System Specs:
Athlon "T-Bird" 1 GHz AVIA 0110 at 1.5 GHz (10x150)
Asus A7V133 BIOS 1005-A Via 4in1 4.32V
2x 256 MB PC-100 Apacer Ram
30 GB IBM DeskStar 75 GXP
20 GB Quantum Fireball AS
ATI TV Wonder
Realtek 10/100 NIC
AOpen 56k Modem
SB Live! Platinum 5.1
Comparison Video Cards:
OCZ Titan II MX 32 MB Pro (GeForce 2 MX 200/183) Detonator 12.60
OCZ Titan II MX 32 MB Pro oc'ed (GeForce 2 MX 220/203) Detonator 12.60
Creative Labs Annihilator Pro (GeForce DDR 120/300) Detonator 12.60
Powercolor
Sniper 2 M64 (TNT2 M64 120/125) Detonator 12.60
Software:
Windows 98 SE
DirectX 8.1 Beta
Benchmarks:
3DMark 2000 Ver. 1.1
3DMark 2001
MDK2
Quake III Arena 1.17
The MX based cards can't compete with full fledged GeForce 2's let alone a GeForce 3, so I decided not to bench them against one. Also, anyone contemplating getting an MX won't be looking at a GF2 or 3 either. However, I thought it would be interesting to see how the Titan II MX would fair against a former heavyweight - the GeForce DDR. Last but not least (well yeah, it's last) I also decided to compare the Titan II with a TNT2 M64. Why you ask? Many top end systems (especially the ones from Dell) are coming equipped with these cards, and they're only a little cheaper then the MX. Let the games begin!