INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA
"Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra review testing the new Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra against the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200, Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra and XFX GeForce 5200. Software was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, GL Excess, Quake III Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam the Second Encounter and Unreal Tournament 2003."
 Today we are testing the latest mainstream video card from Innovision the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra. This video card uses the NV31 gpu from Nvidia and is clocked at roughly the same speed as the budget Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra. The GeForce 5600 Ultra was released to replace the GeForce4 Ti4200 and to compete against the Radeon 9600 range of video cards from ATI. The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra is a full DX9 video card unlike the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 which only supports DX8. Powered by the same advanced technology and features as the 5800 GPUs, the GeForce 5600 Ultra delivers studio-quality color and amazing cinematic gaming effects, without breaking the bank.
In this test we have decided to compare the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra against the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 which is also from Nvidia. To show the performance increase when compared to lower priced video cards we have also included the Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra and the XFX GeForce 5200.
THE INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:-
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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 GPUs bring you the industry’s best image quality for the most demanding applications.
Intellisample Technology
The industry’s fastest and highest quality antialiasing delivers ultra-realistic visuals, with no jagged edges, at lightning-fast speeds.
New 64-phase Video Scaler
Highest quality for scaling DVD and other video to full-screen HDTV resolutions.
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.
Integrated Full Hardware MPEG-2 Decoder
Delivers full-frame, full-screen MPEG-2 video on your desktop.
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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.
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.
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.
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GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
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INNO3D GEFORCE
FX 5600 ULTRA |
MSI GEFORCE4
Ti4200 |
INNO3D GEFORCE
FX 5200 ULTRA |
XFX GEFORCE
FX 5200 |
| 3DMARK 2001 SE |
9630 |
10395 |
9119 |
7656 |
| GAME 1 - CAR CHASE (LQ) |
144 |
163 |
125 |
103 |
| GAME 2 - DRAGOTHIC (LQ) |
152 |
179 |
158 |
124 |
| GAME 3 - LOBBY (LQ) |
144 |
144 |
136 |
121 |
| GAME 1 - CAR CHASE (HQ) |
54 |
58 |
53 |
48 |
| GAME 2 - DRAGOTHIC (HQ) |
82 |
103 |
80 |
66 |
| GAME 3 - LOBBY (HQ) |
66 |
67 |
64 |
59 |
| GAME 4 - NATURE |
60 |
48 |
50 |
35 |
COMMENT - "This is a disappointing result for the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra because I expected it to reach atleast 10,000 points and it was beaten by the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 in all of the benchmarks apart from one. However the one benchmark the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra performed much better than the rest of the video cards tested is the most important. All of the game demos like Car Chase, Dragothic and Lobby are using DX7, the Nature demo is using DX8 pixel shading technology and the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra delivered an impressive 60fps."
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INNO3D GEFORCE
FX 5600 ULTRA |
MSI GEFORCE4
Ti4200 |
INNO3D GEFORCE
FX 5200 ULTRA |
XFX GEFORCE
FX 5200 |
| 3DMARK 2003 |
2880 |
1464 |
1919 |
1431 |
| WINGS OF FURY |
115 |
98 |
99 |
79 |
| BATTLE OF PROXYCON |
21 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
| TROLL'S LAIR |
17 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
| MOTHER NATURE |
14 |
N/A |
10 |
8 |
COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra beats the second placed Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra by 961 points and the XFX GeForce 5200 by 1449 points which was a very impressive result. The MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 does well for a DX8 video card and although it's unable to run the DX9 Mother Nature it does well in the other demos."
GL EXCESS
XSMARK
FILLRATE
POLYGON COUNT
INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Scene 1 Intro
Scene 2 Waver
Scene 3 Facescape
Scene 4 Exploding Logo
COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra puts in a great performance with this benchmark, it delivered the highest xsmark and polygon count. However it didn't manage to beat the Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra's impressive fillrate which was a surprise."
