geforce2mx, amd 1.4 ghz, crappy gameplay

[Fat_Tony]

the geforce is some no-name mx-200 that i got with my system.

for some damn reason i i am only gettin about 40-50 fps in UT and Q3 !



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[Fat_Tony]

it also has 256 ddr.
i was gettin better fps outta my c466@525 with a vodoo3 2k!

can someone please help me out with this !

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" I do nothing that a man of unlimited funds, superb physical endurance, and maximum scientific knowledge could not do." -Batman.

[Anitdaisu]

hmmmm it could be because of the fact that UT was glide optimized. So things should move faster. Also did you try sifting through display properties? I would consider you getting nvmax or some kind of tweaker so that you can disable v sync for D3D or you can try and force open GL w/ it. What res are you playing at btw?

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[USSVoyager]

I agree with what has been said above, but it also has to be said that they have given you a really poor graphics card with your system. It is by far the bottleneck in your system. If you got yourself a GeForce 2 Pro or something like that, I would say that your framerates would be hugely increased.

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[fls]

Install Via drivers (If you have a Via chipset) www.viahardware.com

[Todd a]

Also make sure you get the newest drivers. They are up to something insane like 14.61 right now and supposadly the Detonator 4 drivers have been out for a bit under beta. I have seen 8.05, but the ones you really want are the new 20.80 when they hit the net. They are heavly optimized for the GeForce3, but give a boost the the GeForce2 GTS and MX cards (but not as much).

Overclocking can help too, but the MX is just not a screamer. With half the rendering pipelines and some slow SDRAM, they are just a lot slower than the GTS.

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[Moraelin]

Originally posted by Fat_Tony:
the geforce is some no-name mx-200 that i got with my system.

Well, then there's your problem. The MX-200 is by far THE crappiest video card still manufactured. It's got a castrated 64 bit SDR memory bus, whereas even any other budget card has at least 128 bit. Unless you're content to play in 640x480x16, that MX-200 will be one huge bottleneck.

Personally I'd get a Kyro 2 if I were you. Check out the benchmarks on www.anandtech.com and see for yourself. Looks like it's THE card for Unreal Tournament, beating even the Voodoos in 32 bit.

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