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GEFORCE 5200 PERFORMANCE

"In this article we test the Nvidia GeForce 5200 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 GEFORCE 5200

NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200 SPECIFICATIONS


GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA GEFORCE 5200
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

CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
ESCAPE FROM BUTCHER BAY

800x6006
1024x7684
1280x10243
1600x12002

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Fullscreen Enabled
Texture Quality Maximum
Model Shadows Enabled
Anisotropy Maximum
Shadermode Auto
Vertical Sync Disabled

COMMENT - "After the poor performance from the GeForce 5200 with the two previous games we hoped for a better result with Chronicles of Riddick. However the GeForce 5200 was unplayable!"


COMANCHE 4

800x60028
1024x76822
1280x102416
1600x120012

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Fullscreen Enabled
32Bit Colour Depth
Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Terrain Detail High
Object Detail High
Texture Quality High
Water Quality High
Shadows High
Particle Density High

COMMENT - "Comanche4 was another game which the GeForce 5200 struggled to deliver playable performance."


CODENAME PANZERS
PHASE TWO

LOW QUALITY

800x60028
1024x76822
1280x102417
1600x120012

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60022
1024x76817
1280x102411
1600x120018

HIGH QUALITY

800x60013
1024x76810
1280x10246
1600x12004

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Some people might consider 28fps to be playable and the GeForce 5200 can deliver that using 800x600 with low quality settings. However we found 28fps to be far too choppy for us to even consider it's performance to be playable."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

"Tunis" Level
32bit Color Depth
Default Refresh Rate
Vsync Disabled

LOW QUALITY

Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Shadows Disabled
Texture Detail Low
Bilinear

MEDIUM QUALITY

Anti-Aliasing 2x
Shadows Normal
Texture Detail Low
Trilinear

HIGH QUALITY

Anti-Aliasing 4x
Shadows Self
Texture Detail High
Anisotropic

GEFORCE 5200 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - GEFORCE 5200 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 - XPAND RALLY

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