GeForce 3 Ti200 vs. GeForce 4 MX400

[Hansaman]

Hello,<BR><BR>I have a PNY GeForce 3 Ti200 (128MB RAM) AGP card in my system using a WinXP driver and a PNY GeForce 4 MX400 (64MB RAM) in my other system (which is now my kids). When I installed WinXP Pro on my system, I get a message that my GF3 may not work with XP. The MX400 came with an XP driver on the install CD. Is there much performance difference between these two cards? I know that one has twice the memory, but the less memory card has a new graphics processer unit. I am thinking of switching the two cards between the systems until I can afford a new card (like the ATI 9700Pro).<BR><BR>Thanks! <BR><BR>H.

[Avid6eek]

I don't have any proof to back me up, but I think the GeForce 3 will perform better so you should stick with that. It will run perfectly fine with Windows XP. You can download the latest drives from nVidia.com.

[Colin]

Hey Hansaman... The GeForce3 Ti200 is not just faster, it's also based on newer technolgoy. Most definitely <b>do not</b> switch cards with your kid's system... Just go to nVIDIA's website to download the <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_41.09">latest WHQL drivers</a> and your Ti200 will work just fine in XP. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[CompSnake]

i wish i had a good vc

[Hansaman]

I did download the most current WHQL driver for my card (during the reconfiguration of my system this weekend). I just wanted some input about the two cards and any problems running it under WinXP (as I did receive a message about incompatibility). BTW - I was checking over some information about updating the drivers to my USB2.0 card and found that I would get an incompatibility message for it to but to ignore it. I am sure that there is a lot of hardware out there that is WinXP capable but just has not been updated in MS files. <BR><BR>I will keep my current card (until I can afford the ATI). <BR><BR>Thanks!<BR><BR>H.

[Colin]

<br><br><< <i>I will keep my current card (until I can afford the ATI). </i> >><br><br>Hansaman get whatever is the best value or best performer when you buy, it may not be ATi... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">