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GIGABYTE RADEON 9000 REVIEW

"Gigabyte Radeon 9000 review comparing the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 to the Gainward GeForce4 MX440. 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."

GIGABYTE RADEON 9000 SPECIFICATIONS

MAYA GV-R9000 PLUS(AF64DGE) provides high-end performance to the mainstream graphics market at a competitive price point. MAYA serial features four parallel, highly optimized rendering pipelines usually available only for the high-end gaming cards that significantly enhance performance and game-play responsiveness by doubling the pixel fill rate compared to the standard 2-pipeline architectures found in most mid-range products.

Graphics controller

RADEON™ 9000 graphics processing unit (GPU)

Memory configuration

64MB of double data rate memory(DDR)

Features At-a-glance

Powered by ATi Radeon 9000 GPU
Comprehensive 2X and 4X AGP support
High performance dual-channel 128-bit DDR
Optimized for Pentium® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow! processor instructions
Highly optimized 128-bit 2D engine with support for WindowsR XP GDI
Best-of-class 3D gaming with a four-pipeline architecture
Supports DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 features
Charisma Engine™ II supports full Transformation (T&L)
Complex, realistic lighting effects with ATI SMARTSHADER™ technology
Sharper-looking 3D graphics with ATI SMOOTHVISION™ technology
Featuring CATALYST™ - Industry-leading software suite
D-Sub and TV-Out connector supported

3D Graphics Features

Four parallel rendering pipelines process up to 1.2 billion pixels per second
Smartshader™ technology
Full support for DirectX® 8.1 programmable pixel and vertex shaders in hardware
1.4 pixel shaders support up to 6 textures per rendering pass
1.1 vertex shaders support vertex programs up to 128 instructions
Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® via extensions
Programmable shaders provide enhanced 3D effects in over 100 existing and upcoming game titles

MAYA GV-R9000 PLUS Features

Smartshader™
DirectX® 8.1 support
OpenGL® 1.3
Smoothvision™
Hyper Z™ II
Charisma Engine™ II
Pixel Tapestry™ II
Video Immersion™ II
High Performance Memory Support
Dual Display Support
Integrated Transformation, Clipping and Lighting
Twin Cache Architecture
SuperScalar Rendering
Single-Pass Multi-texturing
True Color Rendering
Triangle Setup Engine
Texture Cache
Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering
Line & Edge Anti-aliasing
Full-Screen Anti-aliasing
Texture Compositing
Texture Decompression
Specular Highlights
Perspectively Correct Texture Mapping
Mip-Mapping
Z-buffering and Double-buffering
Emboss, Dot Product 3 and Environment bump mapping
Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid and Cubic environment mapping
Fog effects, texture lighting, video textures, reflections, shadows, spotlights etc

Bundle Software

CyberLink PowerDVD XP
Motocross Mania (Game CD)
4X4 EVO and Oni (in 1 CD, Lite version)

NAME	CHIPSET	GPU SPEED	MEM SPEED	BANDWIDTH	UK PRICE	US PRICE
ATI RADEON 9000	RV250	250Mhz	400MHz DDR	6.4GB/s	£78	$83
ATI RADEON 9000 PRO	RV250	275Mhz	550MHz DDR	8.8GB/s	£91	$99
NVIDIA GEFORCE4 MX440	NV17	270Mhz	400MHz DDR	6.4GB/s	£59	$63

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON XP 1700
VIDEO CARD	GIGABYTE RADEON 9000
	GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440
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 MX440 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 - "This is another clear victory for the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 which thanks to it's DX8 features beats the Gainward GeForce4 MX440 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 MX440 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 MX440."

SERIOUS SAM

640x480

	122
	107

800x600

	111
	106

1024x768

	77
	99

1280x960

	53
	88

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440 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 MX440 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 MX440."

STARTREK VOYAGER
ELITE FORCE

640x480

	158
	157

800x600

	151
	145

1024x768

	120
	108

1280x1024

	101
	87

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440 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 MX440 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 MX440 still manages a 14fps lead."

STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT 2

640x480

	111
	109

800x600

	109
	109

1024x768

	107
	100

1280x1024

	103
	92

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440 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 MX440 once again shows it's love for Quake 3 based games and beats the Gigabyte Radeon 9000."

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GIGABYTE RADEON 9000 REVIEW

GIGABYTE RADEON 9000 SPECIFICATIONS

Graphics controller

Memory configuration

Features At-a-glance

3D Graphics Features

MAYA GV-R9000 PLUS Features

Bundle Software

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

DRONEZ

RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

SERIOUS SAM

STARTREK VOYAGERELITE FORCE

STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT 2

STARTREK VOYAGER
ELITE FORCE