| eVGA e-GeForce 4 MX 440 |
From
a long list of product reviews we have have done we can
now add another manufacturer as eVGA asked us to review one of their graphics
cards.
Of course eVGA has a well known reputation and position in the USA. Known
for their quality products and good customer support we of course
gladly accepted that offer. Hopefully eVGA will grant us more opportunities to
test their products as I was quite impressed how the first one turned out. Armed
in a cool box, great software and the best looking cooling unit you can
find on the web we tested their e-GeForce4 MX 440 (model 064-A4-NV70-A1).
Under codename NV17 is the GeForce4 MX lineup was developed by NVIDIA and can be considered as the low/mid-end segment in the consumer videocard market.
This product is available from many manufacturers in 3 different versions namely the MX420, MX440 and MX460. The difference between these videocards is of course core and memory frequency. As stated above we will be looking at the e-GeForce4 MX 440, armed with 64 MB memory and a pricetag of $159 it is ready bring a cost-effective solution for decent gamers on a budget. One quick side note, eVGA is not manufacturing other GeForce4 MX models right now.
Founded in 1999, eVGA is a Video Graphics Adapter solution provider. From the very beginning, the company believed in an intense customer-driven philosophy, where relationships with the marketplace was established one at a time. This enabled eVGA to develop quickly into one of the most successful providers of low-cost video card solutions in this industry. eVGA had been a long-time maker of NVIDIA-based video cards, ranging from their earliest TNT2 cards to the latest family of GeForce4 video chipsets. As a leading force in this market space, eVGA will continue to grow, building new solutions and services for a diverse range of customers.
First looks (can kill) - the MX 440 based videocard is basically a reference design as produced by NVIDIA. When we take a closer look at the card we notice the huge cooling unit ACS.
ACS simply means Asymmetric Cooling System, a controversial quiet yet high performance cooling solution that harbors a 5500 RPM fan which cools the GPU through a pipeline. If that cools the GPU better than conventional fans, I don't know (well, I do). But we'll find that out in our overclocking part of this review. Very interesting to see though as the fan is not placed directly above the graphics processor.
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