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Gigabyte GV-NX57128D PCI-E Videocard Review
Gigabyte GV-NX57128D PCI-E Videocard Review - PCSTATS
The Gigabyte GV-NX57128D video card is a PCI Express x16 solution that is based on the GeForcePCX 5750 GPU.
 75% Rating:   
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External Mfg. Website: Gigabyte Jul 25 2004   C. Sun  
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Overclocking and Benchmarks

The HSI Bridge chip on the GV-NX57128D video card.

Overclocking:

Starting with the core overclock, it was increased from the default 425 MHz to 443 MHz. Things quickly stopped after that, as the GV-NX57128D would begin to pause when running benchmarks at speeds higher than 444MHz.

The 3.6ns Samsung memory is clocked at 500 MHz on the GV-NX57128D, which means Gigabyte under clocks the memory from its theoretical maximum speed of 555 MHz. To find the upper limits of this memory, the memory frequency was increased from that mark to well past 560 MHz... At 573 MHz the GV-NX57128D hit a wall, and anything higher would just create visible artifacts. Unlike nVIDIA's previous crop of AGP videocards we've tested, the core and memory played quite nicely together when overclocked. For the following benchmarks, we were able to run both memory and GPU at their maximum speeds through each of the benchmarks.

PCStats Test System Specs:
sytem 1 system 2
processor:

intel pentium 4 540

intel pentium 4 3.0c

clock speed: 16 x 200 mhz = 3.2 ghz 15 x 200 mhz = 3.0 ghz
motherboards:

gigabyte 8anxp-d, i925x

gigabyte 8knxp, i875p

videocard:

gigabyte gv-nx57128d

ati radeon 9800xt
ati radeon 9800 pro
ati radeon 9700 pro
asus radeon 9600xt
msi fx5950 ultra-td128
msi fx5900u-vtd256
msi fx5900xt-vtd128
aopen geforcefx 5900xt

memory:

2x 256mb crucial pc4300 ddr2

2x 256mb corsair twinx 3200ll

hard drive: 40gb wd special ed 40gb wd special ed
cdrom: msi x48 cd-rw/dvd-rom nec 52x cd-rom
powersupply: vantec stealth 470w vantec stealth 470w
software setup

windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.02.1012
forceware 60.85

windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.02.1012
catalyst 3.9
detonator 53.03

benchmarks

3dmark2001se
codecreatures
aquamark
aquamark3
gun metal 2
x2 the threat
ut2003

aa test, af and aa+af test
3dmark2001se
x2 the threat
ut2003

the agp and pci-e systems are different, but the results are being included for reference.

3DMark2001SE Source: FutureMark

By combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, it continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001SE has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time physics.

Higher numbers denote better performance.

3DMark2001 - Benchmark Results
Video Card 3DMarks Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT 19073
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 18762

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

17430
Asus Radeon A9600XT 13604
MSI FX5950 Ultra-TD128 17582
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 17274
Albatron GeForceFX 5700 Ultra 15165
MSI PCX5750-TD128 12247
Gigabyte GV-NX57128D 12310
Gigabyte GV-NX57128D (443/573) 13099

Here in 3DMark2001 we find that the Gigabyte and MSI GeForcePCX 5750 PCI-E cards perform close to each other. They're still quite a ways behind a stock AGP GeForceFX 5700 Ultra though.

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Contents of Article: Gigabyte GV-NX57128D
 Pg 1.  Gigabyte GV-NX57128D PCI-E Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  — Overclocking and Benchmarks
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: CodeCreatures
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: AquaMark 2.3
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: AquaMark 3, Gun Metal 2
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 7.  Advanced Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, X2: The Threat
 Pg 8.  Advanced Benchmarks: UT2003, Conclusions

 
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