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Can someone please tell me which of these two cards are the best for value, now i know the most expensive one is better but is it worth extra dosh for it. im looking for a a pci graphics card as i dont have any agp slots my self.

370 board for £50

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html? (SPACE) action=c2hvd3N1YmNhdGVnb3J5X3BhZ2U=&subcat_uid=62

GeForce 4 MX440SE AGP for £40

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html? (SPACE) action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=45299



That works out at £90 but would be far better quality, although I would be slightly worried about you replacing a motherboard, no offense.

why shouldnt i be picking them.

The other one, the MX440, the £61, and if you were confused with that I don't think you should be trying to pick graphics cards, never mind install them........


and why did you quote all that?!?!?!

Sr offer them for 70 pound ( socket 370 motherboards) thats with hardly anything on it. sorry about this but im a little confused, would you go for the one on ebuyer or the one on the other site. sorry about this. im just a little confused

Memorandum wrote:
> Here is the deal, and I am being frank: Any GF2MX be it PCI or
> otherwise, is not up to scratch these days, even with details at low
> it will struggle, especially on a 667 Celeron.
>
> GF4MX420 is not really that much better, as it uses extremely low
> bandwidth SDRAM, as if squeezing the information through a PCI bus was
> not enough.....
>
> GF4MX440PCI is good, and should be fine for most games, even on your
> CPU but again its performance will be extremely limited by it being a
> PCI card, as the bandwitdth of a PCI bus is only 133MB/s if I remember
> correctly and AGP4x is 1100MB/s so as you can see, that is almost 10
> times faster.
>
> In your situation I would definitely go for the MX440, or get a new
> mothreboard with an AGP slot, a socket 370 board can't be much now,
> surely??
>
> Then get an MX440 AGP along with the mobo, the AGP ones are much
> cheaper and therefore the AGP card & mainboard combo can't have
> much of a price difference than a £60 PCI card.

Here is the deal, and I am being frank: Any GF2MX be it PCI or otherwise, is not up to scratch these days, even with details at low it will struggle, especially on a 667 Celeron.

GF4MX420 is not really that much better, as it uses extremely low bandwidth SDRAM, as if squeezing the information through a PCI bus was not enough.....

GF4MX440PCI is good, and should be fine for most games, even on your CPU but again its performance will be extremely limited by it being a PCI card, as the bandwitdth of a PCI bus is only 133MB/s if I remember correctly and AGP4x is 1100MB/s so as you can see, that is almost 10 times faster.

In your situation I would definitely go for the MX440, or get a new mothreboard with an AGP slot, a socket 370 board can't be much now, surely??

Then get an MX440 AGP along with the mobo, the AGP ones are much cheaper and therefore the AGP card & mainboard combo can't have much of a price difference than a £60 PCI card.

A special type of Gainward using tip-top components, built for l33t overclocking.

erm,does anyone know.

whats a "golden sample card"

Note, Gainward are only good if you get a Golden Sample card. Else forget it.

Miserable man, would you say that card u gave me a link to is good!

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html? ( space) action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=39550