:. Installation .:

Installing this card is the same as any other card. Simply remove the card from the package and make sure that you are grounded before you touch it. Insert it into the AGP slot and install the newest detonator drivers.

Although its simple, if you're planning on using this card for gaming then I would recommend taking the heat sink off and installing a GPU fan on it or install a fan directed toward your AGP port.

:. Performance .:

Here we finally take a look at the actual performance of this card.

Lets compare the entire Visiontek Geforce 4 line:

*64 MB edition

Here is what I could come up with based on the above data. The Ti line is way ahead on the MX and the Ti 4600 blows all of them away while the MX 420 and basically the entire MX line lag behind.

As you can see once you get into the MX line, the cards won't last very long. Better just to spend a bit more and get a Ti 4200 64MB for a lot better performance.

Well now, we get into the benchmark testing using MadOnion's 3D Mark 2001 SE and WaterMark. The system we used to test this card was as follows:

• AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU
• 256 MB of Samsung PC 2700 DDR RAM
• Asus A7V333 Motherboard
• 40 GB Maxtor HD @ 7200rpm ATA/100
• Toshiba 15x DVD-ROM
• Windows XP Professional

All running:

• Detonator 29.42
• DirectX 8.1

So here we go. I will do a comparison of the Ti 4600 and the MX 440. After putting this card through MadOnion's 3D Mark 2001 SE, the following results were attained:

As you can see the results from this test aren't great. This card doesn't achieve the results its suppose to if it is marketed as a GeForce 4 product.

As soon as the AA kicks in, the card basically shuts down. The frame rates become very slow and as you can see by the chart, the card cannot handle such processing.

Once the AA is taken off, the card doesn't tend to lag behind as much but is definitely scoring low. Even if not comparing to the Ti 4600, the MX 440 scores sub par performance.

And once again, when AA is turned on the GeForce 4 MX 440 can't handle it and scored a brutal 1238 on the chart.

Overall this card can't handle high performance graphics at good speeds. Even medium-grade processing is difficult for this card. Simply put, this card has one of the shortest life spans. With a price over $200.00 Cdn it is definitely not worth buying. For all those results, the GeForce 3 Ti 500 and the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 would come much closer to the performance of the Ti 4600. I couldn't compare those two other cards to this one because this is all I had. But the results would be much better than the MX 440. In the end I would look away from the MX 440 and go with the GF 3 Ti 500 or GF 4 Ti 4200 if you don't want to spend a lot of cash as you would for the Ti 4600 which is about $640.00 Cdn.

+++WATERMARK TESTS WILL BE POSTED JULY 2nd+++

:. Pros and Cons .:

:. Pros .:

• Low Cost

• Dual VGA

• Overall Good 3D Performance for the Price

:. Cons .:

• Poor Performance

• Better Cards for About the Same Price - Geforce 3 Ti 500

• Does not have Vertex Shader or a Pixel Shader

• Very slow once AA is turned on

:. Conclusion .:

Overall, this card won't last very long. It's technology is "obsolete before I even opened the box" and I for one would never buy this card when looking at all the other choices of cards there are. I would spend a little extra and at least buy the Geforce 4 Ti 4200 which is about 10 times better than this one. All I can say is that this card is a dud mostly because of how hot it runs and because my system stalled while playing games. Don't get this card unless you want to put a fan on it, but even then I would suggest the Ti 4200 or even the GeForce 3 Ti 500.

modfactor.com rating: 6.5/10