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nVIDIA Reference GeForceFX 5900 Ultra Review

nVIDIA Reference GeForceFX 5900 Ultra Review - PCSTATS

While nVIDIA still needs to work on improving their image quality, the NV35 aka GeForceFX 5900 Ultra has certainly brought them back into contention with ATi for the performance crown.
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External Mfg. Website: Nvidia		Aug 22 2003	C. Sun

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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. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 29.64

4. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 26.48

5. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

6. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 29.75

7. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra (500/938) 31.43

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. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 35.75

4. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 32.61

5. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

6. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 35.94

7. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra (500/938) 37.56

As we've seen before the GeForceFX 5900 Ultra does very well in GunMetal 2. The Radeon 9800 Pro is simply no competition here!

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. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 19.8

4. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 17.68

5. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

6. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 20.11

7. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra (500/938) 22.44

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. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 24.89

4. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 21.83

5. MSI G4Ti4600-TD N/A

6. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 25.38

7. nVIDIA GeForceFX 5900 Ultra (500/938) 28.18

At 1600x1200 the nVIDIA GeForceFX at stock is ore then 25% faster than the 9800 Pro!

Contents of Article: Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra

Pg 1. nVIDIA Reference GeForceFX 5900 Ultra Review
Pg 2. Cooling the 5900 Ultra
Pg 3. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001SE, 3DMark03
Pg 4. Benchmarks: AquaMark 2.3
Pg 5. Benchmarks: Comanche 4
Pg 6. — Benchmarks: Gun Metal 2
Pg 7. Benchmarks: Quake III Arena
Pg 8. Benchmarks: UT2003
Pg 9. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, QIII Arena w/AA
Pg 10. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, QIII Arena w/AF
Pg 11. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, QIII Arena /w AA+AF
Pg 12. Nvidia kicks up the speed

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