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ABIT Siluro GeForce2 MX 400 Video Card
Company: ABIT
Products: GeForce2 MX 400 Video Card
Street Price: ~$75
Date Reviewed: October 13, 2001
Reviewed By: Jason Quake 3 Arena:
Quake 3 Arena is definitely a game that has been around a while,
but it is extremely popular and its
graphics engine is still top of the line and definitely can put some stress on a
video card with lots of textures and objects moving around rapidly. While I doubt anyone using a GeForce card uses the "Fastest"
setting, it is still included as a baseline number. "High Quality" is the
regular High Quality setting, while the last 3 columns use the base High Quality
settings but manipulating the settings as described. The numbers came from
Demo001.
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Quake 3 Arena Comparison |
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Fastest |
High Quality |
High Quality +
1024x768
Geometry High
Texture High |
High Quality +
1280x1024
Geometry High
Texture High |
High Quality +
1600x1200
Geometry High
Texture High |
| ABIT Siluro GeForce2MX 400 |
199.1 FPS |
86.9 FPS |
50.8 FPS |
31.2 FPS |
21.2 FPS |
| VisionTek GeForce3 |
201.8 FPS |
177.6 FPS |
140.2 FPS |
93.7 FPS |
66.8 FPS |
| Creative Labs GeForce2 GTS |
204.0FPS |
143.3 FPS |
87.4 FPS |
51.8 FPS |
36.4 FPS |
Here in a "Real World" benchmark, the GF2MX 400 shows to be a very capable
video card. While The GF2MX 400 is only about 1/3 as fast as a GeForce3, it also
only costs about 1/3 as much as a GeForce3! Realistically you could play Q3A with
any of these video cards just fine, it all just boils down the how many FPS you
want and how high you want to crank up the graphics, and of course how much
money you have to spend on a video card.
Conclusions & Final Thoughts:
I definitely have to say that the ABIT Siluro GeForce2 MX 400 is an excellent
video card for its price. Sporting 64MB of RAM, and excellent potential for
overclocking, this could be the budget PC users dream for about $75. While we
all dream about having the newest and fastest video card out on the market, most
of us simply can't afford to spend several hundred dollars every few months just
to gain a few extra FPS or couple hundred 3DMarks. NVIDIA has shown it's
continuing the GeForce2 chips with the new Titanium line, and also with NVIDIA's
Detonator drivers, all of the GeForce chips use the same unified driver so you
will always be able to get the latest driver no matter which GeForce card you
own.
Pros:
Good Performance For The Price
All The Usual GF2MX Features
Continued NVIDIA Support Through Unified Drivers
64MB Of RAM
Cons:
Video Card Prices Always Dropping
Faster Video Cards Always Coming Out
Rating:
For The Average User: 10 / 10
For The Hardcore Gamer: 8 / 10
For The Extreme Overclocker: 8 / 10
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