The Performance
Let's get down to the tests. Because there are no games on the market yet that can make use of DirectX9 capabilities, we're left focusing on DirectX8/ 8.1 games.
We put together an extensive repertoire of benchmarks and games in order to make a comparison between the FX 5800, the GeForce4 Ti4800 and the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO. In addition to the simple standard tests, we've also tested the performance in anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering, as well as a combination of the two.
Our test platform consisted of an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard (nForce2) and an Athlon XP 2700+ with 512 MB RAM under Windows XP.
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| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Test system | AMD Athlon XP 2700+ASUS A7N8X Deluxe (nForce 2) |
| Memory | 2 x 256 MB, PC 333 (2/2/2/5) |
| Drivers & Software | |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA - v. 42.63ATI - v. 03a (6.14.01.6255) |
| DirectX Version on system | 9 |
| OS | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Benchmarks & Settings | |
| Aquanox | Retail Version v1.17 |
| Max Payne | Retail Version v1.05 |
| UT 2003 Full | Retail Version v2166 |
| Jedi Knight II v1.03 | Benchmark using 'jk2ffa' |
| Serious Sam 2 | Retail Version v1.07(Demo: Valley of the Jaguar) |
| 3D Mark 2001 SE | Pro Version, Build 330 |
| Comanche 4 | Demo v1.0.1.18 |
| Codecreatures | PRO Benchmark v1.0.0 |
| PowerVR Villagemark | v1.17 |
| Matrox Sharkmark | v1.0 |
| Spec Viewperf | v7 |
