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XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT)
In this review we feature two different XFX GeForce 5200 video cards, one has a 128bit memory bus and other has a 64bit memory bus. Software used for benchmarking is as follows:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, GLexcess, Quake 3, Serious Sam SE and Unreal Tournament 2003.
| VIDEO CARD |
MEMORY |
CORE MHZ |
MEMORY MHZ |
MEMORY BUS |
AGP SPEED |
| XFX GEFORCE 5200 |
128 |
250 |
400 |
128 |
8x |
| XFX GEFORCE 5200 |
128 |
250 |
333 |
64 |
8x |
| XFX GEFORCE 5200 OC |
128 |
250 |
400 |
64 |
8x |
| VIDEO CARD |
MEMORY |
CORE MHZ |
MEMORY MHZ |
MEMORY BUS |
AGP SPEED |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
SYNTHETIC BENCHMARKS
3DMARK 2001 SE
3DMARK 2003
GLEXCESS
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (128BIT) XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) OC
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) COMMENT "The 64bit memory version of the XFX GeForce 5200 resulted in a 31% performance hit with 3dmark 2001 SE, 24% performance hit with 3dmark 2003 and an 18% performance hit with Glxcess when compared to the 128bit memory version. Using the 64bit versions default memory speed of 333mhz the difference was even greater, this resulted in a performance hit of 40% with 3dmark 2001 SE, 34% with 3dmark 2003 and 25% with Glxcess." |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
3DMARK 2001 SE
1024x768 Resolution
32Bit color
D3D Hardware T&L
Antialiasing Disabled
Double Frame Buffer
Compressed Texture Format
24Bit Z-Buffer Depth
3DMARK 2003
1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate
GLEXCESS5
1024x768 Resolution
Scene 1 Intro
Scene 2 Waver
Scene 3 Facescape
Scene 4 Exploding Logo
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QUAKE 3
1024x768
8x ANISOTROPIC FILTERING
4x FSAA
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (128BIT) XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) OC
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Four.dm68 Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Compress Disabled
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometric Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering
COMMENT "The 64bit XFX GeForce 5200 is 34% slower than the 128bit XFX GeForce 5200 and using default memory speed it's 46% slower. The limitations of the 64bit memory doesn't seem to hurt performance as much when using anisotropic filtering but the 64bit memory still resulted in a 24% performance hit and at default speed a 37% performance hit. We are using FSAA and the 64bit memory of the XFX GeForce 5200 has now resulted in a 39% performance hit and at default speed a huge 51% performance hit."
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SERIOUS SAM SE
CITADEL
GRAND CATHEDRAL
ELEPHANT ATRIUM
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (128BIT) XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) OC
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) |
ENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled
COMMENT "When using the Citadel benchmark the 64bit XFX GeForce 5200 was 24% slower than the 128bit XFX GeForce 5200 and 37% slower when using default speeds. With Grand Cathedral the 64bit XFX GeForce 5200 was 22% slower than at default speeds it was 34% slower. Elephant Atrium had the closest performance, the 64bit XFX GeForce 5200 was 11% slower and at default speed it was 27% slower."
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UT 2003
FLYBY
BOTMATCH
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (128BIT) XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) OC
XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Antalus Benchmark
Character Shadows Enabled
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled
COMMENT "The flyby demo uses very little cpu power so we should see the biggest performance difference. The 64bit XFX GeForce 5200 was 30% slower than the 128bit XFX GeForce 5200 and at default speed it was 41% slower. The botmatch demo is more of a game benchmark than the flyby demo so the results should be a bit closer together. The 64bit XFX GeForce 5200 was 27% slower than the 128bit XFX GeForce 5200 and 40% slower at default."
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| VIDEO CARD |
3DMARK01 |
3DMARK03 |
GLEXCESS |
QUAKE3 |
SS2 |
UT2003 |
| XFX GEFORCE 5200 OC |
-30% |
-24% |
-18% |
-31% |
-19% |
-29% |
| XFX GEFORCE 5200 (64BIT) |
-39% |
-33% |
-25% |
-43% |
-32% |
-40% |
| VIDEO CARD |
3DMARK01 |
3DMARK03 |
GLEXCESS |
QUAKE3 |
SS2 |
UT2003 |
CONCLUSION "When the XFX GeForce 5200 (64bit memory bus) is clocked the same as a regular XFX GeForce 5200 (250mhz core and 400mhz memory) it's performance is reduced by between 18% and 31%. The XFX GeForce 5200 (64bit memory bus) at stock speeds (250mhz core and 333mhz memory) delivers performance between 25% and 43% slower than a regular XFX GeForce 5200. The XFX GeForce 5200 it's available cheaply and isn't being sold as a gamers video card and it's performance is fine for light gaming"
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