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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
QUAKE III ARENA
MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT COMMENT - "The high quality setting is very cpu limited so all of the video cards deliver atlast 300 frames per second. As we increase the image quality settings the other three video cards start to fall away when Quake 3 Arena becomes less cpu limited and more video card limited. Using extreme quality which uses 4x anti-aliasing and 8x anisotropic filtering the MSI NX 6600 GT shows what it can really do and delivers a 26% performance increase over the other video cards."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Default GLdriver
GL Extensions on
1024x768 Video Mode
32Bit Colour Depth
Fullscreen on
Lightmap Lighting
32Bit Texture Quality
Demo four.dm_66
HIGH QUALITY
Geometic Detail Medium
75% Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering
ULTRA HIGH QUALITY
Geometic Detail High
Texture Detail Full
Trilinear Texture Filtering
EXTREME QUALITY
Geometic Detail High
Texture Detail Full
8x Anisotropic Filtering
4x Anti-Aliasing
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SCRAPLAND
MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT COMMENT - "Scrapland starts off pretty close but with only the MSI NX 6600 GT and OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro delivering performances in the 120's. As the image quality increases all of the video cards start to drift apart and the MSI NX 6600 GT's performance advantage grows to 28%. Notice how the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT has suddenly overtaken the MSI GeForce 5900 XT to capture 3rd place. Using high quality settings the MSI NX 6600 GT has once again increased it's performance advantage but this time to an amazing 38%."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Video Mode
Vsync Disabled
Crazy Gambler Level
LOW QUALITY
Bilinear Texture Filtering
Low Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Disabled
Bloom Disabled
Motion Blur Disabled
Deformation Disabled
MEDIUM QUALITY
Trilinear Texture Filtering
Medium Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled
HIGH QUALITY
8x Anisotropic Filtering
High Texture Detail
Low Shadows Enabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled
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SERIOUS SAM SE
MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled
COMMENT - "The MSI NX 6600 GT runs Serious Sam SE very well and especially using the Elephtant Atrium demo. The Citadel demo is cpu limited which is why all of the video cards results are fairly close together which is why the MSI NX 6600 GT is only 10% faster than the second placed OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. The Elephant Atrium is more video card limited and the MSI NX 6600 GT is able to deliver a big performance advantage over the second placed MSI GeForce 5900 XT of 31%. The Grand Cathedral demo is another cpu limited demo however the MSI NX 6600 GT is still able to deliver an 12% performance increase over the second placed MSI GeForce 5900 XT which was good."
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X2 THE THREAT
MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Auto Quality Enabled
Anti-aliasing Disabled
Bumpmaps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
COMMENT - "X2 the Threat is a game which favours Nvidia video cards rather than ATI so it wasn't unexpected to see both of the two Nvidia based video cards beating the ATI video cards. Although the MSI NX 6600 GT wins it can only offer a modest 8% performance increase over the MSI GeForce 5900 XT."
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FINAL RESULT
MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128 MSI GEFORCE 5900 XT
OCUK ATI RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "Here we have added up all of the game benchmark frame rates to produce a score which reflects the video cards performance. The MSI NX 6600 GT offers an 18% performance advantage over the second placed MSI GeForce 5900 XT, 19% performance advantage over the OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and a 30% performance advantage over the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT."
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CONCLUSION - "It was a very impressive showing by the MSI NX 6600 GT which usually offered a large performance increase over the MSI GeForce 5900 XT, OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and the Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 XT. As expected both the MSI GeForce 5900 XT and OCUK ATI Radeon 9700 Pro both performed pretty much the same with the budget Sapphire ATi Radeon 9600 XT close behind."
ULTIMATE HARDWARE AWARD THE MSI NX 6600 GT 9/10
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