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GEFORCE FX 5200 PERFORMANCE

"In this article we test the Nvidia GeForce FX 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."

CineFX Engine - Powers cinematic effects beyond imagination. With advanced vertex and pixel shader capabilities, stunning and complex special effects are possible. In addition, increased horsepower delivers faster and smoother gameplay.

High-Precision Graphics - By combining the incredible dynamic range of today's state-of-the-art 3D motion pictures with 128-bit studio-precision colour, the GeForce FX GPUs bring you the industry’s best image quality for the most demanding applications.

AGP 8X - Provides double the bandwidth of AGP 4X—2.1GB/sec. vs. 1.1BG/sec. AGP 8X enables more complex models and detailed textures, creating richer and more lifelike environments. Uninterrupted data flow allows for smoother video streaming and faster, more seamless gameplay.

nView Multi-display Technology - The nView hardware and software technology combination delivers maximum flexibility for multi-display options, and provides unprecedented end-user control of the desktop experience.

Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) - Allows the user to adjust colour controls digitally to compensate for the lighting conditions of their workspace, in order to achieve accurate, bright colours in all conditions. Currently this feature is not available on Mac systems.

Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Optimizations and Support - Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all DirectX 9 applications.

OpenGL® 1.4 Optimizations and Support - Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all OpenGL applications.

Integrated TV Encoder - Provides best-of-class TV-out functionality for resolutions up to 1024x768.

Integrated Full Hardware MPEG-2 Decoder - Delivers full-frame, full-screen MPEG-2 video on your desktop.

New 64-phase Video Scaler - Highest quality for scaling DVD and other video to full-screen HDTV resolutions.

DVI Support - Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays with up to 1600x1200 resolution.

350MHz RAMDACs - Supports QXGA displays with ergonomic refresh rates.

Architected for Cg - Ensures that the newest, cutting-edge special effects in applications will run flawlessly. Speeds up content creation so game developers can get their new games out to PC users faster than ever before.

Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) - Guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.

DELTA FORCE EXTREME LOW QUALITY 15 12 8 6 MEDIUM QUALITY 15 12 8 6 HIGH QUALITY 7 5 4 0 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 COMMENT - "Delta Force Extreme is a demanding shader intensive game which the GeForce FX 5200 just isn't equipped to run at a playable level. The GeForce FX 5200 could only manage 15fps which is totally unplayable for a game like Delta Force Extreme." BENCHMARK SETTINGS Peru Campaign Mission Flood LOW QUALITY Terrain Polygon Low Terrain Texture Normal Object Polygon Detail Low Object Texture Detail Normal Water Quality Low Shadows Low Antialiasing Disabled Bilinear MEDIUM QUALITY Terrain Polygon Normal Terrain Texture High Object Polygon Detail Normal Object Texture Detail High Water Quality Normal Shadows Normal Antialiasing Disabled Trilinear HIGH QUALITY Terrain Polygon High Terrain Texture Highest Object Polygon Detail High Object Texture Detail Highest Water Quality High Shadows High Antialiasing 4x Anisotropic

EARTH 2160 10 3 2 LOW QUALITY MEDIUM QUALITY HIGH QUALITY COMMENT - "Once again the GeForce FX 5200 is unplayable using any quality setting and 10fps is too slow for even a strategy game."

FAR CRY LOW QUALITY 74 49 33 21 MEDIUM QUALITY 23 16 10 7 HIGH QUALITY 17 11 7 5 800x600 1024X768 1280x1024 1600x1200 COMMENT - "The GeForce FX 5200 finally delivers some playable performance using low quality settings at 800x600 and 1024x768." BENCHMARK SETTINGS LOW QUALITY Texture Quality Low Bilinear Anisotropic Filtering 1 Particle Count Low Special Effects Low Enviroment Quality Low Shadow Quality Low Water Quality Low Lighting Quality Low MEDIUM QUALITY Texture Quality Medium Trilinear Anisotropic Filtering 2 Particle Count Medium Special Effects Medium Enviroment Quality Medium Shadow Quality Medium Water Quality Medium Lighting Quality Medium HIGH QUALITY Texture Quality High Trilinear Anisotropic Filtering 4 Particle Count High Special Effects High Enviroment Quality High Shadow Quality High Water Quality High Lighting Quality High

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