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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

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

QUAKE 4

800x60028
1024x76817
1280x102410
1600x12006

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 5200 to struggle with Quake 4 and the GeForce 5200 was unplayable at all of the resolutions tested."


SCOOTER WAR3Z

LOW QUALITY

800x60045
1024x76831
1280x102422
1600x120014

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60015
1024x76812
1280x10249
1600x12007

HIGH QUALITY

800x60011
1024x7688
1280x10246
1600x12004

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "The GeForce 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

800x60036
1024x76829
1280x102421
1600x120015

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60015
1024x76810
1280x10247
1600x12005

HIGH QUALITY

800x60012
1024x76810
1280x10246
1600x12004

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Scrapland was another game which was too much for the GeForce 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

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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