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

	163
	144
	121
	98

MEDIUM QUALITY

	89
	71
	59
	47

HIGH QUALITY

	37
	29
	25
	21

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

	121
	102
	74
	60

MEDIUM QUALITY

	83
	69
	47
	34

HIGH QUALITY

	57
	46
	33
	25

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

	173
	168
	161
	150

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

	121
	117
	105
	81

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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