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NVIDIA FORCEWARE v61.76 REVIEW 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 |
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FORCEWARE v56.72 |
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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
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."
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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
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GAME BENCHMARK
UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - BRIDGE OF FATE UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - COLOSSUS UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - CONVOY UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - RANKIN UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 - TORLAN SERIOUS SAM SE - GRAND CATHEDRAL SERIOUS SAM SE - ELEPHANT ATRIUM DESERT RATS v AFRIKA KORPS HAEGEMONIA - LEGIONS OF IRON |
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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