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GEFORCE4 TI4200 PERFORMANCE

"In this article we test the Nvidia Geforce4 Ti4200 using 1944 Battle of the Bulge and Aurora Watching."
NVIDIA GEFORCE4 TI

NVIDIA GEFORCE4 GPUS TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM

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.

CHIP GPU CORE
CLOCK MHZ
MEMORY
CLOCK MHZ
MEMORY
INTERFACE
PIXELS
PER CLOCK
DIRECTX
GEFORCE4 TI4200 NV28 250 512 128 4 8.1
CHIP GPU CORE
CLOCK MHZ
MEMORY
CLOCK MHZ
MEMORY
INTERFACE
PIXELS
PER CLOCK
DIRECTX

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA GEFORCE4 TI4200
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v81.98
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA2
MEMORY 2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0C

1944 - BATTLE
OF THE BULGE

LOW QUALITY

800x600126
1024x768121
1280x102493
1600x120069

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60035
1024x76832
1280x102428
1600x120025

HIGH QUALITY

800x60026
1024x76824
1280x102421
1600x120018

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

800x60072
1024x76860
1280x102442
1600x120040

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60065
1024x76846
1280x102435
1600x120027

HIGH QUALITY

800x60063
1024x76840
1280x102434
1600x120025

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
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