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GEFORCE4 TI4600 PERFORMANCE

"In this article we test the Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4600 using 1944 Battle of the Bulge, Aurora Watching, Cronicles of Riddick, Comanche4, Codename Panzers Phase Two, Delta Force Extreme, Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends, King Kong, Lego Star Wars, Quake 3 Arena, Quake 4, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam 2, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2004, Warhammer Dawn of War, World Racing 2 and Xpand Rally."
NVIDIA GEFORCE4 TI4600

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 TI4600 NV25 300 650 128 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 TI4600
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

GT LEGENDS

LOW QUALITY

800x60057
1024x76849
1280x102438
1600x120032

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60048
1024x76840
1280x102433
1600x120026

HIGH QUALITY

800x60044
1024x76838
1280x102431
1600x120025

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "GT Legends is another recently released game which performs as expected on a four year old video card like the GeForce4 Ti4600. Using low quality settings the GeForce4 Ti4600 is playable upto 1280x1024, with medium settings the GeForce4 Ti4600 is playable upto 1024x768 and at high quality the GeForce4 Ti4600 is struggling but is still marginally playable at 1024x768."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

LOW QUALITY

Vehicle Detail Low
Circuit Detail Low
Special Effects Low
Shadows Low
Track Distance Normal

MEDIUM QUALITY

Vehicle Detail Medium
Circuit Detail Medium
Special Effects Medium
Shadows Medium

HIGH QUALITY

Vehicle Detail Full
Circuit Detail Full
Special Effects Medium
Shadows Full

KING KONG

800x60046
1024x76838
1280x102430
1600x120023

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Peter Jackson's King Kong is another game we have only recently added to our benchmark list. The GeForce4 Ti4600 is playable at 800x600 and 1024x768 even when using the Kong vs Trex level."

LEGO STAR WARS

MEDIUM QUALITY114
HIGH QUALITY114
ULTRA HIGH QUALITY90

MEDIUM QUALITY HIGH QUALITY ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

COMMENT - "Lego Star Wars is a fun game for kids based on the Star Wars movies, the GeForce4 Ti4600 has no problems running this game at any of the settings."

QUAKE 3 ARENA

HIGH QUALITY

800x600354
1024x768319
1280x1024238
1600x1200175

HIGH QUALITY (4xAA & 8xAF)

800x600184
1024x768118
1280x102468
1600x120045

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Four.dm68 Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Compress Disabled
Lightmap Lighting
High Geometric Detail
Full Texture Detail
Trilinear Texture Filtering

COMMENT - "Quake 3 Arena is one of the older games we still use for benchmarking and the GeForce4 Ti4600 has no problems running this game at any of the resolutions tested. However enabling 8x anisotropic filtering and 4x antialiasing does result in a large performance hit."

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