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Mar 1, 2002, 11:18am

Ok, don't throw stones at me, I'm a Mac user :)

Since I got fed up with running Active Worlds on a PC emulator (sloooooow) I
convinced my boss to let me have one of the companies old Dell towers. Its a
450mhz Dimension model.

My problem is that it comes with a nVidia TNT2 card with 16mb of memory.
Gives a decent performance with distance set to 40 meters, not a lot.

I have been asking a lot of people online what cards they use and price
performance wise they suggested a geforce 2. Now is my question, which one?
I can get my hands on the MX200 model for a fair price, would that do the
trick?

Gerard, on and off active worlds since 95.

Mar 1, 2002, 11:41am

You might want to try a Geforce 4 MX :) They should be pretty cheap. Could you give a price
range and interface (PCI or AGP)? If its PCI your best bet is a Geforce 4 420...

[View Quote] Since I got fed up with running Active Worlds on a PC emulator (sloooooow) I
convinced my boss to let me have one of the companies old Dell towers. Its a
450mhz Dimension model.

My problem is that it comes with a nVidia TNT2 card with 16mb of memory.
Gives a decent performance with distance set to 40 meters, not a lot.

I have been asking a lot of people online what cards they use and price
performance wise they suggested a geforce 2. Now is my question, which one?
I can get my hands on the MX200 model for a fair price, would that do the
trick?

Gerard, on and off active worlds since 95.

Mar 1, 2002, 6:53pm

I can get a GeForce4 MX 440 for $135. It should outperform the top of the
line GeForce2 model. Go to mySimon.com and search for GeForce4 MX 440 and
you can get a listing of the places online that offer the cheapest prices.

SW Chris

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Mar 1, 2002, 9:44pm

Not to be a stick-in-the-mud here, but IMHO, the performance difference
between a GF4MX and a GF2MX isn't really worth the $120+ price difference
:-)

Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com) has a basic review of the new GF4
cards. While the GF4MX has higher memory bandwidth and a faster clock speed,
the overall "fill rate" is 600Mpixels/sec vs. 400 for the GF2MX. So you
optimally get 50% more overall performance increase at roughly 250-300% of
the price. Not exactly the price/performance ratio I'd typically spend my
money for.

I've got a 64-meg GF2 card that I wouldn't give up for the world right now,
given the price differences. The GF4MX line is *crippled* in comparison to
the GF4 Ti cards...the Ti series is the cream of the crop - with prices to
match ;-)

As someone who does some pretty hardcore 3D stuff beyond AW, I can say that
the performance of a GF2 card would be well worth the $50 or $60 you'd spend
on it.

Don't take my opinion as gospel, though...do some research on your own,
listen to others, and make your own decisions :-)


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Mar 1, 2002, 9:47pm

Er...meant that as a reply to the original post, sorry Chris :D

Mar 2, 2002, 8:18pm

Heh, anything works. I'm looking for a new card myself. Thanks for the
info.

SW Chris

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