CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8 REVIEW

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

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COMMENT - "Once again the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 beats the Club3D Deltachrome S8 this time by 32% when using low quality settings. All of the video cards take a fairly large performance hit when using medium quality but the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 still manages to stay ahead of the Club3D Deltachrome S8 but only by 15%. High Quality settings are too much for all of the video cards and none offer anywhere near a playable level of performance."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

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

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COMMENT - "The MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 is clearly the best video card for Trackmania Sunrise and using low quality is 49% faster than the second placed XFX GeForce 5200. The Club3D Deltachrome S8 manages to regain second place with the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 23% ahead."

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

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 is one of the older games which we use for benchmarking games software and is playable with all of the video cards tested."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Colossus Level
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

COMMENT - "Both the Club3D Deltachrome S8 and the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 offer playable performance using all of the quality settings. However the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 is between 18% to 23% faster than the Club3D Deltachrome S8."

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COMMENT - "The only video card which is playable using all of the image quality settings is the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200, it offers between 36% to 40% more performance than the Club3D Deltachrome S8."

BENCHMARK SETTINGS

Full 3D Camera Enabled
Unit Occlusion Enabled
Destroy The Xenos Level

LOW QUALITY

Texture Detail Low
Terrain Detail Low
World Events Low
Shadows Low
Lights Low
FX Detail Low

MEDIUM QUALITY

Texture Detail Medium
Terrain Detail Medium
World Events Medium
Shadows Medium
Lights Medium
FX Detail Medium

HIGH QUALITY

Texture Detail High
Terrain Detail High
World Events High
Shadows High
Lights High
FX Detail High

CONCLUSION - "The Club3D Deltachrome S8 delivered good performance and was usually playable using low quality settings. The Club3D Deltachrome S8 was also much faster than the XFX GeForce 5200 and XFX GeForce MX 4000 video cards. However it was not a match for the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 which can usually be purchased for less than the cost of the Club3D Deltachrome S8 on Ebay. The positive points for the Club3D Deltachrome S8 outweigh the negative and the Club3D Deltachrome S8 offers very good DX9 and Anisotropic Filtering performance. These are two features the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 either doesn't have (DX9) or suffers a large performance hit with that option enabled."