Please suggest Which system is better

I want to buy any one of the below system, please kindly suggest which system has better performance in term of daily office use and playing common games.
1. P4 1.8GA, 2thmax 4G4A, IBM 80G/ATA100
2. ATHALON 2000+, A7V333AU, MILKYSTAR G4 MX420 64MDDRAM, MAXTOR 80G/ATA133.
Both system with Samsung PC2700 256M DDR-RAM, Liteon CDRW401248.
The price for both system in our region are similar.

The Athlon system will perform better, and have better graphical performance. Personaly, I'd avoid using a GF4 MX420, as it's got SDR instead of DDR, so it's memory starved. Also, there is an 80 GB Western Digital Drive that has 8MB of cache that is much faster than them ATA133 Maxtor (ATA133 isn't realy used, as ATA100 limits haven't been reached). The Intel I845G's graphics controler is barely a true 3D chip from what I've seen in a few reviews.

Just a few tips.

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System 1 will overclock very well, but system 2 will beat the Intel at stock speeds, and should cost a bit less. Overall, they are both good, but ditch the Geforce4 mx, it's an advanced piece of junk. At least get something decent...here, for the same price...Radeon 7500, Geforce2 Ti, Sis Xabre 400. Thereya go, already better than the Geforce4 mx (none other than a Geforce2 mx with "some" enhancements).

"When there's a will, there's a way."

Yeah gf3ti200 is better than the gf4mx.


Grab a ti4200 and be done with it.

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The Geforce2 ti can be found for less than $40, a steal in my opinion for a decent vid card. It beats the Gf4 mx 420 in all benchmarks, due to DDR advantage. The Radeon 7500 with the Catalyst drivers are plenty stable, and only costs about $65. I'm reccomending the Xabre from benchmarks i've read, i'm considering buying one for fun, and to play around with it in a spare computer i'm building. Beats the Geforce440Mx in most benchmarks. If he's going to limited gaming, he doesn't need a DirectX 8.1 compliant card (albiet the Xabre), unless he plans on playing future games.

Then i'd say, go for a Gf3 ti200, yes. Or even the Radeon 8500le, or Radeon 9000.

"When there's a will, there's a way."

The Geforce4 mx is nothing more more than an upgraded Geforce2, it's not worth buying for the extra cost. The i845g performs along the lines of a Geforce2 Mx100/200. If you are going Geforce4 mx440 or Radeon 7500, i'd have to suggest the r7500.

"When there's a will, there's a way."

Triplex XABRE PRO/128MDDR HKD695.
MAGICPRO G4 MX440/64MDDR HKD645.
ATI RADEON 7500/64MDDR HKD525.
ELSA G2 TI/64MDDR HKD700.
would you suggest which is more suitable for office and common game user.

Milkystar ATI RADEON8500/64MDDR HKD790. I think I will have a the right choice.
But If I go for athalon 2000+ with above display card,
I would like to have usb2.0, 6CH audio out. within US$120
which mainboard would you suggest?

thank you very much again.

Aren't the GF1s & 2s DX7 and the GF3s & 4s DX8? If so that would imply very significant changes in the hardware design.

I really hate Nvidia for making the Gf4 mx so handicapped. I mean sure not all games are direct x 8 yet but heck they will be. Gf4 mx is good for office used and if you play older games but for newer games don't bother.

Or you can get a ti200 for less and be happy?

Or cough up 20 more bucks to get a ti4200?

the 9000 is poorly placed imo.(then again so is the entire gf4 mx line)

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Wheres that?

The Cash Left In My Pocket,The BEST Benchmark

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if that exists...that would be the card that should have the title "Best Bang For The Buck"....
a card with the performance slightly below the gf4 ti4200 for the price of a gf2 mx400....

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