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GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900 REVIEW
"Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 review featuring the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT and the Gainward GeForce4 Ti4600. Software used during testing is as follows:- Earth 2160, Far Cry and GT Legends."

The Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 is powered by Nvidia GeForce PCX 5900 GPU using the new PCI-Express interface. The Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 is a DirectX 9.0 video card with 128MB DDR memory using a fast 256bit memory interface. The Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 has full support for the Gigabyte V-Tuner 2 overclocking applications. The Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 has DVI-I, TV Output and D-Sub connectors, it is also supplied with PowerDVD 5.0 and two world class games.
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EARTH 2160
GIGABYTE PCX 5900 SAPPHIRE 9600 XT GAINWARD GF4 Ti4600
COMMENT - "It is a complete disaster for the Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 when running Earth 2160 which is DX9. The Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 loses to the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by 53% to 62%."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
LOW QUALITY
800x600 Resolution
Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Texture Quality Low
Terrain Quality Medium
Shadow Quality Low
Particle Quality Low
MEDIUM QUALITY
1024x768 Resolution
Anti-Aliasing Disabled
Texture Quality Medium
Terrain Quality High
Shadow Quality Medium
Particle Quality Medium
HIGH QUALITY
1280x1024 Resolution
Anti-Aliasing Enabled
Texture Quality High
Terrain Quality High
Shadow Quality High
Particle Quality High
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FAR CRY
GIGABYTE PCX 5900 SAPPHIRE 9600 XT GAINWARD GF4 Ti4600
COMMENT - "The Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 holds up pretty well when running Far Cry and although the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT beats it the difference is only between 14% to 18%."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
LOW QUALITY
Resolution 1024x768
Texture Quality Low
Anisotropic Filtering 1
Special Effects Low
Shadow Quality Low
Water Quality Low
MEDIUM QUALITY
Resolution 1280x1024
Texture Quality Medium
Anisotropic Filtering 2
Special Effects Medium
Shadow Quality Medium
Water Quality Medium
HIGH QUALITY
Resolution 1600x1200
Texture Quality High
Anisotropic Filtering 4
Special Effects High
Shadow Quality High
Water Quality High
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GT LEGENDS
GIGABYTE PCX 5900 SAPPHIRE 9600 XT GAINWARD GF4 Ti4600
COMMENT - "GT Legends is another complete disaster for the Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 and it is unplayable at all quality settings tested. Even the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT is having a hard time offering playable performance above low quality. The Gainward GeForce4 Ti4600 really likes this game and it outperforms both the Gigabyte GeForce PCX 5900 and Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT."
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BENCHMARK SETTINGS
LOW QUALITY
Resolution 1024x768
Vehicle Detail Low
Circuit Detail Low
Special Effects Low
Shadows Low
MEDIUM QUALITY
Resolution 1280x1024
Vehicle Detail Medium
Circuit Detail Medium
Special Effects Medium
Shadows Medium
HIGH QUALITY
Resolution 1600x1200
Vehicle Detail Full
Circuit Detail Full
Special Effects Medium
Shadows Full
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