Another FX5200Ultra review

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

<A HREF="http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q2/geforcefx-5200ultra/index.x?pg=1" target="_new">The Tech Report</A> has taken a look at the FX5200-ultra (put it up against the R9600pro, FX5600, FX5200, and R9000Pro).

It's interesting to take a look at the <A HREF="http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q2/geforcefx-5200ultra/index.x?pg=1" target="_new">image quality section</A> where there is a VERY noticeable problem with the rendering/display of the water on the FX5200Ultra. A truely DX9 card? Not really IMO.

The thing I found interesting was that the FX5200U performed better than the FX5600 in alot of the SPEC ViewPerf tests.

And the Overclocking was a joke, Worthless. From Crap to Crap+. GF4 would be a much better choice IMO. And then the FX5600 and above.


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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Add another review from <A HREF="http://3dnewsnet.com/display.php?reviewId=297" target="_new">3D NewsNet</A> about the FX5200Ultra this one the Albatron. Putting it up against the FX5600. They also noticed the Water rendering problems in 3Dmk03's MotherNature test.

Not as good a review as the one above, but still more info.


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[eden]

It's the water effect that makes me question Futuremark's credibility anymore. How can they still state nVidia as being non-cheaters if we have clear image quality drops?

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Eden, also check out <A HREF="http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/aiw_9800_pro(7).shtml" target="_new">THIS</A> segment of a review of the AIW9800 at HotHardware (I'm focusing on the Pixel Shader issue, not AA). Clearly it's not just 3Dmakr03 they are having trouble with but 'REAL Game' benchmarks. Yes I know you don't like Splinter Cell, but this is a little different. Especially considering the comment of it being optimized for Nvidia's chips. Heck doesn't Splinter Cell have that new optimization specifically for the FX5900 series? So it should play better there if anywhere.

This doesn't make me question Futuremark's credibility, it continues to make me question Nvidia's. But I believe that we ARE seeing the end of ALL 'trustworthy' benchmarking, but that's another story I/WE've already covered in other threads geared to that. All we'll have left is demos, but no scores, just cool demos.



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[eden]

That's pretty sad on nVidia's part. Well, now we can provide even reality screenshots of low quality AND low performance.

Oh and Grape, please don't say things about me without me saying it for real. I never said I disliked Splinter Cell, heck I wish to try it out soon in summer. What I of course hate, is its graphical programming!

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Sorry what I meant to say, is 'I know you don't like Splinter Cell ... as a Benchmark because of it's poor coding'.
However THAT would be a pretty fair representation of what you've said/feel? No?

That's really what I meant by it, not that you don't like the game itself.


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[eden]

LOL.

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