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NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Graphics Processor
NV17
Pixel Shaders
2
Vertex Shaders
N/A
TMUs
4
ROPs
2
Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
SDR
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce4 MX 420 was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on February 6th, 2002. Built on the 150 nm process, and based on the NV17 graphics processor, in its MX420 variant, the card supports DirectX 7.0. Since GeForce4 MX 420 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The NV17 graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 65 mm² and 29 million transistors. It features 2 pixel shaders and 0 vertex shaders, 4 texture mapping units, and 2 ROPs. Due to the lack of unified shaders you will not be able to run recent games at all (which require unified shader/DX10+ support). NVIDIA has paired 64 MB SDR memory with the GeForce4 MX 420, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 250 MHz, memory is running at 166 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is not exactly known. Display outputs include: 1x VGA, 1x S-Video. GeForce4 MX 420 is connected to the rest of the system using an AGP 4x interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
NV17
GPU Variant
MX420
Architecture
Celsius
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
150 nm
Transistors
29 million
Density
446.2K / mm²
Die Size
65 mm²

Graphics Card

Release Date
Feb 6th, 2002
Generation
GeForce 4 MX
Predecessor
GeForce 3
Successor
GeForce 4 Ti
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
AGP 4x

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
250 MHz
Memory Clock
166 MHz

Memory

Memory Size
64 MB
Memory Type
SDR
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
2.656 GB/s

Render Config

Pixel Shaders
2
Vertex Shaders
0
TMUs
4
ROPs
2

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
500.0 MPixel/s
Texture Rate
1.000 GTexel/s

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
TDP
unknown
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x VGA
1x S-Video
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
7.0
OpenGL
1.5
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Pixel Shader
1.1
Vertex Shader
1.1

Card Notes

Memory Variant: 64 MB, DDR, 333 MHz, 64-bit

NV17 GPU Notes

Latest Drivers:
Windows NT 4:
ForceWare Release 77.56
ForceWare Release 77.72 Desktop

Windows 95 / 98 / ME:
ForceWare Release 81.98

Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 x64:
ForceWare Release 93.71 Desktop
ForceWare Release 91.36 / 93.81 Beta

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Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
250 MHz 166 MHz
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