nasrudin wrote:
> > Did you know that the nvidia gforce4 mx cards are really a souped up
> > gforce2 with cheap parts thrown in.
>
> This is untrue and misleading. I would be interested to learn the
> source of the claim. One might argue that all NVIDIA controllers are
> souped-up versions of the original NV1, but this does not appear to
> be the intended message.
>
> The GF2 and GF4 are entirely different devices. Core logic of the
> GeForce2 MX uses the NV11 logic released nearly two years ago, while
> the GeForce4 MX uses the NV17, released Spring 2002. NV17 has
> significant performance and feature improvements, notably with 3D
> rendering and multiple display support.
>
> --
> To address the original thread, neither NVIDIA nor Apple makes a PCI
> add-in card for Macintosh. NVIDIA sells graphics controllers to
> Apple, which chooses to manufacture only AGP add-in cards (and
> motherboards) using NVIDIA graphics controllers.
>
> If you want to run NVIDIA add-on PCI card graphics on a Mac, get a
> New World ROM machine, or be prepared to re-flash a lot of Wintel
> cards. This is not just hearsay. As an NVIDIA employee with four
> old-world PCI Macs and zero AGP Macs, I have studied this matter with
> a certain amount of fervor and disappointment.
...and as a late "chime in" I swapped a geForce 2MX out for a GeForce 4 MX
in my Quicksilver 867, and it has been running noticeably faster, I
haven't had the time to bench them side by side...but I will do so soon.
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