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The memory we are looking at is Samsung DDR memory rated 5ns, exactly the same as MSI/Creative labs is using. This means overclocking dear reader ;) The memory does not have any ramsinks. Hardware wise we also notice a s-vhs TV output. With the help of an included cable you can connect it to the svhs input from your VCR or TV.

The core (gpu) of the graphics card is clocked at 270 MHz. Memory in total is 64 MB DDR SDRAM and clocked at 2x200 (400) MHz; As stated the memory is rated 5ns .. 1000:(400:2)=5ns

Math time: ((2x128bit) x 200MHz) : 8bit = 6400 MB/sec and that is the same amount of bandwidth a GeForce 3 Ti 200 for example has. To get an idea of what this GeForce4 MX 440 is all about we must compare it to the GeForce2 MX, GeForce 3 Ti200 and Radeon 7500.

It will be in the same price-range as those products and therefore will be a good comparison. The new model will make the GeForce2 MX obsolete quickly though. To see where the GeForce4 MX 440 is compared to the new line-up I suggest you take a good look at the following table:

	MX 420	MX 440	MX 460	Ti 4200	Ti 4400	Ti 4600
Number of Transistors (Millions)	29	29	29	63	63	63
Manufacturing Process (microns)	.15	.15	.15	.15	.15	.15
Rendering Pipelines	2	2	2	4	4	4
Texture per Pass	4	4	4	8	8	8
Core Clock (MHz)	250	270	300	250	275	300
Memory Clock (MHz)	166	200	275	225	275	325
Memory Amount (MB)	64	64	64	128	128	128
Memory Type	5.5ns	4ns	3.6ns	4ns	3.6ns	3ns
RAMDAC	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz
Fill Rate (gigatexels)	1.0	1.08	1.2	2.0	2.2	2.4
Fill Rate (megapixels)	500	540	600	900	1100	1200
Fill Rate (millions of Triangles/sec.)	31	34	38	114	125	136
Bandwidth (GB/s)	2.66	6.4	8.8	8.0	8.8	10.4