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VisionTek Xtasy MX 440 AGP 64 MB Dual VGA NVIDIA GeForce4 Graphics Card

VisionTek Xtasy MX 440 AGP 64 MB Dual VGA NVIDIA GeForce4 Graphics Card

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This is an excellent video card for business users
Review: ... My current video card was dying, causing my computer to crash frequently, and I needed to do something. Now I am stable again!

My old video card was a 3 year old GeForce 256, which had performed nicely for my needs. I primarily use business applications, and only occasionally play a game.

I tested both the old and new video cards ... The GeForce4 MX440 represented a 60% increase in performance from my old GeForce 256. The other reviewers are correct in that the GeForce3 provides an additional 29% performance increase above the GeForce4 MX440 (per NVidia). However, the GeForce4 MX440 provides a 16% performance increase above the top of the line GeForce2 (also per NVidia).

I'm very happy with this product, because I can now drive 2 monitors, and spent substantially less than I would have for a GeForce3, which I wouldn't have put to the test anyways. I paid less than $90 for the card (brand new - retail version).

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This is an excellent video card for business users
Review: ... My current video card was dying, causing my computer to crash frequently, and I needed to do something. Now I am stable again!

My old video card was a 3 year old GeForce 256, which had performed nicely for my needs. I primarily use business applications, and only occasionally play a game.

I tested both the old and new video cards ... The GeForce4 MX440 represented a 60% increase in performance from my old GeForce 256. The other reviewers are correct in that the GeForce3 provides an additional 29% performance increase above the GeForce4 MX440 (per NVidia). However, the GeForce4 MX440 provides a 16% performance increase above the top of the line GeForce2 (also per NVidia).

I'm very happy with this product, because I can now drive 2 monitors, and spent substantially less than I would have for a GeForce3, which I wouldn't have put to the test anyways. I paid less than $90 for the card (brand new - retail version).

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The most underrated (not underpriced) product I've seen!
Review: I personally bought a Leadtek card, but with the same NVIDIA chipset. I, however, have felt the need to straighten some things out about this card.

The technology is certainly not the same as the geforce2, the only thing holding this card back is the absence of DX8 programabe shaders. This card even does some things like antialising and 2d image quality better than a geforce3 !! The card also has hardware DVD playback support, something that's also lacking in the geforce3.

To be honest you're not going to miss programable shaders right now, you can still play great games like Wolfenstein and Medal of Honor with more than average graphic settings. I even played the WWE RAW demo and it looks awesome. You shouldn't buy the card, however, if you're looking for a long term investment, for that you should save up for a geforce4 ti, because future games with DX8 requirements will be more tha the ones without DX8.

I personally bought it for the low price, 2D quality, more than average DX7 performance, and linux driver support; but prospective buyers should consider all the plus and minuses before making a decision. But you shouldn't pass it over for anything less than a RADEON 9000, RADEON 8500, GEFORCE4 TI, or maybe a GEFORCE3 TI with 128mb of ram.

P.S.: Expect this card to be cheaper when ATI's 9700 pushes NVIDIA's entire lineup into cheaper grounds.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Statistic lies
Review: I read a lot of websites and magazine reviews for this Geforce4 mx card. this Mx version is actually a souped up version of the Geforce 2 and increased it's memory and core clock speed to give you MX. the card is not faster then the Geforce 3 ti 500 but it is faster then the previouse Geforce 2's.
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good card for the price.
Review: I recently purcased a 64 mb 440 to replace my 32 mb Geforce 2 GTS that came in my computer. While the difference is not night and day, this card certainly delivers acceptable performance for the money. I was never much for benchmarks, just actual performance. On a 1 Ghz Athlon with 512 mb of ram and this card, I can run Warcraft 3 smoothly with all the settings turned up. I have also tried out several other recent game demos and can run them all fairly well. It will not run all the new games with all the settings cranked to the maximum certainly, but considering when I bought this it was less than 1/3 of what I could get a ti for, I think it was well worth the price. Is it the ultimate card? No. But it will last me the remaining year until I buy a new PC and upgrade everything. If you do buy this, realize you will have to upgrade it for gaming within the next year or two, but that is nothing new to any gamer. Think of it as a stopgap measure, and a much cheaper route to go than buying a radeon 9700 or some other overpriced card.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Similar to the geforce 2 MX
Review: this card is the brother of the geforce 2 mx with traditional sd ram which does not perform as good as ddr(double data rate). if you were considering to buy this card because its cheap, i would recommend the geforce 4TI4200 or Rodeon 8500LE 128MB (same price as G4MX). Its has ddr, directx 8.1 that the geforce 4 mx doesn't have. Currently the Roden 8500 is cheaper than this card since it is on sale.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: DONT LISTEN TO THESE PEOPLE
Review: this card rocks and your talking about framerate differences that dont mean squat and 3d marks that are so minimal you wont notice in game play, plus features this card is missing from others that arent even used yet!

pricewatch has this card for [$$$]
, I got it [$$$] shipped and you cant beat that. it will do what I want it to now and can upgrade when needed. so wont everyone else who bought the gf4 ti. lol

video cards are gonna change bigtime and no gf4 ti is gonna last through the gaming software changes that are happening quickly.

I play my games with evrything high and all my card settings high and this thing rocks. I got the Inno3d card on pricewatch. [$$$]!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good Value
Review: This card was ranked #1 overall (Value Graphics Board list) by PC World magazine, July '02. It's overall score was 95, Overall speed "very good" Image quality "outstanding". If you can't afford the costly 128MB Ti4400 & Ti4600 boards this would make a fine alternative. Features: 64 MB of DDR SDRAM & 350 MHz Ramdac

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This card is not worth the money!
Review: This is WAY too much for a GF4 MX440. For the price, go buy a 128MB GF4 TI4200. Yes, it is possible to find it. Or if you REALLY want an GF4 MX (why you would is beyond me), wait for the NForce2 motherboards to come out soon.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: There are better options for the price
Review: This is WAY too much for a GF4 MX440. For the price, go buy a 128MB GF4 TI4200. Yes, it is possible to find it. Or if you REALLY want an GF4 MX (why you would is beyond me), wait for the NForce2 motherboards to come out soon.


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