video card worth it?

[Gary Pandher]

i got a gforce 2 mx 400 32mb

friends sellin me a 64 mb mx 400

the one he is giving me has tv out and the one i currently have has tv out too
he's saying $50 cdn
do you think its worth it or just buy a new vid card?

 

[Taurus]

no way worth it. especially when you have the 32mb version.

you can get a 64mb gf2 ti for $60 usd! about 3x faster than both cards.

 

[Gary Pandher]

yea i was thinkin jus buy a new card
anyways im out for the night
gettin it from him 2morrow to test it out n stuffs will c how it goes

 

[Gary Pandher]

:huh: this video card benchmarks less then my 32mb
wid the 32mb i get 2907 in 3d mark
wid this 64 i get 2684
anyone know y?
slower memory?
and the clock speed and memory speed shouldn't it be faster?
32mb 185/175
64mb 200/133 ........core / memory....shouldn't the memory b higher? :huh:

 

[Taurus]

the 64mb card should be 200/166.

but before you move the slider up to that, look at the memory chips on the card. it should reveal it's designated speed in nanoseconds. here's an example of a 3.6ns memory chip:

yours should probably be 6ns.. so look for a "-6" or something on the chip. if you see a "-75" then it's 7.5ns memort meant to run at 133mhz for some reason.

1000 / 6ns = 166mhz
1000 / 7.5ns = 133mhz

 

[Gary Pandher]

7.5 thas slower memory?..
soo it should b at 133
how far do you think i could o/c that?..

 

[G-Lizard86]

Dude, my advice is to save up some money and get a GF4 Ti4200, their not that expensive anymore, and they perform really good. Some are marvelous at overclocking too.....so think about it...

 

[Gary Pandher]

yea i was
givin him his card back
jus gonna wait
gforce fx will b out soon too
if i save up enough i might just get one of those
IF they are good

 

[FoSsiL]

$50 for a geforce 2 mx 64mb, its a rip off. you can now buy a geforce 3 or 4 between $80-250 now, but many pplz are gonna wait for the geforce fx to come out. I think its crazy to buy it, $400+!!!. I wait a year or two b4 buying it, by that time ill probably be drooling over radeon new video card that is gonna kick nvidia ass.

 

[Gary Pandher]

hahaha
for now imma jus get a fan onto this card
and i KNOW it can o/c past 200 core it'll b good enough till i want to buy a new card

 

[Goatman]

You guys are talkin yank pricing, remember the exchange is .62 Canadian dollars for every American dollar... $60 American is almost $100 Canadian.

 

[Gary Pandher]

yea

 

[Krux]

bought my 4600 for 60 bucks