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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!

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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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