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CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8 REVIEW

"Club3D Deltachrome S8 review also featuring MSI GeForce4 Ti4200, XFX GeForce FX 5200 and XFX GeForce MX 4000. Software used was Unreal Tournament 2004, Trackmania, Scrapland and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD SEMPRON 3100
VIDEO CARD	CLUB3D DELTACHROME S8
	MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 VTD8X
	XFX GEFORCE FX 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

SCRAPLAND

LOW QUALITY

	51
	74
	36
	33

MEDIUM QUALITY

	36
	42
	10
	9

HIGH QUALITY

	9
	9
	6
	5

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE FX 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

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

TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

LOW QUALITY

	46
	121
	62
	50

MEDIUM QUALITY

	34
	44
	22
	30

HIGH QUALITY

	24
	29
	7
	18

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE FX 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

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 FX 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

UNREAL TOURNAMENT

800x600

	102
	166
	116
	102

1024x768

	90
	162
	78
	65

1280x1024

	66
	145
	47
	38

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE FX 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

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."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

800x600

	92
	118
	49
	35

1024x768

	81
	98
	34
	22

1280x1024

	59
	72
	24
	15

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE FX 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

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."

WARHAMMER 40,000
DAWN OF WAR

LOW QUALITY

	53
	82
	31
	22

MEDIUM QUALITY

	42
	66
	24
	15

HIGH QUALITY

	28
	46
	15
	9

DELTACHROME S8 GEFORCE4 TI4200 GEFORCE FX 5200 GEFORCE MX 4000

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 FX 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.

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"Club3D Deltachrome S8 review also featuring MSI GeForce4 Ti4200, XFX GeForce FX 5200 and XFX GeForce MX 4000. Software used was Unreal Tournament 2004, Trackmania, Scrapland and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War."

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TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

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 FX 5200. The Club3D Deltachrome S8 manages to regain second place with the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 23% ahead."

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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."

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