Elsa GLADIAC MX

Pros: Great performer at a reasonable price
Cons: VIA compatibility issues

I recently started playing Counter Strike online I felt that my current Video Card (SiS w/ 8mb) wasn't giving me the performance I needed. So when I started shopping and reading about upgrade options I cam upon the Geforce 2 MX cards. They were highly...

Pros: Low price, Great graphics, Fantastic speed.
Cons: None

I felt it was time to get a new video card but lacked the cash to dump into a $300 video card. The next best thing was to obtain a card with the nvidia geForce2 MX chipset, and who better not get one from than Elsa. I have been a fan of Elsa cards for...

Pros: Low Price
Cons: Nothing

When I first saw reviews for the GLADIAC MX I new I had to have one. After searching the web for various vendor offerings I came upon the ELSA website and was immediately impressed. The amount of information available to the regular consumer is...

Pros: Great performance for the price (costs half as much as the GTS), and has some nifty features thrown in too.
Cons: Lacks power at the more demanding settings, but then, this is a budget card, so you can't complain.

First, a bit of background info on the MX. It is essentially a scaled down verision of its big brother the GTS, with slower clock speed and what's more it runs on SDR, with no DDR versions available. Obviously nVidia is trying to dominate the budget...

Pros: A little cheaper than other MX equipped graphics cards, Elsa 3D REVELATOR glasses support, Excellent performance for price range... even beats out some more expensive cards
Cons: drivers are still a little shaky, no Twinview support, not much else in box but discounted software available thru Elsa, card is able to support DDR ram which would speed it up considerably but you have SDR ram instead!

Never one to be satisfied with checking out one product, I had bought the Elsa Gladiac MX card as well. If you read my Guillemot 3D Prophet II MX review, guess what, there are very minor differences between this card and Guillemot's card. By the way,...