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GEFORCE PCX 5900 PERFORMANCE

"Powered by the GeForce PCX 5900 GPU this video card uses PCI-Express, Directx 9.0 and has 128MB DDR memory using a 256-bit memory interface. The original GeForce 5900 was a high price video card produced for the high-end market, Nvidia later released a cheaper to produce version of the GeForce 5900 called the GeForce 5900 XT which was clocked slightly slower than the GeForce 5900 while retaining the important features of the GeForce 5900 like the 256bit memory interface. Although you would expect the GeForce PCX 5900 to offer compariable performance to the GeForce 5900 the GeForce PCX 5900 is clocked quite abit slower and will offer performance more like the GeForce 5900 XT. For this review we have benchmarked using 23 games including 1944 Battle of the Bulge, Aurora Watching, Chronicles of Riddick, Codename Panzers Phase 2, Comanche4, Delta Force Extreme, Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends, King Kong, Lego Starwars, Quake 3, Quake 4, Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam 2, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2004, Warhammer 40,000 - 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.

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.

HARDWARE MPEG-2 DECODER - Delivers full-frame, full-screen MPEG-2 video on your desktop.

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

350MHz RAMDAC - 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.

UNIFIFED 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.

SCOOTER WAR3Z LOW QUALITY 136 105 75 62 MEDIUM QUALITY 60 53 37 28 HIGH QUALITY 47 36 26 17 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 COMMENT - "GeForce PCX 5900 provides playable performance at all resolutions when using low quality. Performance is reduced using medium quality but the GeForce PCX 5900 still delivers playable performance upto 1280x1024 and upto 1024x768 using high quality." 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 115 99 76 59 MEDIUM QUALITY 91 69 49 36 HIGH QUALITY 32 24 18 14 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 COMMENT - "Scrapland is playable on the GeForce PCX 5900 at all resolutions when using low or medium quality, however it was disappointing to see that the GeForce PCX 5900 was only playable at 800x600 when using high quality settings." 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

SERIOUS SAM 2 LOW QUALITY 114 96 69 47 MEDIUM QUALITY 103 82 58 33 HIGH QUALITY 43 30 22 15 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 COMMENT - "The GeForce PCX 5900 performed well with Serious Sam 2 at all resolutions when using low or medium quality, however it was only playable upto 1024x768 when using high quality settings." BENCHMARK SETTINGS Greendale Level LOW QUALITY Texture Size Medium Anti-Aliasing Disabled Geometry Lod Low Texture Quality Compressed Bloom Darker Anisotropy Disabled Parallax Mapping Disabled Reflection Quality Medium Refractions Disabled MEDIUM QUALITY Texture Size High Anti-Aliasing Low Geometry Lod Medium Texture Quality Optimal Bloom Optimal Anisotropy 2x Parallax Mapping Enabled Reflection Quality High Refractions Enabled HIGH QUALITY Texture Size Maximum Anti-Aliasing Medium Geometry Lod High Texture Quality Optimal Bloom Brighter Anisotropy 4x Parallax Mapping Enabled Reflection Quality High Refractions Enabled

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