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Performance
Comparison
The
Geforce2 MX400 vs. The Geforce2 Ti
by Mark
Rubrico
Introduction
NVDIA,
since the TNT2 days has somewhat spread there line of
video card products to increase market share and attack
all segments of the market. The TNT2 series, for example,
had many "flavors", namely, the TNT2 Vanta,
M64, so-called vanilla TNT2, TNT2 Pro and finally the
TNT2 Ultra. Along with the costs, performance between
these products varied widely. Instead of making it easier
for the buyer, the whole plethora of products they offered
often led to confusion. It was very confusing then,
as it is now, to purchase an NVIDIA product. The Geforce
line had only 2 flavors, though ( SDR and DDR ), but
Geforce2 series has currently 7 different flavors!
With the Geforce2 line of cards, the MX was quite an
attractive card. Unlike the TNT m64, this "crippled
Geforce2" showed much more power than was expected
of a value card. It was priced low but its performance
wasn't that of of a typical value card. It delivered
more than enough power for a card in its class. It was
then considered have delivered the most bang for the
buck . ( performed like the Geforce SDR at a fraction
of the price ) Nvidia, also released two new chips after
the MX, the MX400 and the MX200. The MX400 is essentialy
the same as the original MX.
Although
it was introduced just recently together with the new
Geforce3 flavors, the Geforce2 Titanium still uses the
same core as the GTS, Pro, and Ultra varieties of the
original Geforce2 core. Like the MX400 is to the original
MX, the Geforce2 Ti isn't much different to the Geforce2
Pro. ( MX and MX400 share the same memory clock, 166mhz
; Pro and Ti, 400 mhz)
For people looking for a budget card the MX400 is priced
very attractively. It is not unusual to see its more
powerful brothers ( GTS, PRO, Titanium, Ultra ) costing
more than twice the MX400. This article will focus on
the performance of the MX400 and the Geforce2 Ti. Will
the MX400 be able to keep up with its much more powerful
sibling? Let's see.
Listed at the table below are the specs for the whole
Geforce2 family. No less than seven different card bear
the Geforce2 name.
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Geforce2
MX00
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Geforce2
MX
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Geforce2
MX400
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Geforce2
GTS
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Geforce2
PRO
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Geforce2
Titanium
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Geforce2
Ultra
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Core
Clock
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175
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175
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200
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200
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200
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250
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250
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Mem
Clock
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166
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166
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166
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166
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400
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400
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460
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Mem
Type
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64bit
SDR DRAM
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128bit
SDR DRAM
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128bit
SDR DRAM
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128bit
DDR DRAM
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128bit
DDR DRAM
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128bit
DDR DRAM
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128bit
DDR DRAM
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Rendering
Pipelines
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2
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2
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2
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4
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4
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4
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4
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Pixel
Fillrate
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350
MPixels
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350
MPixels
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400
MPixels
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800
MPixels
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800
MPixels
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1.0
GPixels
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1.0
GPixels
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Texel
Fillrate
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700
MTexels
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700
MTexels
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800
MTexels
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1.6
GTexels
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1.6
GTexels
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2.0
GTexels
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2.0
GTexels
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Bandwidth
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1.3
GB/s
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2.7
GB/s
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2.7
GB/s
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5.3
GB/s
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6.4
GB/s
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6.4
GB/s
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7.3
GB/s
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Specifications
for the Geforce2 line of chips
Focusing
on the MX400, we see that the only difference between
it and the original Geforce2 MX is the clock of the
GPU core. Sporting 25 more mhz than its its brother,
the MX400 pushes up its fillrate upto 800MTexels.
We also notice that the Geforce2 Titanium is a Pro
and Ultra hybrid. Having the core clock of
the Pro and the Memory clock of the Ultra, the Titanium
should perform just between them ( much closer to
the PRO, because of bandwidth issues).
We see that the starting from the core clock down
to the bandwidth the Geforce2 Ti leads the MX400 specs-wise.
The MX400's fillrate is only a fraction to that of
the Ti's. And both its core clock and memory clock
are nowhere near that of the Geforce2 Ti's. Add the
fact, that the MX400 has only half the number of rendering
pipelines its seems that it has no chance of catching
up with the Ti.
Next :
The Geforce2 MX400 and Geforce2 Ti Cards
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