Bij HardwareCentral kun je een review lezen van Elsa's GeForce2 MX videokaart, de Gladiac MX. Sander vergeleek de kaart met een GeForce DDR en een GeForce2 en kwam tot de conclusie dat je voor $120 dollar een erg goede performer in huis haalt, ideaal voor je budget PC dus:
Quite frankly, taking the GeForce2 MX’s power consumption and heat dissipation into consideration we see no reason why nVidia shouldn’t endeavor into the mobile market. Given its excellent track record and a name for quality and performance most people would be more than willing to pay extra to have this kind of quality under the hood of their new notebook.
Elsa is once again first to market with an excellent product, as expected. The Gladiac MX proved an excellent performer, especially considering the price/performance ratio. Drivers and documentation, as well as the six-year warranty, are top notch, no worries there.
Overall the GeForce2 MX is a definitely valid option for the casual gamer or the people who don’t really need top gaming performance, but do want a very good price/performance ratio.
[break]Biobak laat ons weten dat ook Tom's Hardware Guide een review van deze kaart heeft geschreven:
"Jaja, nog een review van een MX kaartje. Ditmaal van Elsa bij Tomshardware. Tom is niet heel positief. Hij vind de prijs aan de hoge kant vergeleken met bijvoorbeeld de GeForce 1 (in de VS zijn gelijkwaardige kaarten als de GeForce 1 $30 goedkoper dan de MX) en ook het feit dat er nog geen dualview kaarten zijn vindt hij een minpunt. Bij de kaart kun je een losse tv-out kopen (ViVo-module)." [/break] ELSA chose to come to market as soon as they could to capture much of the GF2 MX momentum hoping to cash in on the initial rush of buyers. I think this wasn't the right idea for this type of product as the Gladiac MX stepped into some serious competition now that it has finally been released. The sad part about this is that it is competing with some older siblings that aren't performance slouches and with the recent price reductions, offer great value as well. The factors holding back the Gladiac MX are its price and absence of TwinView right out of the box. I had expected a little more for a little less when these GF2 MX boards surfaced.
My recommendation at this point would be to hold off until prices come down a bit as I can't justify buying a product that offers nothing over a GeForce SDR but costs $30 more. The only saving grace will be the VIVO module for those who fancy the Video-in option. That is about the only thing the GeForce SDR can't offer at that low of a price. The unfortunate thing for ELSA is that this need is in the minority while the majority cares more about visual quality (which is the same between the two) and performance, than anything else.
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