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XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 REVIEW

"XFX GeForce FX 5200 review testing the new XFX GeForce FX 5200 against the Gainward GeForce4 MX440. Software used for testing was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Quake 3 Arena, Serious Sam SE and Unreal Tournament 2003."
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

THE XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:-

CineFX Engine - Powers cinematic effects beyond imagination. With advanced vertex and pixel shader capabilities, stunning and complex special effects are possible. In addition, increased horsepower delivers faster and smoother gameplay.

High-Precision Graphics - By combining the incredible dynamic range of today's state-of-the-art 3D motion pictures with 128-bit studio-precision colour, the GeForce FX GPUs bring you the industry’s best image quality for the most demanding applications.

AGP 8X - Provides double the bandwidth of AGP 4X—2.1GB/sec. vs. 1.1BG/sec. AGP 8X enables more complex models and detailed textures, creating richer and more lifelike environments. Uninterrupted data flow allows for smoother video streaming and faster, more seamless gameplay.

nView Multi-display Technology - The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience.

Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) - Allows the user to adjust colour controls digitally to compensate for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colours in all conditions. Currently this feature is not available on Mac systems.

Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Optimizations and Support - Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all DirectX 9 applications.

OpenGL® 1.4 Optimizations and Support - Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all OpenGL applications.

Integrated TV Encoder - Provides best-of-class TV-out functionality for resolutions up to 1024x768.

Integrated Full Hardware MPEG-2 Decoder - Delivers full-frame, full-screen MPEG-2 video on your desktop.

New 64-phase Video Scaler - Highest quality for scaling DVD and other video to full-screen HDTV resolutions.

DVI Support - Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays with up to 1600x1200 resolution.

350MHz RAMDACs - Supports QXGA displays with ergonomic refresh rates.

Architected for Cg - Ensures that the newest, cutting-edge special effects in applications will run flawlessly. Speeds up content creation so game developers can get their new games out to PC users faster than ever before.

Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) - Guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.

Copyright XFX Technologies Inc. 2001. All rights reserved!


NAME

CHIPSET

GPU SPEED

MEMORY

UK PRICE

US PRICE

XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 Nv34 250mhz 128Mb 400mhz DDR £77 $74
GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440 Nv17 270mhz 64Mb 400mhz DDR £43 $58

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON XP 2000
VIDEO CARD XFX GEFORCE FX 5200
GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440
NVIDIA DRIVER DETONATOR v43.45
MOTHERBOARD ASUS A7S333
MEMORY 512MB SAMSUNG PC2100 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0a

SERIOUS SAM SE

XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

800x600134
1024x768113
1280x102499

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440

800x600133
1024x768106
1280x102488

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Elephant Atirum Demo
Fullscreen Enabled
Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce FX 5200 wins this test at all of the resolutions tested the Gainward GeForce4 MX440 stays pretty close. It has been reported that a new patch for this game will be released which should improve the performance of the XFX GeForce FX 5200."


UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003 FLYBY BENCHMARK

XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

800x60092
1024x76863
1280x102443

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440

800x60086
1024x76858
1280x102439

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Antalus Benchmark
Character Shadows Enabled
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled

COMMENT - "Once again it's a fairly close result, the XFX GeForce FX 5200 wins this test but only by between 4 and 6fps."


FINAL RESULT

XFX GEFORCE FX 5200

QUAKE 3 ARENA479
SERIOUS SAM SE346
UT2003198

GAINWARD GEFORCE4 MX440

QUAKE 3 ARENA434
SERIOUS SAM SE327
UT2003183

QUAKE 3 ARENA SERIOUS SAM SE UT2003

COMMENT - "The XFX GeForce FX 5200 wins all of the tests, it's Quake3 performance is very good. It's performance with Serious Sam 2 is good but nothing special although the new patch should improve this. Unreal Tournament 2003 performance was disappointing because I was expecting better performance than it delivered."

CONCLUSION - "The XFX GeForce FX 5200 is a solid reliable video card offering good performance. It's dx9 features although not being used today will make this video card more future proof than all the other budget video cards available. I was especially impressed with it's fsaa performance which makes this a feature you can now use even with a budget video card. In the past it was a feature which was always available but the performance hit would make it useless, now with the XFX GeForce FX 5200 you can use it. 2D quality with the XFX GeForce FX 5200 is excellent even at the higher resolutions. Stability with this video card was excellent and there was no lockups. The XFX GeForce FX 5200 costs only £77 and is supplied with 128mb memory which makes it a bargain."
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