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MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 REVIEW "In this article we test the new MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 against the MSI GeForce FX 5900 XT VTD128, OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and Sapphire Fireblade ATI Radeon 9600 XT. The following software was used:- 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, Doom 3, Half Life 2, Quake 3 Arena, Rightmark, Scrapland, Serious Sam SE and X2 the Threat."
NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600 GT CHIPSET FEATURES
Nvidia® CineFX™ 3.0 engine.
64-bit texture filtering support delivers full-speed, high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting effects.
Unmatched image quality delivered through new 16x anisotropic filtering and rotated grid antialiasing.
4x shadow processing power with Nvidia® UltraShadow™ II for next generation games.
Infinite program length allows for a new class of special effects.
Hardware-accelerated MPEG and WMV9 decode delivers smooth, artifact-free video.
Dedicated video hardware reduces CPU utilization and improves overall system performance.
On-chip video encoder and motion estimation engine provides high-quality encoding from TV tuner.
Programmable video engine ensures compatibility with future video codecs.
High-quality video scaling and filtering improves playback quality at any window size.
Integrated HDTV-output brings content from your desktop to your high-definition TV.
Nvidia® ForceWare™ software delivers unmatched features and rock-solid stability.
High dynamic-range (HDR) rendering.
Nvidia® UltraShadow™ II technology.
Nvidia® Intellisample™ 3.0 technology.
Nvidia® ForceWare™ Unified Driver Architecture (UDA).
Nvidia® nView™ multi-display technology.
Nvidia® Digital Vibrance Control™ 3.0.
On-chip video processor.
64-bit floating point texture filtering and blending.
Microsoft® DirectX™ 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support.
OpenGL® 1.5 support.
Superscalar GPU architecture.
128-bit memory interface with advanced memory control.
Innovative 0.11 micron process technology.
Operating Systems Support Windows® XP / 2000.
Power supply of 350 (and up) watt is highly recommended for system stability.
Memory Interface: 128-bit.
Fill Rate (billion texels/sec.): 4.0.
Vertices/sec. (Million): 375.
Pixels per clock (peak): 8.
Ramdac (MHz): 400.
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All Chipset specs are derived from Nvidia data sheet. For your reference only.
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CHIPSET |
GPU SPEED |
MEMORY |
UK PRICE |
US PRICE |
| MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 |
NV43 |
500MHZ |
128MB 900MHZ DDR3 |
£115 |
$180 |
| MSI GEFORCE FX 5900 XT VTD128 |
NV35 |
390MHZ |
128MB 700MHZ DDR |
£109 |
$176 |
| OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO |
R300 |
325MHZ |
128MB 620MHZ DDR |
£84 |
$159 |
| SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
RV360 |
500MHZ |
128MB 650MHZ DDR |
£76 |
$125 |
| NAME |
CHIPSET |
GPU SPEED |
MEMORY |
UK PRICE |
US PRICE |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION
3DMARK 2005
MSI NX 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate
COMMENT - "3dmark 2005 is the latest version of the 3dmark programs and only DX9 video cards are compatible. The MSI NX 6600 GT manages to deliver an extra 35% performance compared to the OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. The poor DX9 performance with the GeForce FX is clearly shown when the MSI GeForce 5900 XT is beaten by the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT by 39%."
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3DMARK 2005 GAMES
MSI NX 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate
GEFORCE 6600 GT SPECIFIC
HLSL VS Target 3_0
HLSL PS Target 3_0
COMMENT - "The MSI NX 6600 GT is once again the fastest video card by between 24% to 40% compared to the OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. Once again the MSI GeForce 5900 XT is the slowest and the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT beats it between 20% to 50%."
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RIGHTMARK BETA 4
MSI NX 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
32Bit colour Depth
COMMENT - "The MSi NX 6600 GT shows that it is no1 where PS1.1 pixel shading is concerned with a huge 36% victory over the other video cards and then again in the PS2.0 pixel shading test with a 31% performance increase over the other video cards. Once again you can see the poor DX9 performance with the MSI GeForce 5900 XT, it is beaten by the MSI NX 6600 GT by a huge 82%. Most modern games will be using DX9 and you can clearly see that the GeForce FX range will offer very poor DX9 performance."
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DOOM III
MSI NX 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT COMMENT - "The MSI NX 6600 GT just loves the Doom Engine and here we see it delivering a performance increase between 25% to 38% which is pretty amazing. The ATI video cards put in some good performances especially considering that Doom 3 has always performed better on Nvidia hardware."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
High Quality
1024x768 Screen Size
Fullscreen Enabled
Vertical Sync Disabled
Demo1 Benchmark
LOW QUALITY
Bump Maps Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Disabled
Specular Disabled
Antialiasing Disabled
MEDIUM QUALITY
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Antialiasing Disabled
HIGH QUALITY
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Enabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Enabled
Anti-aliasing Enabled
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HALF LIFE 2
MSI NX 6600 GT MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
HIGH QUALITY
Model Detail High
Texture Detail High
Water Detail Reflect
Shadow Detail High
Shader Detail High
8x Anisotropic Filtering
COMMENT - "With Half Life 2 the MSI NX 6600 GT delivers a performance increase of between 20% to 37% over the other video cards. The good result shown for the MSI GeForce 5900 XT is very misleading because unlike the other video cards it is using DX8. If it was to using DX9 like all of the other video cards then it's performance would be 50% less than shown."
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