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MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT VTD128
"In this article we test the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT VTD128 against the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT using the following software:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Comanche4, GL Excess, Quake III Arena, Serious Sam the Second Encounter, Unreal Tournament 2003 and X2 The Threat."
THE MOST AFFORDABLE PRICE AND PERFORMANCE FROM THE FX 5900 GRAPHICS FAMILY MEMBERS
MSI ignites the cinematic revolution with the most powerful members of the NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX family-the GeForce FX 5900 XT graphic card with 2.8ns Ultra Speed DDR memory. Powered by the second-generation NVIDIA® CineFX™ 2.0 engine with the industry's only true 128-bit precision processing-MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT graphic card take cinematic quality special effects to new levels!!!
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
NOTE - HQ MEANS THAT 4x ANTI-ALIASING AND 8x ANISOTROPIC FILTERING HAS BEEN ENABLED.
UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT (HQ) SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT (HQ) |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Character Shadows Enabled
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled
COMMENT - "A close result with 4xaa/8xaf disabled however with 4xaa/8xaf enabled the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT shows it's strength and finishes with a 14%-30% lead over the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT."
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X2 THE THREAT
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT (HQ) SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT (HQ)
COMMENT - "A very good looking game which uses advanced features like antialising, bumpmapping and realtime shadows. The normal results here just have bump mapping enabled while the HQ results have everything enabled. Using default settings the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT is 18% faster than the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT. With all of the eye candy turned on the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT increases it's lead over the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by an impressive 24%." |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Auto Quality Enabled
Anti-aliasing Disabled
Bumpmaps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
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CONCLUSION - "The MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT is a first class video card, it's performance even with all of the eye candy turned on is excellent. Although the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT and Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT are fairly close in price the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT managed to beat it in EVERY single test we did. The difference in performance was even more impressive with 4xaa/8xaf enabled which gives amazing image quality but still the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT delivered smooth fluid gameplay. Unreal Tournament 2004 arrived too late to be included in this review. We know alot of you want to know how the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT performs so here are our Unreal Tournament 2004 results:-"
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