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CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8 REVIEW

"Club3D Deltachrome S8 review featuring MSI GeForce4 Ti4200, XFX GeForce 5200, XFX GeForce MX 4000. Software used was 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, PowerVR Benchmarks and Rightmark."
CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8


GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD SEMPRON 3100
VIDEO CARD CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 5200
XFX GEFORCE MX 4000
S3 DRIVER S3G COMBOCHROME v6.14.10.2021
NVIDIA DRIVER NVIDIA FORCEWARE v77.77
MOTHERBOARD GIGABYTE K8NS PRO
MEMORY 2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION v9.0c


3DMARK BENCHMARKS

3DMARK 2001 SE

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S89562
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420011461
XFX GEFORCE 52004233
XFX GEFORCE MX 40003265

3DMARK 2003

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S82302
MSI GEFORCE4 TI42001666
XFX GEFORCE 5200919
XFX GEFORCE MX 4000174

3DMARK 2005

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8714
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 5200235
XFX GEFORCE MX 4000

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

COMMENT - "The Club3D Deltachrome S8 puts in some good performances and wipes the floor with the XFX GeForce 5200 and XFX GeForce MX 4000 video cards. The MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 puts in a good performance with the DX8 benchmark 3dmark 2001 SE and beats the Club3D Deltachrome by 17%. The Club3D Deltachrome takes it's revenge with 3dmark 2003 and beats the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 by an impressive 28%. The XFX GeForce MX 4000 is unable to run most of the game tests in 3dmark 2003 and like the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 doesn't have DX9 for 3dmark 2005 support."
BENCHMARK SETTINGS

3DMARK 2001 SE

1024x768 Resolution
D3D Hardware T&L
Antialiasing Disabled
Double Frame Buffer
Compressed Texture Format
24Bit Z-Buffer Depth

3DMARK 2003

1024x768 Resolution
No Pixel Processing
Optimal Texture Filtering
4x Max Anisotropy
Optimal Vertex Shaders
No Repeat Tests
No Fixed Framerate

3DMARK 2005

1024x768 Resolution
No Anti-Aliasing
Optimal Filtering
HLSL VS Target 2_0
HLSL PS Target 2_0
No Fixed Framerate

POWERVR BENCHMARK

VILLAGEMARK (OPENGL)

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8139
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420094
XFX GEFORCE 520042
XFX GEFORCE MX 400020

VILLAGEMARK (DIRECT3D)

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8112
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200104
XFX GEFORCE 520047
XFX GEFORCE MX 400024

TEMPLEMARK

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S899
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200121
XFX GEFORCE 520033
XFX GEFORCE MX 400025

FABLEMARK

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S814
MSI GEFORCE4 TI420022
XFX GEFORCE 52009
XFX GEFORCE MX 40006

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
Vsync Disabled

COMMENT - "The Club3D Deltachrome S8 puts in some great results with these PowerVR benchmarks. The Club3D Deltchrome S8 is able to beat the powerful MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 by 33% with Villagemark OpenGL and 8% with Villagemark Direct3D. When using the more demanding PowerVR benchmarks the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 beats the Club3D Deltachrome S8 by 19% with Templemark and by 37% with Fablemark."


RIGHTMARK

PIXEL SHADING (PS1.1)

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8803
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200311
XFX GEFORCE 5200186
XFX GEFORCE MX 4000

PIXEL SHADING (PS2.0)

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8702
MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
XFX GEFORCE 520013
XFX GEFORCE MX 4000

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

1024x768 Resolution
32Bit colour Depth

COMMENT - "Club3D Deltachrome S8 puts in a great performance and beats MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 by 62% when using Pixel Shader 1.1. The XFX GeForce MX 4000 doesn't have PS1.1 or PS2.0 so isn't featured in any of the tests, the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 doesn't have PS2.0 so isn't featured in that test. This leaves the Club3D Deltachrome S8 to dominate the XFX GeForce 5200 delivering a huge victory."

CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8 INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2001 TO 2006, POWERVR AND RIGHTMARK
PAGE 3 - CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, COMANCHE 4 AND DELTA FORCE EXTREME
PAGE 4 - LEGO STAR WARS, FAR CRY AND QUAKE III ARENA
PAGE 5 - TRACKMANIA, SCRAPLAND, UNREAL TOURNAMENT AND DAWN OF WAR

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