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."

NVIDIA GEFORCE PCX 5900

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	NVIDIA GEFORCE PCX 5900
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

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

GEFORCE PCX 5900 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - GEFORCE PCX 5900 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - DELTA FORCE EXTREME, EARTH 2160 AND FAR CRY

PAGE 3 - KING KONG, LEGO STAR WARS AND QUAKE 4

PAGE 4 - SCRAPLAND, SERIOUS SAM 2 AND SCOOTER WARZ

PAGE 5 - TRACKMANIA SUNRISE AND TRIBES VENGEANCE

PAGE 6 - DAWN OF WAR, WORLD RACING AND XPAND RALLY

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