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."

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

TRIBES VENGEANCE

LOW QUALITY

	103
	72
	50
	38

MEDIUM QUALITY

	60
	46
	30
	22

HIGH QUALITY

	39
	30
	20
	15

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "With Tribes Vengeance the GeForce4 Ti4600 delivers playable performance upto 1280x1024 using low quality settings, when using medium settings the GeForce4 Ti4600 suffers a performance hit but it still marginally playable upto 1024x768 and using high quality the GeForce4 Ti4600 is playable at 800x600."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Imperial Arena level

LOW QUALITY
Bump Map Detail Low
Texture Detail Low
Terrain Micro Disabled
Fluid Surface Detail Low
Fogging Distance Low
Dynamic Shadow Low
Glow Detail Low
Terrain Deco Disabled
World Detail Low

MEDIUM QUALITY
Bump Map Detail Low
Texture Detail Medium
Terrain Micro Enabled
Fluid Surface Detail Medium
Fogging Distance Medium
Dynamic Shadow Medium
Glow Detail Medium
Terrain Deco Disabled
World Detail Medium

HIGH QUALITY
Bump Map Detail High
Texture Detail High
Terrain Micro Enabled
Fluid Surface Detail UHigh
Fogging Distance High
Dynamic Shadow High
Glow Detail High
Terrain Deco Enabled
World Detail High

UNREAL TOURNAMENT

	177
	171
	162
	140

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Thunder Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
High World Texture Detail
High Skin Detail
Show Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Minimum Frame Rate 0

COMMENT - "Unreal Tournament is another older game and the GeForce4 Ti4600 is able to offer very playable performance at all of the resolutions tested."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

	121
	111
	88
	62

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Using the demanding Colossus level featured in Unreal Tournament 2004 the GeForce4 Ti4600 offers good performance with this game and is playable at all resolutions."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Direct3D Render Device
1024x768 Resolution
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Detail Normal
Character Detail Normal
World Detail High
Physics Detail High
Decal Stay High
Full Character Shadows
Full Fog Distance
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Coronas Enabled
Trilinear Filtering Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled
Weather Effects Enabled

GEFORCE4 TI4600 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - GEFORCE4 TI4600 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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