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

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To much money for old Technology, yes it is true same as Geforce2!
Rodeon 9000 cost less money and smokes this card.
More info can be found guru3d.com
Here are benchmarks from 3d Mark 2001 on Athlon XP 1800+

3D Mark 2001SE 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200
GeForce2 MX 400 3758 2648 1620 1063
GeForce4 MX 420 4758 3693 2443 1670
Gigabyte Radeon7500 4950 4084 2876 2077
Prophet 7500 AIW 4787 4267 3368 2542
Trancend Radeon 7500 5355 4805 3800 2926
3D Blaster 4 MX 440 5414 4962 3973 3027
eVGA GeForce4 MX 440 5499 5081 3969 3024
GeForce3 Ti 200 6726 6123 5065 3992
Prophet 8500DV 7530 6550 5343 4124
Ati Radeon 9000 Pro 7615 6705 5515 4422
3D Blaster Ti 500 7504 6947 6132 5100
Hercules Radeon 8500 128 8532 7718 6549 5319

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.

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.

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.
Get Rodeon 7500 much better deal than this!
Amazon has it all in here!

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.

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.

This product is awesome. For the price go for it. It is worth your money and the performance is excellent. It is worth all of the money you spend. Believe me.

... 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).

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

I bought this card for my Athlon 800 last night. I had it installed and tearing up Grand Theft Auto 3 in ten minutes. I found it for $[money] and consider each penny, money well spent.