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Gainward Ultra 1600XP GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Video Card Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Monday, September 01, 2003
Unreal Tournament 2003
Unreal Tournament 2003. UT2003 comes with a built in benchmarking tool that allows you to run a series of timedemos and records the score for you. The benchmark was run with a few modifications.
MaxDetail.ini file
MinDesiredFrameRate = 0
UseTripleBuffering = True
UseCompressedLightmaps = False
A small batch file was created to run the desired demos at the pre-determined resolutions. Email us if you would like a copy of this benchmarking script.
MaxDetail.ini file
MinDesiredFrameRate = 0
UseTripleBuffering = True
UseCompressedLightmaps = False
A small batch file was created to run the desired demos at the pre-determined resolutions. Email us if you would like a copy of this benchmarking script.
Same benchmark with AA/AF set to 4x via the video drivers.
The benchmark results are quite shocking. The botmatch demos begin to show a CPU limitation thus maxing out framerates. I would call this a real-world example. The flyby demos are more realistic of the overall video card performance since they remove the processor dependency.
The shocking part is how the 9700 Pro scores against the 5900 Ultra.
The shocking part is how the 9700 Pro scores against the 5900 Ultra.
