INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA

"Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra Review testing the Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra against the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200, XFX GeForce 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."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON XP 2500
VIDEO CARD	INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA
	MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
	XFX GEFORCE 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

	167
	182
	151
	158

1024x768

	152
	168
	112
	112

1280x1024

	135
	151
	92
	90

INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 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

	61
	75
	46
	71

ELEPHANT ATRIUM

	69
	49
	47
	62

GRAND CATHEDRAL

	69
	57
	42
	58

INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 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 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

	122
	145
	96
	77

1024x768

	86
	100
	64
	51

1280x1024

	59
	66
	43
	35

INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 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 5200 Ultra by quite a large margin. Notice how poorly the Sapphire Radeon 9200 is doing compared to even the XFX GeForce 5200."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

800x600

	57
	60
	55
	51

1024x768

	53
	58
	41
	36

1280x1024

	38
	43
	28
	25

INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 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

	32
	23
	21
	N/A

1024x768

	21
	15
	14
	N/A

1280x1024

	14
	10
	9
	N/A

INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 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 5200 Ultra even gets to 30fps. The MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 and XFX GeForce 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 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 range and performance will most likely increase further."