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XFX GEFORCE MX 4000 REVIEW

"XFX Geforce MX 4000 review including the Gainward Geforce4 MX440 and Elsa Gladiac 511 Geforce2 MX 400 using 3dmark 2001 SE, Quake 3, Serious Sam SE, UT2003 and X2 the Threat."

SPECIFICATIONS

Graphics controller - NVIDIA® Geforce MX 4000
Memory Configuration - 128MB DDR
Graphics Core: 256-bit
Memory Interface: 128MB
RAMDACs (MHz): 350
AGP 8X
TV out

FEATURES

Accuview Antialiasing - The Accuview Antialiasing subsystem with advanced multisampling hardware delivers full-scene antialiased quality at performance levels never before seen.

Lightspeed Memory Architecture II - LMA II boosts effective memory bandwidth by up to 300%. Radical new technologies—including Z-occlusion culling, fast Z-clear, and auto pre-charge—effectively multiply the memory bandwidth to ensure fluid frame rates for the latest 3D and 2D games and applications.

Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) - Guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.

8x AGP - Provides double the bandwidth of AGP 4X—2.1GB/sec. vs. 1.1BG/sec. AGP 8X enables more complex models and detailed textures, creating richer and more lifelike environments. Uninterrupted data flow allows for smoother video streaming and faster, more seamless gameplay.

Highest Quality and Highest Performance Microsoft Windows XP Support - Fully accelerates Windows XP multimedia and user interfaces, making it the ideal Windows XP graphics solution.

Video Processing Engine (VPE) - Integrated high-definition Video Processing Engine delivers the highest quality DVD, video, and display output available in the market today. Integrated hardware MPEG2 decoder reduces CPU utilization for DVD playback to provide a longer viewing experience. Integrated TV Encoder Supporting 1024x768 Resolution Provides best-in-class TV-out functionality.

Lossless Z-Compression - LMA II contains a lossless form of Z-compression that delivers a 4:1 benefit. Compression is a crucial technique in saving memory bandwidth for higher performance.

MX Memory Crossbar - Dual memory controllers allow more efficient utilization of memory bandwidth.

Quad Cache - LMA II contains a caching system for primitives, vertices, textures and pixels. These caches are individually dedicated and optimized for almost instant graphics pipeline access and reuse.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Pentium® III/4/Celeron™ or AMD® Athlon®/Duron®
AGP 2.0 or later AGP slot
128MB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
minimum 250W system power supply
DVD playback requires DVD drive

Copyright XFX Technologies Inc. 2001. All rights reserved!

NAME	CHIPSET	GPU SPEED	MEMORY	AGP SPEED
XFX GEFORCE MX 4000	NV18	275mhz	128Mb 400mhz DDR	8x
GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440	NV17	270mhz	128Mb 400mhz DDR	4x
ELSA GLADIAC 511 GEFORCE2 MX 400	NV11	200mhz	64Mb 166mhz SDR	4x
NAME	CHIPSET	GPU SPEED	MEMORY	AGP SPEED

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON XP 2500 (BARTON)
VIDEO CARD	XFX GEFORCE MX 4000
	GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440
	ELSA GLADIAC GEFORCE2 MX 400
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v53.03
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK K7S8X (SIS746 FX)
MEMORY	512MB CRUCIAL PC2700 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0b

	XFX GEFORCE MX 4000	GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440	ELSA GEFORCE2 MX400
3DMARK 2001 SE	3497	6367	2960
GAME 1 - CAR CHASE (LQ)	56	110	46
GAME 1 - CAR CHASE (HQ)	30	49	26
GAME 2 - DRAGOTHIC (LQ)	55	106	49
GAME 2 - DRAGOTHIC (HQ)	30	50	26
GAME 3 - LOBBY (LQ)	53	111	45
GAME 3 - LOBBY (HQ)	32	55	26
GAME 4 - NATURE	N/A	N/A	N/A
FILLRATE (SINGLE)	226	444	198
FILLRATE (MULTI)	421	846	373
POLYGON COUNT (1 LIGHT)	23	33	20
POLYGON COUNT (8 LIGHTS)	7	7	5
ENVIRONMENT BUMP MAPPING	N/A	N/A	N/A
DOT3 BUMP MAPPING	28	68	26
VERTEX SHADER	32	51	36
PIXEL SHADER	N/A	N/A	N/A
ADVANCED PIXEL SHADER	N/A	N/A	N/A
POINT SPRITES	5.2	10	6

COMMENT - "This is a very poor start for the XFX Geforce MX 4000, it easily gets beaten by the Gainward Geforce4 MX440 which finished 2870 ahead. Hopefully using games will paint a different picture of the XFX Geforce MX 4000. You can clearly see that all of the video cards use the same DX7 technology because they are all unable to run the Nature, Pixel Shader and Advanced Pixel Shader tests which all require DX8 Pixel Shader Support."

GAMES SOFTWARE

QUAKE III ARENA

	65
	145
	54

QUAKE III ARENA (4x FSAA)

	18
	43
	15

SERIOUS SAM SE

	48
	108
	46

UNREAL TOURNAMENT T2003

	17
	41
	16

X2 THE THREAT

	20
	39
	18

XFX GEFORCE MX 4000 GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440
ELSA GEFORCE2 MX400

GAME SETTINGS:-
1024x768
High Quality
COMMENT - "I think the chart speaks for itself, the XFX Geforce MX 4000 doesn't provide good performance and even the old Elsa Geforce2 MX400 is able to keep up. When you consider the XFX Geforce MX 4000 is based on the Geforce4 MX it's shocking to see how much slower the new XFX Geforce MX 4000 is to the Gainward Geforce4 MX440."

CONCLUSION - "The XFX Geforce MX 4000 is mostly suited to the average computer user who wants a video card for internet surfing etc. You can run games with this video card due to the use of 64bit memory it's performance is quite poor."