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."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON XP 2500
VIDEO CARD	INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA
	INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA
	XFX GEFORCE 5200
	MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
NVIDIA DRIVER	DETONATOR v45.23
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK K7S8X
MEMORY	512MB CRUCIAL PC2700 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0b

RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

800x600

	169
	182
	167
	151

1024x768

	162
	168
	152
	112

1280x1024

	150
	151
	135
	92

INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200

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 3 engine I was talking about earlier. Unlike the benchmarks tested so far this time the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 beats the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra at all resolutions tested."

SERIOUS SAM SE

ELEPHANT ATRIUM

	80
	75
	61
	46

CITADEL

	84
	49
	69
	47

GRAND CATHEDRAL

	69
	57
	69
	42

INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200

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 5600 Ultra is able to win 2 out of the 3 benchmarks and draw the third benchmark with the Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra. The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra does especially well in the Citadel benchmark and it's performance only drops off when tested with the cpu limited Grand Cathedral."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

800x600

	144
	145
	122
	96

1024x768

	118
	100
	86
	64

1280x1024

	85
	66
	59
	43

INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200

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

COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra does especially well with this game, it loses to the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 by 1fps at 800x600 but then manages a pretty convincing victory at the other resolutions tested."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

800x600

	57
	60
	57
	55

1024x768

	55
	58
	53
	41

1280x1024

	46
	43
	38
	28

INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200

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

COMMENT - "Things are reversed with this botmatch benchmark, the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 wins 2 of the 3 tests but the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra wins the important high resolution test. Let's see what will happen if we enable 4x FSAA and 8x Anisotropic filtering."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003
4x FSAA & 8x ANISOTROPIC

800x600

	47
	23
	32
	21

1024x768

	33
	15
	21
	14

1280x1024

	22
	10
	14
	9

INNO3D GEFORCE 5600 ULTRA MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA XFX GEFORCE 5200

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

COMMENT - "Wow, all of the video cards are really struggling now apart from the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra which delivers playable performance upto 1280x1024. The MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 and XFX GeForce 5200 are unplayable at all resolutions and fail to reach 30fps for smooth gameplay."

CONCLUSION - "The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra offers good anisotropic filtering performance and image quality. The Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra was very stable and there are no problems to report. Although the Inno3D GeForce 5600 Ultra doesn't beat the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 with 3dmark 2001 SE it's gaming and 3dmark 2003 performance is superior most of the time. It's DX9 compatibility makes it more future proof than the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 and it's high image quality performance especially with anti-aliasing with anisotropic filtering was very impressive."