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MSI NBox FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra Videocard Review

MSI NBox FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra Videocard Review - PCSTATS

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Benchmarks: Gun Metal 2

Gun Metal 2 Source: Yeti Studio

Gun Metal 2 is one of the first games that will be taking advantage of DirectX 9 technology. According to Gun Metal 2, 2x AA is enabled by default on all videocards and the listed framerates are average.

Gun Metal 2 Demo 1 1024x768

Video Card FPS Ranking

1.
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
23

2.
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
20.08

3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 26.48

4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 12.89

6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 10.9

7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 29.64

8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 31.17

Gun Metal 2 Demo 2 1024x768

Video Card FPS Ranking

1.
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
29.52

2.
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
25.82

3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 32.61

4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 16.73

6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 13.56

7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 35.75

8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 37.03

Being the only DirectX 9 game benchmark in our benchmarking suite, we see that the MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra does very well! It completely leaves everything (other then the Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV) in the dust!

Gun Metal 2 Demo 1 1600x1200

Video Card FPS Ranking

1.
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
13.85

2.
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
12.18

3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 17.68

4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 7.56

6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 7.73

7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 19.8

8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 21.63

Gun Metal 2 Demo 2 1600x1200

Video Card FPS Ranking

1.
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
17.43

2.
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
15.18

3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 21.83

4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 9.14

6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 9.06

7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 24.89

8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 27.13

Performance differences at the higher resolutions is even larger! In some cases the MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra is over 40% faster than ATi's Radeon 9800 Pro!

Contents of Article: MSI FX5900U-VTD256

Pg 1. MSI NBox FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra Videocard Review
Pg 2. The nBox FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra
Pg 3. Cooling the FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra
Pg 4. FX5900 Ultra Technology
Pg 5. Benchmarks: 3DMark
Pg 6. Benchmarks: AquaMark 2.3
Pg 7. Benchmarks: Comanche 4
Pg 8. — Benchmarks: Gun Metal 2
Pg 9. Benchmarks: Quake III Arena
Pg 10. Benchmarks: UT2003
Pg 11. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, QIII Arena w/AA
Pg 12. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, QIII Arena w/AF
Pg 13. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, QIII Arena w/AA + AF
Pg 14. Expensive, but what do you expect?

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