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MSI NBox FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra Videocard Review
MSI NBox FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra Videocard Review  - PCSTATS
Recently there seem to have be a videocard renascence developing. Many manufacturers are now overclocking their cards right from the get go.
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External Mfg. Website: MSI Jul 30 2003   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena

Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards.

Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768 demo001
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

ATi Radeon 9800 Pro

316
2.

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

309.6
3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 330.4
4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD 275.1
5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 227.9
6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 240.1
7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 338.5
8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 342.3

Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768 nv15demo
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

ATi Radeon 9800 Pro

72.1
2.

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

71.9
3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 77.4
4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD 77.5
5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 72
6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 76.9
7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 77.5
8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 77.3

In Quake III Arena, we see that at stock speeds the MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra is faster than the ATi Radeon 9800 Pro by about 20 fps.

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 demo001
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

ATi Radeon 9800 Pro

202.5
2.

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

178.3
3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 205.6
4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD 140.2
5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 101.3
6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 109.9
7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 229.3
8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 245.7

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 nv15demo
Video Card FPS Ranking
1.

ATi Radeon 9800 Pro

71.4
2.

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

71.2
3. Albatron GeForceFX 5900PV 76.8
4. MSI G4Ti4600-TD 68.1
5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 61.3
6. Albatron GeForceFX 5600P Turbo 59.9
7. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 77.2
8. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra (489/951) 77.1

At 1600x1200 we see similar results.

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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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