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QUAKE III ARENA
INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Four.dm68 Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Compress Disabled
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometric Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering
COMMENT - "Now we start the important benchmarks, the games benchmarks. As always we have started with Quake III Arena, although the Quake engine is now getting old it is still used in a wide range of different games. The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra starts off strongly and manages to draw or beat the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 by a small margin at all of the resolutions tested. Let's turn on 4x FSAA and see what happens."
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QUAKE III ARENA
4x FSAA
INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Four.dm68 Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Compress Disabled
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometric Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering
COMMENT - "With 4x FSAA now enabled it's clear to see the impact it's had on all of the video cards but especially the XFX GeForce 5200. The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra puts in a fantastic performance and leads the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 by a big margin."
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QUAKE III ARENA
4x FSAA & 8x ANISOTROPIC
INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Four.dm68 Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Compress Disabled
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometric Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering
COMMENT - "With 8x Anisotropic filtering as well as 4x FSAA enabled the XFX GeForce 5200 is starting to struggle badly. The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra still manages to stay ahead of the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 but not by as big a margin as in the previous test. What is especially impressive about the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra is the 110fps it manages to achieve at 1024x768 which is impressive."
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QUAKE III ARENA
ANISOTROPIC
INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Four.dm68 Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Compress Disabled
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometric Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering
COMMENT - "Anisotropic filtering improves image quality and with most modern video cards there is no reason to have it disabled. This test is designed to show the performance hit you will get with the different levels of anisotropic filtering. As you can see at all levels of anisotropic filtering the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra is able to deliver better performance than the MSI GeForce Ti4200 which is why it should always be used."
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INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA REVIEW INDEX
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"MSI Radeon HD 5670 review also featuring MSI Radeon HD 4670. MSI Radeon HD 5670 has 4% higher clock speed and 51% higher memory speed than the MSI Radeon HD 4670."
"Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 review with Inno3D GeForce GT 240. Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 has 30% higher clock speed, 15% higher memory speed compared to Inno3D GeForce GT 240."
"The AMD Athlon II X2 240 Processor takes on the AMD Athlon64 X2 4800. AMD Athlon II X2 240 is a powerful 2.8Ghz Regor Socket AM2+ Processor which is compared to the Socket 939 2.4Ghz AMD Athlon64 X2 4800."
"Inno3D GeForce GT 240 review also featuring Powercolor Radeon HD 4770. Inno3D GeForce GT 240 has 27% lower clock speed, 6% faster memory speed and 544 less Shader Processors compared to the Powercolor Radeon HD 4770."
"Powercolor Radeon HD 4770 is compared to HIS Radeon HD 3870. Powercolor Radeon HD 4770 has 4% Lower Clock Speed, 30% Faster GDDR5 Memory and 320 Extra Shader Processors compared to HIS Radeon HD 3870."
"Gainward GeForce GT 240 review also featuring Asus GeForce 9600 GT. Gainward GeForce GT 240 has 27% lower clock speed, 42% higher memory speed and 32 extra Shader Processors compared to the Asus GeForce 9600 GT."
"MSI Radeon HD 5770 review also featuring Pov GeForce GTX 260. MSI Radeon HD 5770 has 33% higher clock speed, 59% higher memory speed and 584 extra Shader Processors compared to the Pov GeForce GTX 260."
"MSI Radeon HD 5970 review also features MSI GeForce GTX 295. MSI Radeon HD 5970 has 22% higher clock speed, 50% higher memory speed, 11% more memory and DirectX 11 Support compared to DirectX 10 with the MSI GeForce GTX 295."
"Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC review also features Sapphire Radeon HD 5870. Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC has 14% lower clock speed, 17% lower memory speed but twice the Shader Processors."
"Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 review also features Sapphire Radeon HD 5770. Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 has 18% lower clock speed, 5% lower memory speed and 10% less Shader Processors."
"Gigabyte Radeon HD 5750 review also features Gigabyte Radeon HD 4770. Gigabyte Radeon HD 5750 has 7% lower clock speed, 31% higher memory speed and 20% extra Shaders."
"Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 review also featuring Gainward Radeon HD 4870. Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 has 11% higher clock speed and 25% higher memory speed compared to the Gainward Radeon HD 4870."
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