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NVIDIA FORCEWARE v61.76 REVIEW

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In this article we will compare the recently released v61.76 drivers to the previous 50 series releases. We have used a wide range of games which include titles like:- unreal tournament 2004, serious sam second encounter, comanche4, x2 the threat, unreal 2, postal 2, desert rats v afrika korps, far cry, colin mcrae rally 04, painkiller and haegemonia legions of iron. I think we have succeeded in testing the drivers with a good range of different types of games both new and old.


GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON XP 3200
VIDEO CARD MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v61.76
FORCEWARE v56.72
FORCEWARE v53.03
MOTHERBOARD MSI K7N2 DELTA-L
MEMORY 2x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0b

3DMARK BENCHMARKS

3DMARK 2001 SE

v53.0315245
v56.7215059
v61.7614713

3DMARK 2003

v53.035089
v56.724956
v61.765140

v53.03 v56.72 v61.76

COMMENT - "The best driver for 3dmark 2001 SE was the 53.03 driver which finished 532 points or 4% faster than the 61.76 driver. Using the latest version of 3dmark which is 3dmark 2003 the best driver was the 61.76 driver, it finished 184 points or 4% faster than the slower 56.72 driver."
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

GAME BENCHMARK

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - BRIDGE OF FATE

v53.03118
v56.72118
v61.76117

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - COLOSSUS

v53.03118
v56.72117
v61.76117

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - CONVOY

v53.0357
v56.7258
v61.7657

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - RANKIN

v53.0387
v56.7287
v61.7687

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - TORLAN

v53.0382
v56.7280
v61.7679

SERIOUS SAM SE - GRAND CATHEDRAL

v53.03106
v56.72107
v61.76107

SERIOUS SAM SE - CITADEL

v53.03129
v56.72129
v61.76129

SERIOUS SAM SE - ELEPHANT ATRIUM

v53.03128
v56.72128
v61.76126

COMANCHE4

v53.0357
v56.7255
v61.7656

X2 THE THREAT

v53.0394
v56.7291
v61.7688

UNREAL 2 - THE AWAKENING

v53.0390
v56.7287
v61.7688

POSTAL 2

v53.0372
v56.7274
v61.7674

DESERT RATS v AFRIKA KORPS

v53.03109
v56.72105
v61.76105

FARCRY

v53.0348
v56.7254
v61.7653

COLIN MCRAE RALLY 04

v53.0353
v56.7260
v61.7662

PAINKILLER

v53.03108
v56.72106
v61.76109

HAEGEMONIA - LEGIONS OF IRON

v53.0380
v56.7280
v61.7676

v53.03 v56.72 v61.76

COMMENT - "Unreal Tournament 2004 performance was very close and there was no clear winner. Serious Sam SE performance was also very close apart from the 2fps difference with the Elephant Atrium demo. Comanche4 ran worst using the 56.72 drivers but only by between and 1 or 2 fps. X2 The Threat showed a fairly big difference and the 53.03 drivers outperformed the latest 61.76 drivers by 6fps. Unreal 2 The Awakening also performed best using the 53.03 drivers but this time only by 2fps. Postal 2 performed best with either the 56.72 or 61.76 drivers by 2fps. Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps performed best with the 53.03 drivers outperforming the 56.72 and 61.76 drivers by 4fps. Far Cry performed best using the 56.72 drivers and the worst was the 53.03 drivers which was 6fps slower than the 56.72 drivers. Colin Mcrae Rally 04 performed best with the latest 61.76 drivers which finished 9fps faster than the 53.03 drivers. Painkiller also performed best using the 61.76 drivers which finished 3fps ahead of the 56.72 drivers. Haegemonia Legions of Iron performed best on the older 53.03 and 56.72 drivers and they finished 4fps ahead of the latest 61.76 drivers. It was a very close result with the 53.03 and 56.72 drivers both scoring 1536 points, the 61.76 drivers performed slightly worse scoring 1530 points or 1% slower."
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