Reply 80 of 103, by bloodem
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GigAHerZ wrote on 2023-02-15, 13:34:The card identifies itself as MX400, just like the sticker says.
Maybe this is what a MX400 PCI variant was like?
This is actually a very 'normal' sneaky (misleading) marketing from back in the day: using an MX400 chip (which, of course, will be identified as an MX400), but cheap out on everything else, including memory bandwidth.
So, it's very common to see these "MX400" cards that are basically MX200 cards, the only difference being that the core runs at 200MHz, instead of 175 MHz (like the "real" MX200). In reality, this difference doesn't mean much, because any GeForce 2 MX is heavily memory bandwidth starved.
Anyway, this was done by many manufacturers for both AGP and PCI cards, with no discrimination. 😀
As for the GeForce 2 MX PCI cards, there are actually very few that have the full 128 bit memory bandwidth.
I just bought one of these recently (the PowerColor PowerGENE CMX6P): http://www.yjfy.com/C/C.P/video/CMX6P.htm
They actually mention this in their marketing description (pretending like they are the only ones that offer a 64 MB, 128bit GF2MX400 card - probably not): "Powercolor CMX6P PCI Bus Geforce 2 MX 400 series focuses on providing alternative solutions to benefit its customers by cost cut. As the only 64MB, 128-bit data bus, and PCI bus game card in the market utilising nVIDIA Virtual AGP 8X patent, the Powercolor Geforce2 MX400 PCI version assures the better performance than any other PCI game card. Users who do not have AGP available hardware can obtain upgraded gaming enjoyment simply by using this most powerful PCI MX 400 card with their current devices."
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