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| Manufacturer: |
Various |
| Product: |
15 Video Cards |
| Availability: |
Now |
| Author: |
Various |
| Date: |
2-26-03 |
| Price: |
Various |
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There are 6 parts to
this review, please use the pulldown below to browse sections or simply
hit "Next" at the bottom of each section to continue
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Test System and Configurations
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The length of time in testing each of these cards has left us in
a position of testing each video card with what may appear to be out
of date drivers. To keep everything on a level playing field, we ran
all benchmarks with the same drivers, even though they began to show
a little age toward the end of our testing. The only exception to
this is the ATI 9500 Pro. This more recent card from ATI came with
a newer Catalyst driver than did our 9700 Pro.
So let us take a look at our test system, along with the benchmarks
we will be running. |
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System Test Configurations
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| Processor(s): |
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Athlon MP 1900+ |
| Motherboard(s): |
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Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW |
| RAM: |
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512 Megs Ventura Tech Registered Memory |
| Hard Drive(s): |
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IBM 30GB 75GXP 7200rpm Hard Drive |
| Video Card(s): |
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15 Different Video Cards |
| Video Driver(s): |
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NVIDIA Cards: Detonator 30.20
ATI Cards: Radeon 9500 Pro 6113 Driver |
| Operating System: |
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Windows XP SP1 Home Edition |
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The system is running at factory defaults. None of the components
are overclocked or tweaked out of specification. The only adjustment
made was to disable V-Sync for each of the video card driver at
installation. We have chosen the benchmarks in the chart below,
as we believe they represent a good cross sampling of what the average
gamer will face in today's gaming environments.
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The Gauntlet
- Benchmarks
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3Dmark2001SE
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Serious Sam - Valley
of the Jaguar
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DroneZ
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AquaMark
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Vulpine
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Quake III - Demo 1
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Code Creatures
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UT 2003 Flyby
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UT 2003 Botmatch
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Each of these benchmarks was run at the following resolutions of 1024x768,
1280x1024 and 1600x1200 32-bit color. For FSAA testing, the benchmarks
were run with 4x FSAA at 1024x768x32 and 1600x1200x32 for video cards
with 128MB of memory. There are quite a few graphs to see and in several
instances you will find some unexpected results. With that said let's
take a look at what we found during our little adventure.
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Looking at the results of the 3DMark2001SE benchmark, I do not think
you see any real surprises. The 9700 Pro does really pack a punch as it
out paces the field with style and grace. Much to our amazement the Radeon
9500 Pro out-scored both of the NVIDIA Ti4600 video cards. This was completely
unexpected and we even reran the benchmark several times to make sure
we were getting an accurate result.
As we look down the graph we can see several things. The Parhelia, with
its DirectX 9 compliance, falls short of over half of the field. Also,
you might have noticed the PowerColor 9000 result is zero. We were unable
to get this card to complete the benchmark. Shortly after starting the
3DMark2001, the system would drop back to the desktop. We tried several
drivers and the results were the same. It was decided that we would give
the PowerColor card a free walk by placing it on the graphs where we felt
it should have scored. After seeing these results, it is clear that if
you are looking for bragging rights and huge numbers in the 3DMark2001SE
score, the Radeon 9700 Pro is the card for you.
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3DMark2001SE
Benchmark Results
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Winner:
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Radeon 9700pro |
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Most Surprising Result:
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Radeon 9500pro |
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Biggest Disappointment:
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Toss
up between PowerColor 9000 and Matrox Parhelia |
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great benchmark as it throws everything at you the game has to offer while
including many visual effects such as lens flare, detailed textures, color,
shadowing, and a screen full of non-stop opponents. We have run the benchmark
at the common resolutions used by most gamers. As you can see with the
1024x768 results, it is a close race from the Geforce2 Ti450 to its more
expensive competition.
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Serious Sam SE Benchmark
Results
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Winner:
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Leadtek Ti4600 |
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Most Surprising Result:
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Gainward GeForce 2 Ti450 |
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Biggest Disappointment:
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ATI Radeon 9500pro |
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