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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."

NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 5200 SPECIFICATIONS

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.

CHIP	GPU	CORE CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY INTERFACE	PIXELS PER CLOCK	DIRECTX
GEFORCE FX 5200	NV34	250	333	64	4	9.0
CHIP	GPU	CORE CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY INTERFACE	PIXELS PER CLOCK	DIRECTX

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 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

QUAKE 4

	28
	17
	10
	6

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Fullscreen Enabled
Vertical Sync Disabled
Bump Maps Enabled
Shadows Disabled
Special Effects Enabled
Specular Disabled
Antialiasing Disabled

COMMENT - "We expected the GeForce FX 5200 to struggle with Quake 4 and the GeForce FX 5200 was unplayable at all of the resolutions tested."

SCOOTER WAR3Z

LOW QUALITY

	45
	31
	22
	14

MEDIUM QUALITY

	15
	12
	9
	7

HIGH QUALITY

	11
	8
	6
	4

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "The GeForce FX 5200 was playable with Scooter War3z using only low quality settings at 800x600."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

LOW QUALITY
Texture Detail Low
Shader Detail Low
Motion Blur Disabled
Reflection Detail Perform
Scooter Lights Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY
Texture Detail Medium
Shader Detail Medium
Motion Blur Disabled
Reflection Detail Quality
Scooter Lights Low

HIGH QUALITY
Texture Detail High
Shader Detail High
Motion Blur Enabled
Reflection Detail Quality
Scooter Lights High

SCRAPLAND

LOW QUALITY

	36
	29
	21
	15

MEDIUM QUALITY

	15
	10
	7
	5

HIGH QUALITY

	12
	10
	6
	4

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Scrapland was another game which was too much for the GeForce FX 5200 and although 36fps sounds like playable performance we found the game to be frequently very choppy."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Video Mode
Vsync Disabled
Crazy Gambler Level

LOW QUALITY
Bilinear Texture Filtering
Low Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Disabled
Bloom Disabled
Motion Blur Disabled
Deformation Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY
Trilinear Texture Filtering
Medium Texture Detail
Shadows Disabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled

HIGH QUALITY
8x Anisotropic Filtering
High Texture Detail
Low Shadows Enabled
Fog Enabled
Bloom Enabled
Motion Blur Enabled
Deformation Enabled

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