PCI Video Cards

What are the best PCI video cards currently on the market?

What PCI cards to both ATI and nVidia make?

i have the gforce 4 mx 420 PCI card. i think it is the best vid card rite now for PCI cards.

Anyone else able to back this up? Is there any well-known website that will support this claim? I'm trying to prove to a friend that the GeForce4 MX 420 is the best PCI card available.

A gf2 mx 400 64mb is the best value for pci.


$77 for gf4 and the gf2 is $50 bucks. Thay bolth use SDR and in the same amount, 64 Mb. and the only difference is Core clock speed and Architecture


stats: (from PNY)


Gf2 MX400:

Core: 200mhz
Ram: 64mb SDR
Bandwith: 2.7 Gb/sec

Gf4 MX420:

Core: 250mhz
Ram: 64mb SDR
Bandwith 2.7 Gb/sec

Plus my Gf2 is at 265 Core anyway

My .02¢


ssgohan434 :
Post a 3Dmark Benchy and see how my gf2 goes up to your gf4

Im using the Geforce mx 420 PCI card and I believe it is the best for PCI also. /me curses for not having an agp slot....god I want my new mobo and processor!!

here is a benchy of 3dmark 2001se
these were with the 29.41 drivers

the score is 2334
http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4097174

how did u get ur core to 265 from 200???? any mods or n e thing?

I will clock my pIII to 700 mhz and then run the card stock and see what happens

r u going to under clock the PIII or overclock it??? eaither way it will be unfair because it u underclock it the ram speed will go slower and if u overclock it the ram speed will be faster.
im on a 100 mhz fsb (almost 100 posts) my goal for the summer is almost met but school starts tommorow and it is 8:30 PM!

2233, At stock settings and my pIII @ 695mhz and 108mhz fsb

Now I will test it at 250mhz core


No mods on the core just lucky, and a blue orb heatsinkfan

2310, with a 250mhz core.


As you see is the difference is not worth almost $30 extra dollars So tell your friend that For the best value and almost the same preformence the gf2 MX400 is a great card. But If he/she has to have the best than get the gf4 MX420 and maby he/she can overclock it a little to make it simular to the preformence of a MX440 or even a MX460 if thay are lucky. But remember that SDR ram is not the best and if thay are even a light gamer thay will be happy with a lower end DDR motherboard and a Mid range ATI card and that will last them a lot longer than a PCI Video card and the motherboard thay have now. But If thay have a Compaq or a HP type of computer then the PCI card is about the best thay can do unless thay want to build a other computer which will cost them close to 500 to 600 bucks for a lower end build.

Hope it Helped.

ive always thought that in these situations the best thing is to save up and get a cheap amd system with an AGP slot....youll see a MUCH greater improvement even going to an AGP MX440

MR. T what driver version did u use?

As an alternative to MX420, you can get an ATI 7500LE 64MB with S-video, VGA and DVI out for around $80. Gets a slightly higher 3DM score (2669 vs 2500 on a PIII 866).