GEFORCE4 TI4200 PERFORMANCE

"In this article we test the Nvidia Geforce4 Ti4200 using 1944 Battle of the Bulge and Aurora Watching."

The Nvidia Geforce4 Ti chipset delivers the most radically immerse graphic environments ever seen on a desktop PC. Groundbreaking features including the advanced nfiniteFX II engine, superior Accuview Antialiasing techniques and flexible nView multi-display technology, deliver screaming performance and fierce processing power - for truly unmatched ferocious graphics power.

The Geforce4 family of GPUs includes the Geforce4 Ti and Geforce4 MX GPUs. In addition to unmatched performance, the Geforce4 family of GPUs adds innovative new features, including:

nView™, NVIDIA’s multi-display technology that supports arrangements of analog monitors and digital flat panel displays that can be combined to drastically increase the users desktop.

Lightspeed Memory Architecture II (LMA II), NVIDIA’s 128-bit memory interface featuring a crossbar design for unsurpassed graphics processing power.

Accuview Antialiasing™ (AA), delivering high-resolution, high-performance, and unbeatable visual quality at blistering frame rates.

1944 - BATTLE OF THE BULGE LOW QUALITY 126 121 93 69 MEDIUM QUALITY 35 32 28 25 HIGH QUALITY 26 24 21 18 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 COMMENT - "The Geforce4 Ti4200 starts off very strongly and is playable at all resolutions using low quality settings. However when medium quality settings are used performance drops between 43% to 79%, things get even worse when using high quality settings and the Geforce4 Ti4200 is unplayable at all resolutions. We investigated the huge performance drop with using medium and high quality settings and found that the cause is the shadows option. When we turned that option off the performance increased by between 32% to 55% making even the high quality settings playable." BENCHMARK SETTINGS St. Vith Scenario LOW QUALITY Texture Detail Low Particle Density Low Shadow Resolution Low Water Disabled Decals Disabled Fog Enabled Wire Physics Disabled Grass Disabled MEDIUM QUALITY Texture Detail Medium Particle Density Medium Shadow Resolution Medium Water Disabled Decals Enabled Fog Enabled Wire Physics Disabled Grass Enabled HIGH QUALITY Texture Detail High Particle Density High Shadow Resolution High Water Enabled Decals Enabled Fog Enabled Wire Physics Enabled Grass Enabled

AURORA WATCHING LOW QUALITY 72 60 42 40 MEDIUM QUALITY 65 46 35 27 HIGH QUALITY 63 40 34 25 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 COMMENT - "Aurora Watching performed well with the Geforce4 Ti4200 and it was playable using low quality settings at all resolutions. When using medium quality settings or high quality settings we found that the Geforce4 Ti4200 was playable at all resolutions upto 1024x768." BENCHMARK SETTINGS "Worst Hangover Ever" Level LOW QUALITY Quality Shadows Disabled Texture Resolution 25% Pixel Shaders Disabled Fullscreen Effects Disabled Decal Textures Disabled High Particle Count Enabled MEDIUM QUALITY Quality Shadows Enabled Texture Resolution 50% Pixel Shaders Disabled Fullscreen Effects Disabled Decal Textures Enabled High Particle Count Enabled HIGH QUALITY Quality Shadows Enabled Texture Resolution 75% Pixel Shaders Enabled Fullscreen Effects Disabled Decal Textures Enabled High Particle Count Enabled