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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."
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

TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

LOW QUALITY

800x600163
1024x768144
1280x1024121
1600x120098

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60089
1024x76871
1280x102459
1600x120047

HIGH QUALITY

800x60037
1024x76829
1280x102425
1600x120021

800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1600x1200

COMMENT - "The GeForce PCX 5900 puts in a good performance with Trackmania Sunrise and it is playable at all of the resolutions using low and medium quality, however the GeForce PCX 5900 is only playable upto 1024x768 when using high quality settings."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Skidordie Level

LOW QUALITY

Shader Quality Low
Texture Quality Low
Trilinear
Shadows Minimum
Limit Depth Auto
Maximum Depth Medium
Water Geometry Disabled

MEDIUM QUALITY

Shader Quality Medium
Texture Quality Medium
2x Anisotropic
Shadows Medium
Limit Depth Disabled
Maximum Depth Disabled
Water Geometry Disabled

HIGH QUALITY

Shader Quality High
Texture Quality High
4x Anisotropic
Shadows High
Limit Depth Disabled
Maximum Depth Disabled
Water Geometry Enabled

TRIBES VENGEANCE

LOW QUALITY

800x600121
1024x768102
1280x102474
1600x120060

MEDIUM QUALITY

800x60083
1024x76869
1280x102447
1600x120034

HIGH QUALITY

800x60057
1024x76846
1280x102433
1600x120025

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "The GeForce PCX 5900 runs Tribes Vengeance well and it is playable at all of the resolutions using low and medium quality, the GeForce PCX 5900 is also able to deliver playable performance upto 1280x1024 using high quality settings."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
Imperial Arena level

LOW QUALITY

Bump Map Detail Low
Texture Detail Low
Terrain Micro Disabled
Fluid Surface Detail Low
Fogging Distance Low
Dynamic Shadow Low
Glow Detail Low
Terrain Deco Disabled
World Detail Low

MEDIUM QUALITY

Bump Map Detail Low
Texture Detail Medium
Terrain Micro Enabled
Fluid Surface Detail Medium
Fogging Distance Medium
Dynamic Shadow Medium
Glow Detail Medium
Terrain Deco Disabled
World Detail Medium

HIGH QUALITY

Bump Map Detail High
Texture Detail High
Terrain Micro Enabled
Fluid Surface Detail UHigh
Fogging Distance High
Dynamic Shadow High
Glow Detail High
Terrain Deco Enabled
World Detail High

UNREAL TOURNAMENT

800x600173
1024x768168
1280x1024161
1600x1200150

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Thunder Benchmark
32Bit Colour Depth
High World Texture Detail
High Skin Detail
Show Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Minimum Frame Rate 0

COMMENT - "Unreal Tournament was very playable with the GeForce PCX 5900 and it could deliver very playable performance at all of the resolutions tested."


UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

800x600121
1024x768117
1280x1024105
1600x120081

800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200

COMMENT - "Just like Unreal Tournament the GeForce PCX 5900 could deliver good performance with Unreal Tournament 2004 at all of the resolutions tested."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Direct3D Render Device
32Bit Colour Depth
Texture Detail Normal
Character Detail Normal
World Detail High
Physics Detail High
Decal Stay High
Full Character Shadows
Full Fog Distance
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Coronas Enabled
Trilinear Filtering Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled
Weather Effects 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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