RCHRD Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 I bought a Visiontek card. It says prominantly on the box 'nvidea Gforce mx420' Its a PCI card. When I looked in my case I thought my old card is plugged into an AGP (brown) slot. I haven't opened the box yet. Should I take it back and exchange it for the AGP card by the same manufacturer, or does it matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipBoy Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Definitely return it. AGP is a much faster connection for the video card to the rest of the computer. If you can, exchange it for a non-GF4 MX card. A good value now is any GF4 Ti200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kump Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Sound advice Most reviews I've read has suggested to stay away from the MX cards. Any of the GeForce Ti cards will be much better. And yes, if you have an AGP slot to use, then by all means, get an AGP card (better interface) and keep those precious PCI slots open for other things that can use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaylord Focker Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 I concur, the Geforce 4mx series in essence is little more then a slightly faster Geforce 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCHRD Posted August 26, 2002 Author Share Posted August 26, 2002 Thanks for the answers. I'll take it back tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted August 26, 2002 Share Posted August 26, 2002 Moving this to the Tech forum... Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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