? Wrong, they went with a Geforce 2 on a smaller process. The geforce 2 chip is only DX7 capable and they usally coupled it with 64bit DDR or 128bit SDRAM (for the same effective bandwidth that was poor even then). Anyway they were very poor for the time, now its not even capable of even attempting to run newer games. Ironically if you set HL2 to its lowest at 640x480 or 800x600 you can run it showing just how scalable it is. Its not going to look that good though :p
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 22, 2006
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