Gainward GeForce 4 MX 440 support DX 8.1?!

[Unfocused]

As far as I know GF4MX440 is a DirectX 7 video card. However, to my surprise, in the manual of a Gainward GF4MX440 it is stated that it has "full support for the DirectX 8.1 standard and OpenGL 1.3". I'm a little confused now. If it was true I would be able to run Silent Hill 3, SC: Pandora Tomorrow and Deus Ex 2, right (they require the pixel shader v1.1 (I think) which DX 8.1 cards suipport). What's going on?

 

[Gajdycz]

you will not be able able to play any of those games, beacuse ur card would get frightened by the moral dilemas, and it would die.

in sh3, u kill ur wife, end of story

 

[NeptuneUK]

will it suck or not on hl2?

 

[TheRook]

it wont be too great

Andy

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

will it suck or not on hl2?

Yes it will suck, I've seen my brother play cs:s with one....not too good looking

 

[Unfocused]

Will you answr my question? Some moderator should see this...

 

[KagePrototype]

I think the card only has partial support for 8.1, so texchnically it's still a DX7 card. I'm not that knowledgable of the situation myself though, so I'd get a second opinion.

 

[Johan_Tayn]

the GeForce 4MX series are really nothing more than GeForce2s on Steriods with no support for progammable shaders or anything, it is a completely ugly video card and disgrace to the naming methods of nVidia, IMO.

Pro-tip: Don't buy your video card @ Best Buy!

 

[Gemini][]

the GeForce 4MX series are really nothing more than GeForce2s on Steriods with no support for progammable shaders or anything, it is a completely ugly video card and disgrace to the naming methods of nVidia, IMO.

Yes, the card sucks for new games.
It'll run Half Life 2 without SM2 effects, just like a TNT2

 

[Nex321]

Here is an easy answer.....get Radeon 9800 PRO.....you can get one for $150.....anyone can afford it

 

[Unfocused]

Well first I wanted to buy some better GPU but since I have a cELERON 1.8Ghz some ppl suggested I bought a better processor. I bought an Athlon 3000+ but it turned out to be damaged so I will get the money back. So once again what do you think (those who alredy answered this question don't have to do that again): change processor or change GPU?

 

[blahblahblah]

Here is the deal, the Geforce 4 MX 440 is DX 8 and DX 9 compliant. This is different than having a card that is DX 8 and 9 support.

Compliant means that it you can play DX 8 and DX 9 games with no problems, but you can't use any of the features of DX 8 and DX 9.

Support means that it can use all of the features of DX 8 and DX 9.

Your manual is trying to confuse you as your video card is DX 8 compliant.

 

[Unfocused]

Well, in the manual it's written "wsparcie", what in Polish (I have the manual in this language) means "support" ;]