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GEFORCE4 TI4200 PERFORMANCE

"In this article we test the Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4200 using Serious Sam 2 and Trackmania Sunrise."
NVIDIA GEFORCE4 TI

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

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

SERIOUS SAM 2

LOW QUALITY

800x60084
1024x76860
1280x102442
1600x120029

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60065
1024x76846
1280x102433
1600x120022

HIGH QUALITY

800x60028
1024x76820
1280x102414
1600x12009

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Serious Sam 2 is a very recent game which is very demanding when used with high quality effects like Bloom and HDR. The GeForce4 Ti4200 delivers good performance when using the low quality setting and is playable upto 1280x1024. Medium quality does reduce the performance of the GeForce4 Ti4200 by between 23% to 25% but the GeForce4 Ti4200 is still playable upto 1024x768. Using high quality settings the GeForce4 Ti4200 runs out of steam and is totally unplayable at all of the resolutions tested."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Greendale Level

LOW QUALITY

Texture Size Medium
Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Geometry Lod Low
Texture Quality Compressed
Bloom Darker
Anisotropy Disabled
Parallax Mapping Disabled
Reflection Quality Medium
Refractions Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY

Texture Size High
Anti-Aliasing Low
Geometry Lod Medium
Texture Quality Optimal
Bloom Optimal
Anisotropy 2x
Parallax Mapping Enabled
Reflection Quality High
Refractions Enabled

HIGH QUALITY

Texture Size Maximum
Anti-Aliasing Medium
Geometry Lod High
Texture Quality Optimal
Bloom Brighter
Anisotropy 4x
Parallax Mapping Enabled
Reflection Quality High
Refractions Enabled

TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

LOW QUALITY

800x600121
1024x76885
1280x102465
1600x120047

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60059
1024x76844
1280x102433
1600x120026

HIGH QUALITY

800x60047
1024x76836
1280x102429
1600x120022

800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Trackmania Sunrise is a fun racing game which looks good at all quality settings and isn't too demanding on your video card. When using low quality settings the GeForce4 Ti4200 is playable at all resolutions, medium quality settings the GeForce4 Ti4200 does take a performance hit but it is playable upto 1024x768, high quality results in a further performance hit and the GeForce4 Ti4200 can only provide playable performance at 800x600."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Skidordie Level

LOW QUALITY

Shader Quality Low
Texture Quality Low
Trilinear
Shadows Minimum
Limit Depth Auto
Maximum Depth Medium
Water Geometry Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY

Shader Quality Medium
Texture Quality Medium
2x Anisotropic
Shadows Medium
Limit Depth Disabled
Maximum Depth Disabled
Water Geometry Disabled

HIGH QUALITY

Shader Quality High
Texture Quality High
4x Anisotropic
Shadows High
Limit Depth Disabled
Maximum Depth Disabled
Water Geometry Enabled

GEFORCE4 TI4200 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - GEFORCE4 TI4200 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, COMANCHE4 AND CODENAME PANZERS
PAGE 3 - DELTA FORCE EXTREME, EARTH 2160 AND FAR CRY
PAGE 4 - GT LEGENDS, KING KONG AND LEGO STAR WARS
PAGE 5 - SCOOTER WAR3Z, QUAKE 4 AND SCRAPLAND
PAGE 6 - SERIOUS SAM 2 AND TRACKMANIA SUNRISE
PAGE 7 - TRIBES VENGEANCE AND UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004
PAGE 8 - DAWN OF WAR AND WORLD RACING 2
PAGE 9 - 1944 BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND XPAND RALLY

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