Which is faster/better? G450 vs. G400 MAX

[sbnsbn]

I can put my hands on either card for free. (company is buying)

I will using for word/excel/powerpoint (gen business use) and light gaming.

Dual Monitor for sure!

Which should I pick?

Looking for input from somebody that knows.

TIA
Sidney

[Guru]

What are you going to do with the card and is there any price difference?

Oh and welcome to the forum!

[Greebe]

G400 Max is faster

[Kruzin]

G400 also has better TV-out.
The only reason a G450 would be better is if you want to run the 2nd head at high res/refresh.

[rylan]

Yup yup, my G400MAX is easily superior in speed, and I honestly think its got slightly better image quality than the G450.

[chhfchhf]

my G450 only 847 pionts in 3dmark2001se(1024*768)
i consider G400 will same to G450
G400 is hotter than G450

[dZeus]

I get 1600 in 3dmark2001se. But 3DMark2001 is a DX8 test, and the G4x0 is a DX6 card, so effectively you're testing the CPU speed more than anything else.

Try 3DMark2000 instead.

[Topha]

isnt the g400 a dx7 card? or is that just the env. bump mapping?

[dZeus]

EMBM = DX6

[chhfchhf]

Originally posted by dZeus
I get 1600 in 3dmark2001se. But 3DMark2001 is a DX8 test, and the G4x0 is a DX6 card, so effectively you're testing the CPU speed more than anything else.

Try 3DMark2000 instead.

ok !i take my G450 to run 3dmark2000pro,it gains 2xxx pionts
about 30 fps in low detail
G450 is only campitablely with TNT2.

[WyWyWyWy]

Originally posted by dZeus
I get 1600 in 3dmark2001se. But 3DMark2001 is a DX8 test, and the G4x0 is a DX6 card, so effectively you're testing the CPU speed more than anything else.

Try 3DMark2000 instead.

3dmark 2000 is dx7 isn't it?
Don't you want 3dmark99?

[chhfchhf]

where can download 3dmark99?

[chhfchhf]

G450 surport dump mappping,but not surport hard ware T&L.

[dZeus]

Originally posted by WyWyWyWy
3dmark 2000 is dx7 isn't it?
Don't you want 3dmark99?

only few tests really use DX7 in 3DMark2000, so it doubles as a good DX6 benchmark (especially when comparing between cards which neither support DX7 features).

[WyWyWyWy]

Originally posted by chhfchhf
where can download 3dmark99?

Still on MadOnion, but it won't work on NT 2K or XP. Not sure about ME. It works on 95 98.