Simviation Forum - 64mb nVidia GeForce 4MX-440SE?

Nov 27^th, 2003 at 7:41am

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Bonjour

I'm looking at getting a new PC -

Processor: Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Processor 2.80 GHz
Standard RAM: 512MB DDR SDRAM
Maximum RAM: 3GB DDR SDRAM (using 3 x 1GB) PC 266
Hard-disk: 120GB 7200 RPM
Graphics: 64mb nVidia GeForce 4MX-440SE 8x AGP TV-Out

It's a decent system except for the graphic card isn't the best in the world. Now I would obviously upgrade eventually but does anyone have the 64mb nVidia GeForce 4MX-440SE? Is it any good and have you had any problems with it?

Cheers. Grin

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz Northwood (With HT) Cooled by Zalman CNPS9500 LED - 2 x 512MB DDR RAM (PC3200) - 120 GB HDD - 128MB Nvidia GeForce FX5700 - Bluestorm 500w PSU&&&&Hopefully soon with RAID 0!

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Reply #1 - Nov 27^th, 2003 at 8:12am

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Avoid se at all costs. It only costs a little bit more a none se, go for 128-bit memory not 64-bit.

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Reply #2 - Nov 27^th, 2003 at 8:17am

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Yeah but the PC comes as a package and can't be upgraded when I buy it...

So basically it's just going to be coming with it anyway, will it be ok for most games?

Keep in mind that I currently have an 8MB onboard. Embarrassed

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Reply #3 - Nov 27^th, 2003 at 8:35am

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It will be an improvement and will give you happy days on most games but you will have to turn the settings down for high demanding games.

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Reply #4 - Dec 27^th, 2003 at 1:31am

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I run that very card, and if you go back in the archives of Raw Screenshots(back a few pages) or Payware Screenshots (all the way back ) and check out some of my earlier posts, you will see what this card is capable of....as you can see from the banner under this post, I don't have the highest of specs, but its adequate for providing me with satisfactory results most of the time.....

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Reply #5 - Dec 30^th, 2003 at 7:37am

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I run that very card, and if you go back in the archives of Raw Screenshots(back a few pages) or Payware Screenshots (all the way back ) and check out some of my earlier posts, you will see what this card is capable of....as you can see from the banner under this post, I don't have the highest of specs, but its adequate for providing me with satisfactory results most of the time.....

Liam,
Ok, your machine comes as a package, I'd guess by now, you've got it up & running.
Either way, replace that GF4 MX !!! - There only about £25 to buy, and frankly using such a weedy card with such a comparitively expensive CPU is a bit pointless - You'd get far better results from say a 2.4ghz Celeron but a beefier Graphics card.....

My #2 Machine, my old pIII 667 / 384MB SD RAM GF4 MX440, runs CFS2, Battlefield 1942 & FS2k2 very acceptably. I've just replaced the MX440 with an Asus 9520 FX5200 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Asus_nvidia_graphics_cards.html

FS2002 especially is very much better, I've also tried my FX5600 in my pIII, the performance increase was'nt nearly as noticable! - I assume the pIII has'nt got the grunt to drive the more powerful FX5600 properly ??? either way, If your going for an entry level card which an MX GF4 or FX5200 is, then I certainly advise against the GF4 MX's.

Remember, the GF4 MX is a Direct X7 card, and its core is based around the Geforce2 chipset.
The FX5200 is fully DX9 compatible and almost twice as quick as the MX440 it replaced.

Interestingly, I've also tried the FX5200 with my P4, it scored 8000 3d Marks.... not bad but my FX5600 scores about 8800 !!! I'm wondering if my FX5600 is either faulty or just plain crap compared to the much cheaper FX5200!!! ???

Paul.

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