[Review] INNO
3D, Tornado MX400
StrongTribe/highend1@technoa.co.kr
Intro
Last year,the best successful chipset maker is nVIDIA. they ate
3DFX. so they have 3DFX's technoloies easily. GeForce2 GTS and
GeForce2 MX made nVIDIA to be successful chipset provider. in addition
to that. there are additional supporters. GeForce2 Go for notebook PC
and GeForce2 MX for MAC. nVIDIA can't forget last year!
So, you know well that i have no mention as a followed question.
"why GeForce2 GTS and MX were loved by many user?" their 3D
accelation is faster than other chipset provider's. the speed of 3D
accelation is horror needle for other chipset provider. like a child
fears an injection needle.
But, there are ATI. ATI getting lose to nVIDIA in OEM market. to
refund that. ATI has earn time to revenge by announcing a monster
called FURY MAXX. after that, they released RADEON aplied charisma
engine finally. moreover they started to catch up with nVIDIA's MX by
poviding LE chipset in value market in korea. and nVIDIA will face a
crisis because KYRO and KYRO II also will have some occupation of
nVIDIA's. so they planed to try something.
It's seperation that means GeForce3 in high-end market and GeForce2
MX in low-end market. but nobody saw GeForce3 yet. i think there are
some problem with GeForce3. Announcing new product will be heavy load
for anyone.
I am MX-400
So. they can't help
changing their strategy. it's seperation of successful MX. they
seperate MX with 100, 200, 400. i guess nVIDIA's aim is to make a
barrier for competitor in valu market. to know each MX series's spec.
see followed table.
nVIDIA's
Homepage about GeForce2
MX
|
MX
|
MX-100
|
MX-200
|
MX-400
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Process |
0.18
|
0.18
|
0.18
|
0.18
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Core |
175
|
?
|
175
|
200
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Memory |
166
|
?
|
166
|
183/200
|
Bit |
128
|
?
|
64
|
128
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Memory
bandwidth |
2.7
|
?
|
1.3
|
2.7
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Video
RAM |
SDR/DDR
|
DDR
|
DDR
|
SDR/DDR
|
2Texture
fillate |
350
|
?
|
350
|
400
|
Mtexel/s |
700
|
?
|
700
|
800
|
You could know there is no difference between
MX-400 and MX from table. improving clock frequency from 175 to 200.
by that texture fillate improving rate. that's all you can expect.
MX-400 is king of new MX series. you hadn't better expect another MX
series(200, 100)'s performance because MX-400' performance is same
with old MX.
OK. hmhm, by the way, let's see MX-400's
performance with Inno 3D Tornado MX-400
INNO3D Tornado MX400's abundant
component
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GPU
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GeForce2 MX-400
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Clock
|
Core 200MHz Memory
183MHz
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Memory
|
32MB Single Data
Rate SDRAM
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Interface
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2/4x AGP Bus
Interface
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Manufacturer
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http://www.inno3d.com
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Bundle-software
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Mad Onion 3D Mark
2000 Pro, Adobe Photo Deluxe
Midnight GT, Rage Rally, WinDVD
2000, NVIDIA 3D Experience
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Product Composition
like a this if you provide
bundle-product
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Package composition is so
abundant as i mentioned KYRO2000. generally graphic card packages of
korea manufacturer are like a fancy box. but poorest composition in
packages. no bundle-software, only driver CD and thin manual. at first
i received this product i thought it's really heading for value
market. but unlike korean's product. it salivate endless bundle-goods
after unsealing. bundle-goods are consist of english manual, driver
CD, 3D Mark 2000 Pro, WinDVD, Adobe Photodeluxw, Rage Rally, 3D
Experience and Inno 3D Mouse Pad
|
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Driver
installation screen
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Driver installation screen 2
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Driver
installation could be ran by AutoRun. 3D Mark 2000 Pro(bundle-software)
is belonging to driver CD. but i can't watch exact driver version
while i installed driver. so i can't verify driver version. i should
know exact driver version to test this product. therefore i installed
Detonator 6.31 instead of Inno 3D Driver CD's
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