Thursday, June 29, 2000

Sharky Extreme GeForce2 MX Preview -- 8:27 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

The wacky kids at Sharky Extreme have posted their hands-on preview of NVIDIA's new GeForce2 MX. One thing that makes Sharky's review noteworthy is that they leave sound on in the Quake III Arena benchmarks. Why anyone would benchmark with the sound off is beyond me, other than to artificially inflate the scores. Somewhat surprisingly, their test showed the MX to be slightly slower than the old GeForce 256 SDR, while Anand's yesterday showed it to be slightly faster. Take it for what it's worth, I guess.

One thing that NO preview I have read so far has mentioned is the fact that this should be a good card for people whose motherboards (most notably, ones that power AMD chips) have some problems with the AGP slot providing enough power. The GeForce2 MX uses 1/4 of the power that an original GeForce requires. Mind you, this is speculation without running actual test, but it would certainly stand to reason.

News for 06/29/2000

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