GIGABYTE RADEON 9000 REVIEW

"Gigabyte Radeon 9000 review comparing the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 to the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440. Software used for testing was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, Dronez, Max Payne, Mercedes Benz Truck Racing, Quake 3, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam, Star Trek Voyager Elite Force, Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast, Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2003."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON XP 1700
VIDEO CARD	GIGABYTE RADEON 9000
	GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX 440
ATI DRIVER	CATALYST v7.75
NVIDIA DRIVER	DETONATOR v40.52
MOTHERBOARD	ASUS A7V266-C
MEMORY	CRUCIAL 512MB PC2100 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS 98 SE
DIRECTX VERSION	v8.1

DRONEZ

640x480

	170
	178

800x600

	165
	173

1024x768

	127
	164

1280x960

	113
	152

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX 440 GIGABYTE RADEON 9000

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Specular Enabled
World Specular Enabled
Vertex Blend Enabled
24Bit Z Buffer Enabled
Trilinear Filtering Enabled
32Bit Texture Color Depth Enabled
High Texture Definition Enabled
Multitexture Enabled
Compiled Vertex Arrays Enabled
Texture Compression Enabled
Packed Pixels Enabled
Texture Cube Maps Enabled
Seconary Colour Enabled

COMMENT - "Clear victory for the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 which thanks to it's DX8 features beats the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440 at ALL resolutions, at the highest resolution the difference is an impressive 39fps."

RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

640x480

	104
	108

800x600

	101
	106

1024x768

	85
	100

1280x1024

	72
	92

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX 440 GIGABYTE RADEON 9000

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Checkpoint Benchmark
High Quality Setting
Geometric Detail High
Texture Detail High
Texture Quality 32Bit
Trilinear Filtering
Simple Shaders Disabled
Compressed Textures Enabled
Light Flares Enabled
Wall Marks Enabled
Dynamic Lights Enabled
Identify Target Enabled
Sync Every Frame Disabled
Simple Items Disabled

COMMENT - "This is another clear victory for the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 and it finishes 20fps ahead of the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440."

SERIOUS SAM

640x480

	122
	107

800x600

	111
	106

1024x768

	77
	99

1280x960

	53
	88

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX 440 GIGABYTE RADEON 9000

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Quality Setting
Memphis Suburbs Demo
Huge Texture Size
Detailed Textures Enabled
Huge Shadowmap Size
Standard Lens Flare
No Wait Vertical Retrace
Wide Screen Disabled

COMMENT - "The Gainward GeForce4 MX 440 manages to pull out a lead at the two lower resolutions. However at the two higher resolutions the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 pulls ahead and finishes a huge 35fps ahead of the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440."

STARTREK VOYAGER
ELITE FORCE

640x480

	158
	157

800x600

	151
	145

1024x768

	120
	108

1280x1024

	101
	87

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX 440 GIGABYTE RADEON 9000

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
High Quality Setting
Timedemo Demo0001
Geometric Detail High
Texture Detail High
Texture Quality 32bit
Trilinear Filtering
Simple Shaders Disabled
Compressed Textures Disabled
Light Flares Enabled
Wall Marks Enabled
Dynamic Lights Enabled
Identify Target Enabled
Sync Every Frame Disabled
Simple Items Disabled

COMMENT - "It seems the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440 really likes Quake3 based games and it manages to beat the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 at ALL of the resolutions. At the highest resolution the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440 still manages a 14fps lead."

STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT 2

640x480

	111
	109

800x600

	109
	109

1024x768

	107
	100

1280x1024

	103
	92

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX 440 GIGABYTE RADEON 9000

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
High Quality Setting
Jk2ffa Benchmark
Geometric Detail High
Texture Detail High
Texture Quality 32Bit
Trilinear Filtering
Simple Shaders Disabled
Compressed Textures Enabled
Light Flares Enabled
Wall Marks Disabled
Dynamic Lights Enabled
Identify Target Enabled
Sync Every Frame Disabled
Simple Items Disabled

COMMENT - "Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 : Jedi Outcast is another Quake 3 based game although it's a much more advanced game than both Quake 3 and Star Trek Elite Force. Even so the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440 once again shows it's love for Quake 3 based games and beats the Gigabyte Radeon 9000."

GIGABYTE RADEON 9000 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - GIGABYTE RADEON 9000 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - DRONEZ, SERIOUS SAM AND STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT 2

PAGE 3 - QUAKE III ARENA

PAGE 4 - TOTAL PERFORMANCE AND FINAL RESULT

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DRONEZ

RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

SERIOUS SAM

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