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

GT LEGENDS

LOW QUALITY

	7
	5
	4
	2

MEDIUM QUALITY

	6
	5
	3
	1

HIGH QUALITY

	6
	5
	3
	1

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "The GeForce 5200 returns to it's usual poor level of performance and can only deliver 7fps at the lowest quality setting and lowest resolution we tested. 7fps is totally unplayable and even if you reduced the resolution to 640x480 I doubt it would be playable."

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

	13
	9
	5
	3

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Peter Jackson's King Kong is totally unplayable with the GeForce 5200."

LEGO STAR WARS

	49
	33
	20

MEDIUM QUALITY HIGH QUALITY ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

COMMENT - "We have managed to find another game the GeForce 5200 can run at a playable level and using medium quality settings it even looks pretty good."

QUAKE 3 ARENA

HIGH QUALITY

	175
	112
	67
	44

HIGH QUALITY (4xAA & 8xAF)

	48
	29
	17

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 a very popular game used for multiplayer gaming and I was pleased to see the GeForce 5200 deliver playable performance at all of the resolutions tested. The GeForce 5200 was even able to deliver playable performance at 800x600 using 8xAF and 4xAA."

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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