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Gigabyte FX5950 Ultra GV-N595U-GT Videocard Review
Gigabyte FX5950 Ultra GV-N595U-GT Videocard Review - PCSTATS
Unsure of what exactly to expect from the Gigabyte's FX5950 Ultra "GT" version, this should be quite a treat for us...
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External Mfg. Website: Gigabyte Feb 05 2004   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks AquaMark3, Gun Metal 2

AquaMark3 Source: Massive Development

AquaMark3 is a powerful tool to determine reliable information about the gaming performance of a computer system. Because the benchmark extensively utilizes DirectX9, DirectX8 and DirectX7 functionality, it represents the requirements of typical gaming applications in 2003 and 2004.

AquaMark3 - Benchmark Results
Video Card Score Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT 6141
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 5670

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

4860
Asus Radeon A9600XT 3735
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 5736
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 5436
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 3435
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT 5733
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT (559/1070) 8012
Overall Score Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT 47175
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 44362

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

39219
Asus Radeon A9600XT 31590
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 44875
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 43010
Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 29446
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT 44815
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT (559/1070) 57594

The ATi Radeon 9800XT is slightly faster than the Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT at stock speeds. When overclocked, nothing can catch the Gigabyte videocard.

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 - 1024x768
Demo 1 FPS Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT 31.42
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 28.65

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

25.32
Asus Radeon A9600XT 18.9
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 32.54
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra

31.05

Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 23.74
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT

32.43

Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT (559/1070) 44.07
Demo 2 FPS Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT 40.5
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 37.26

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

32.91
Asus Radeon A9600XT 24.29
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 40.4
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra

38.85

Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 31.38
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256

40.25

Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT (559/1070) 51.07

Gun Metal 2 has always liked nVIDIA cards a bit better and here the Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT performs much better than ATi's Radeon 9800XT.

Gun Metal 2 - 1600x1200
Demo 1 FPS Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT 19.75
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 18.23

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

16.17
Asus Radeon A9600XT 10.96
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 21.46
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra

20.42

Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 14.66
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT 21.37
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT (559/1070) 33.93
Demo 2 FPS Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT 25.32
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 23.18

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

20.23
Asus Radeon A9600XT 13.03
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 26.74
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra

22.91

Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 18.16
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT 27.94
Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT (559/1070) 40.59

Overclocking really boosts overall performance quite a bit in the Demo 2 results!

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Contents of Article: Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT
 Pg 1.  Gigabyte FX5950 Ultra GV-N595U-GT Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  This card lives up to its name!
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, CodeCreatures
 Pg 4.  Benchmark: AquaMark2.3
 Pg 5.  — Benchmarks AquaMark3, Gun Metal 2
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: X2 The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 7.  Advanced Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, X2: The Threat
 Pg 8.  Advanced Benchmarks: UT2003

 
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