Nvidia Geforce MX 440?

[icarus7495]

I've been wondering recently about how good or bad half life 2 will look on my computer, and more specifically the direct x 9 capabilities of my graphics card.

Im running a:
1.15Ghz Athlon (Aparently overclocked to 1.4+)
256 DDR Ram
Geforce MX 440 64MB

Now im not expecting my computer to be able to make it look that good and handle it, but im hoping for at least minimal performance. You know, berable.

I have searched but to no avail for information regarding the directx 9 capabilities of the Geoforce 4 MX 440. Was wondering if anyone knew how well it fairs up,

Was considering buying an ATI 9600 PRO 256MB here .

Or does anyone suggest i spend my money elsewhere?

Thanks in advance

 

[Axyon]

The Geforce MX 440 64MB doesn't actually have DirectX 9 capabilities, only 8. If you want to upgrade your card to a 9600 or equivilent, I'd suggest that you upgrade your processor and possibly RAM as well, to prevent any bottlenecking.

 

[P43.2/1Gig/X800P]

dont go buying a nice vid card when your proccessor is slow you need to upgrade your cpu and mother board and some memmory wouldn't hurt either. good luck sir

you will end up bottle necking your pc if you just buy a nice card

 

[P43.2/1Gig/X800P]

Hey Abom your quick i almost said the exact same thing

 

[bosox188]

Your card is only dx7 first of all, and it sucks. It has no dx9 capabilities. It's dx9 compliant, meaning it can run dx9 games, but without any of the dx9 features. Your ram is minimum requirement, but you don't want high settings or anything you said. You processor is barely over minimum requirement, but it's ok. Really you should start thinking about a new computer sometime maybe in the next year, your current one is getting old and slow in every category. But here's the best card for your price range:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=55188

It's a nice 128mb Sapphire 9600xt. Faster than that 9600 pro. And btw, don't get a 256mb 9600, they can't use the extra memory properly and are actually slower. The one I showed you is the best, unless you can afford a 9800 pro. Oh one more thing, do you know if you have an AGP slot? It's next to the PCI slots, usually it's brown.

 

[JimmehH]

The MX440 is an AGP card so I think they'll be OK. Unless it's integrated. Then they're screwed

 

[RussianEmpire]

I've been wondering recently about how good or bad half life 2 will look on my computer, and more specifically the direct x 9 capabilities of my graphics card.

Im running a:
1.15Ghz Athlon (Aparently overclocked to 1.4+)
256 DDR Ram
Geforce MX 440 64MB

Now im not expecting my computer to be able to make it look that good and handle it, but im hoping for at least minimal performance. You know, berable.

I have searched but to no avail for information regarding the directx 9 capabilities of the Geoforce 4 MX 440. Was wondering if anyone knew how well it fairs up,

Was considering buying an ATI 9600 PRO 256MB here .

Or does anyone suggest i spend my money elsewhere?

Thanks in advance

get a 9800 pro or even a new comp is better

 

[KidRock]

my MX 440 ran better then my 9600 AIW does..

 

[oldagerocker]

the AIW looks better though, dx9 and all them nice things?
DX8 only cards got higher fps than the dx9 cards in the half-life2 VST but the dx9 looked nicer, i think... :-/

 

[psyno]

The MX 440 isn't even a DX8 video card. It's DX7 compliant, as bosox was saying. It will not run anything better than a Radeon 9600. It wasn't any good when it was released and graphics cards don't age like wine. Except Voodoos.

 

[bosox188]

I doubt any Geforce MX would beat a 9600. There are maybe two that could beat a 5200, like the Geforce 4 MX 460, but that's it.

 

[Subatomic]

Should I get a 9200 PCI or a 5200FX PCI for my brother who has integrated graphics? Anyone have particuarly good/bad experiences with them? Know any benchmarks comparing?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

I doubt any Geforce MX would beat a 9600.

I know for a FACT.

 

[bosox188]

Should I get a 9200 PCI or a 5200FX PCI for my brother who has integrated graphics? Anyone have particuarly good/bad experiences with them? Know any benchmarks comparing?

Neither, get a 9100 pci, it's the best one you can get for pci.

 

[Subatomic]

They don't sell it anymore, atleast not on newegg

 

[JimmehH]

Tried looking for an FX5500 PCI?

Dunno if they're still available though...

 

[bosox188]

The FX5500 is actually worse than the FX5200. Don't bother.