PNY Verto GeForce4 64MB MX420 AGP

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006356R
• Item model number: VCG4MX42APB
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,683 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 12, 2002

Customer Reviews

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't be fooled!, April 24, 2002

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Derek G (North of Cyrodiil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PNY Verto GeForce4 64MB MX420 AGP (Personal Computers)

I'm really disappointed at NVidia's deliberate attempt to confuse consumers with the release of their so-called Geforce 4 MX cards that really don't perform as expected. Most consumers are going to be duped into thinking this is a fast card just because it says Geforce 4. Geforce 4 has to be faster than Geforce 3, right? Wrong!

The list below ranks the cards in terms of speed and power for gamers as determined by the 3DMark website at the time I write this review. Notice this card ranks at the bottom of the list? A Geforce2 Ultra is faster!

1. NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600
2. NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4400
3. ATI Radeon 8500
4. NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 500
5. NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200
6. NVIDIA GeForce3
7. NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
8. ATI Radeon 7500
9. NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
10. NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

For the occasional gamer who doesn't need the top-end 3D graphics or the occasional business user, this card will be fine. However, if that's your situation there are many cards that will do the same job for cheaper. If you do, however, play the latest games on the market, then skip this card for something higher on the list.

Hope the review helped.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dazzling speed!, April 27, 2004

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Kinko (St. Paul, Mn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PNY Verto GeForce4 64MB MX420 AGP (Personal Computers)

I really like this card...way faster that the the 3. Highly recommend for all game players. Disregard 1 star review, this card is probably just too fast for them.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good card, but some serious flaws., April 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: PNY Verto GeForce4 64MB MX420 AGP (Personal Computers)

This card is good for an occasional gamer, buissines person, or an aoler. It is definetly NOT good for a serious gamer. Ill list its flaws.

It uses old, slow, SDRAM, Nvidia has a version of the MX420 that uses DDR memory, but this one uses SD. It wont be a long time bfore this card is obsolete. It doesnt use technology in the Radeon 8500, Geforce 3's, or the Geforce 4 TI. This technology is called vertex and pixel shaders. Translation: New games are using these, and before long this video card wont beable to support them. Right now, game developers are using an engine that supports the shaders, and one that doesnt, so the game is runable on every computer made in the past, say, 3 years. But sometime, the time will come when they stop making the engine that doesnt use the shaders. Many gamers may get burned by not understanding this flaw. When someone sees "BRAND NEW --- GEFROCE 4 mx!!!" most will think that its superior to the geforce 3's. Not so. Like i said, thay dont use the shaders that radeon 8500, Geforce 4 TI, and geforce3's use. sure, the core clock (graphics proccesor) is faster than a geforce3's, but overall, any geforce 3 will have better frame rates than a geforce 4 MX. (note i said MX not TI. a TI geforce 4 will kick the [stuffing] out of any geforce 3). This card uses technology that was used on a geforce 2 (all the Major computer companies mostly use these geforce 2s that are old obsolete cards(in my opinion)). In other words, its a souped-up geforce 2.

On the other hand, its great for any kind of 2d windows preformance, and has dual monitor support. For a gamer, I reccomend an Radeon 8500, geforce 3, or a geforce4 TI card. The geforce 4 TI 4200 will be coming out very soon, that is ten fold better than this card, that, if you look very hard, you can get for a little more than this card. The gefroce 4 TI 4200 has about the same preformance as the 4400 ans 4600, but costs about 1-2hundred less.

This card will run your games good for now, just not for a long time.