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INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA

"Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Review testing the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra against the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200, XFX GeForce FX 5200 and the Sapphire Radeon 9200. Software used during testing was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, GLexcess, Quake 3 Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam SE and Unreal Tournament 2003."
INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA

Today we are testing the latest budget video card from Innovision the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra. This video card uses the NV34 gpu from Nvidia and is clocked much higher than a regular GeForce FX 5200. The GeForce FX 5200 Ultra was released to replace the GeForce4 Ti4200 and to compete against the Radeon 9200 video cards from ATI. The Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra is a full DX9 video card unlike the GeForce4 Ti4200 which only supports DX8.

In this test we have decided to compare the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra against the GeForce4 Ti4200 which is also from Nvidia. To show the performance increase when compared to budget video cards we have also included the Sapphire Radeon 9200 and the XFX GeForce FX 5200.


NAME CHIPSET GPU SPEED MEMORY AGP SPEED
INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA NV34 325mhz 128Mb 650mhz DDR 8x
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 VTD8X NV28 250mhz 128Mb 512mhz DDR 8x
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 NV34 250mhz 128Mb 400mhz DDR 8x
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200 RV280 250mhz 128Mb 400mhz DDR 8x
NAME CHIPSET GPU SPEED MEMORY AGP SPEED

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON XP 2500
VIDEO CARD INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 VTD8X
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v3.5
NVIDIA DRIVER DETONATOR v44.90
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK K7S8X
MEMORY 512MB CRUCIAL PC2700 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0b

RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

800x600

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA167
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200182
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200151
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200158

1024x768

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA152
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200168
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200112
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200112

1280x1024

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA135
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200151
XFX GEFORCE FX 520092
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920090

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

IXBT Benchmark
High Quality Setting
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 - "This is one of the games based on the Quake engine I was talking about earlier. The MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 is the fastest video card for this game, it seems like the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 really loves Quake based games."


SERIOUS SAM SE

CITADEL

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA61
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420075
XFX GEFORCE FX 520046
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920071

ELEPHANT ATRIUM

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA69
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420049
XFX GEFORCE FX 520047
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920062

GRAND CATHEDRAL

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA69
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420057
XFX GEFORCE FX 520042
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920058

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled

COMMENT - "Now we are using a game which ISN'T based on the Quake engine and what a mixed result we get especially for the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200. The Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra is able to win 2 out of the 3 tests and manages to deliver over 60fps in all 3 of the tests. Notice how the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 does very well in the Elephant Atrium test but then drops below the Sapphire Radeon 9200. The reason for this is because the extreme settings uses anisotropic filtering and as seen earlier the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 takes a large performance hit with anisotropic filtering enabled."


UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

800x600

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA122
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200145
XFX GEFORCE FX 520096
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920077

1024x768

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA86
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200100
XFX GEFORCE FX 520064
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920051

1280x1024

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA59
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420066
XFX GEFORCE FX 520043
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920035

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

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

COMMENT - "Everything now returns to normal with the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 outperforming the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra by quite a large margin. Notice how poorly the Sapphire Radeon 9200 is doing compared to even the XFX GeForce FX 5200."


UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

800x600

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA57
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420060
XFX GEFORCE FX 520055
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920051

1024x768

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA53
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420058
XFX GEFORCE FX 520041
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920036

1280x1024

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA38
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420043
XFX GEFORCE FX 520028
SAPPHIRE RADEON 920025

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

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

COMMENT - "This is pretty much the same result as seen in the above ut2003 flyby benchmark. Let's see what will happen if we enable 4x FSAA and 8x Anisotropic filtering."


UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003
4x FSAA & 8x ANISOTROPIC

800x600

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA32
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420023
XFX GEFORCE FX 520021
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200N/A

1024x768

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA21
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420015
XFX GEFORCE FX 520014
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200N/A

1280x1024

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA14
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420010
XFX GEFORCE FX 52009
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200N/A

INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE FX 5200 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

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

COMMENT - "All of the video cards are struggling. None of the video cards reach 60fps and only the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra even gets to 30fps. The MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 and XFX GeForce FX 5200 are unplayable at all of the resolutions tested. The Sapphire Radeon 9200 was unavailable when we decided to do this test."


CONCLUSION - "The Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra offers good anisotropic filtering performance and image quality. The video card was very stable and there are no problems to report. Although it doesn't usually beat the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 it's performance is still very good and much better than most budget cards. It's DX9 compatibility makes it much more future proof than the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 and the Sapphire Radeon 9200. All future drivers versions will be optimised for the whole GeForce FX range and performance will most likely increase further."
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