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

TOTAL PERFORMANCE

DRONEZ

	605
	667

MAX PAYNE

	290
	293

MERCEDES BENZ TRUCK RACING

	437
	258

QUAKE 3 ARENA

	702
	704

RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

	362
	404

SERIOUS SAM

	363
	400

STAR TREK VOYAGER ELITE FORCE

	530
	497

STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT 2

	430
	410

UNREAL TOURNAMENT

	431
	459

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

	182
	174

TOTAL

	4332
	4266

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX 440 GIGABYTE RADEON 9000

COMMENT - "As you can see the result is very close with the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440 offering the best performance in 4 games while the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 is better in 6 games. After 10 games there is only a 66 point difference between the video cards. The Gainward GeForce4 MX 440 performed very well at lower resolutions and with 2x FSAA while the Gigabyte Radeon 9000 performed better at higher resolutions and with 4x FSAA."

CONCLUSION - "The Gigabyte Radeon 9000 has DX8.1 features which will make this video card more future proof than the Gainward GeForce4 MX 440. The ATI Drivers performed well with no stability or visual problems. The Gigabyte Radeon 9000 delivered great quality anisotropic filtering with only a small performance hit. The Gigabyte Radeon 9000 has excellent FSAA quality and good performance for a budget video card. The only bad point was that the drivers on the Gigabyte website need updated more frequently although you can ofcourse use the ATI reference drivers."

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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