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."

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

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 5200 just isn't equipped to run at a playable level. The GeForce 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 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 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

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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