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MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT VTD128 vs MSI GEFORCE4 Ti4200 VTD8X
"In this article we test the MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT against the MSI GEFORCE4 Ti4200 as requested by a reader! Software used for benchmarking was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, Glexcess, Quake III Arena, Serious Sam the Second Encounter and Unreal Tournament 2003."
 IS IT WORTH UPGRADING FROM A GEFORCE4 Ti4200 TO A GEFORCE FX 5900 XT?
| NAME |
CHIPSET |
GPU SPEED |
MEMORY |
MEMORY
INTERFACE |
MEMORY
SPEED |
AGP SPEED |
| MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT VTD128 |
NV35 |
390MHZ |
128MB |
256BIT |
700MHZ DDR |
8x |
| MSI GEFORCE4 Ti4200 VTD8X |
NV28 |
250MHZ |
128MB |
128BIT |
512MHZ DDR |
8x |
| NAME |
CHIPSET |
GPU SPEED |
MEMORY |
MEMORY
INTERFACE |
MEMORY
SPEED |
AGP SPEED |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
| PROCESSOR |
AMD ATHLON XP 2500 |
| VIDEO CARD |
MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT VTD128 |
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MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 VTD8X |
| NVIDIA DRIVER |
FORCEWARE v53.03 |
| MOTHERBOARD |
ASROCK K7S8XE+ SIS748 |
| MEMORY |
512MB CRUCIAL PC2700 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0b |
SYNTHETIC BENCHMARKS
 | 12608 |
 | 10939 |
| 4835 |
| 1481 |
| 10918 |
| 6926 |
MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 COMMENT - "The MSI Geforce 5900 XT starts off strongly with 3dmark 2001 SE and delivers a 14% increase in performance over the MSI Geforce4 Ti4200. With 3dmark 2003 we witness a huge 70% increase in performance for the MSI Geforce 5900 XT. However this was to be expected because the MSI Geforce4 Ti4200 is a DX8 video card and this is a DX9 benchmark so it was unable to run the mother nature game demo which accounts for approx 1000 points. Using Glexcess which unlike 3dmark is an opengl benchmark the MSI Geforce 5900 XT delivers a 37% increase in performance which once again is very impressive."
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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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SERIOUS SAM SE
| 120 |
| 75 |
| 113 |
| 49 |
| 89 |
| 57 |
MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled
COMMENT - "The MSI Geforce 5900 XT delivers impressive numbers and gives a performance gain between 36% to 57% faster than the MSI Geforce4 Ti4200."
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UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003
FLYBY
| 153 |
| 145 |
| 152 |
| 100 |
| 135 |
| 66 |
MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Antalus Benchmark
Character Shadows Enabled
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled
COMMENT - "The MSI Geforce4 Ti4200 is able to keep up with the MSI Geforce 5900 XT at lower resolutions but once the resolution increases so does the gap between it and the MSI Geforce 5900 XT."
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UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003
FLYBY (4xAA & 8xAF)
| 138 |
| 36 |
| 108 |
| 23 |
| 75 |
| 13 |
MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Antalus Benchmark
Character Shadows Enabled
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled
COMMENT - "When using standard features the MSI Geforce 5900 XT is between 6% to 52% faster than the MSI Geforce4 Ti4200, with 4xAA and 8xAF the MSI Geforce 5900 XT is between 74% to 83% faster which is VERY impressive."
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CONCLUSION - "The MSI Geforce4 Ti4200 used to be a decent video card and even today can keep up with most video cards below in it's price range. The problem with the MSI Geforce4 Ti4200 is the poor anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering performance, this can be seen clearly in the Unreal Tournament 2003 4xAA with 8xAF results. The AMD Athlon XP 2500 used in this review would be a good cpu to use with the MSI Geforce4 Ti4200, anything more powerful would be a waste and would offer little performance increase. The MSI Geforce 5900 XT however is very different, it was being held back by the AMD Athlon XP 2500 and has alot more performance to give when used with a more powerful cpu."
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