Performance
Comparison
The
Geforce2 MX400 vs. The Geforce2 Ti
by Mark
Rubrico

Conclusion
The
Geforce2 MX400 proves to be quite a decent card. Although
it can't keep up with the Geforce2 Ti on higher resolutions
and it performs very admirably on lower resolutions.
As soon as FSAA is turned on, however, the MX400's performance
becomes disappointing. With "only" 2.944 GB/S
of bandwidth available, the Inno3d Geforce2 MX400, benefits
from the switch to 32 bit down to 16 bit. In this reduced
color depth it can deliver very acceptable frame rates,
even when using FSAA. With its memory being able to
clock more than 30% from NVidia's specs for an MX400,
the Inno3d Geforce2 MX400 easily gets the most bang
for your buck!
The
Inno3d Geforce2 Ti, although not being able to overclock
that high, is also a great card. It went well past the
default Ultra speeds when overclocked. And it consistently
overwhelmed the MX400 on higher resolutions/FSAA ( where
the MX400's framerates would be considered unplayable
to some).Like the MX400 dropping to 16bit also greatly
helps its performance. Gaming benchmarks aside, the
Geforce2 Ti's 2D ( at 1280x1024@85hz ) quality noticably
better than the MX400's.
To sum it all up the tables below is show how well the
MX400 stacked up against the Geforce2 Ti ( relative
performance of MX400 ).
|
640x480 |
1024x768 |
1280x1024 |
1600x1200 |
Geforce2
MX400 |
123.4 |
113.8 |
76.1 |
52.3 |
Geforce2
Ti |
123.9 |
121.7 |
118.3 |
101.6 |
Relative
Peformance of MX400 ( Ti = 100% ) |
~100%
|
93%
|
64%
|
51%
|
Quake
3 16 bit ( fastest ) : MX400 Relative Peformance
|
640x480
|
1024x768
|
1600x1024
|
Geforce2
MX400 |
112.8 |
72.5 |
27.2 |
Geforce2
Ti |
114.2 |
108.1 |
57.0 |
Relative
Peformance of MX400 ( Ti = 100% ) |
98%
|
67%
|
48%
|
Quake
3 32bit ( high quality) : MX400 Relative Peformance
|
No
FSAA 640x480
|
2X
FSAA 640x480
|
4X
FSAA 640x480
|
Geforce2
MX400 |
123.4 |
73.9 |
45.9 |
Geforce2
Ti |
123.5 |
109.6 |
84.9 |
Relative
Peformance of MX400 ( Ti = 100% ) |
~100%
|
67%
|
54%
|
Quake
3 32bit ( high quality ) : MX400 Relative Peformance
( FSAA at 640x480 )
|
No
FSAA 1024X768
|
2X
FSAA 1024X768
|
4X
FSAA 1024X768
|
Geforce2
MX400 |
72.5 |
Fail |
Fail |
Geforce2
Ti |
108.1 |
58.1 |
35.9 |
Relative
Peformance of MX400 ( Ti = 100% ) |
67%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
Quake
3 32bit ( high quality ) : MX400 Relative Peformance
( FSAA at 1024X768 )
|
No
FSAA 640x480
|
2X
FSAA 640x480
|
4X
FSAA 640x480
|
Geforce2
MX400 |
123.4 |
113.4 |
75.0 |
Geforce2
Ti |
123.9 |
122.0 |
120.7 |
Relative
Peformance of MX400 ( Ti = 100% ) |
~%100
|
94%
|
62%
|
Quake
3 16bit ( Fastest ) : MX400 Relative Peformance (
FSAA at 640X480 )
|
No
FSAA 1024X768
|
2X
FSAA 1024X768
|
4X
FSAA 1024X768
|
Geforce2
MX400 |
113.8 |
50.7 |
30.7 |
Geforce2
Ti |
121.7 |
98.0 |
62.6 |
Relative
Peformance of MX400 ( Ti = 100% ) |
93%
|
52%
|
50%
|
Quake
3 16bit ( Fastest ) : MX400 Relative Peformance (
FSAA at 1024X768 )
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