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Chaintech Apogee AA5700U Videocard Review
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U Videocard Review - PCSTATS
Chaintech bundles plenty of goodies with the AA5700U videocard, including a full version of Commandos 3, a five game demo CD, WinDVD, WinCreator, WinRip and WinProducer
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External Mfg. Website: Chaintech Mar 19 2004   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: Gun Metal, X2: The Threat

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
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U

23.43

Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050) 38.07
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
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U

31.36

Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050) 45.48

Boy does Gun Metal 2 love overclocked videocards! With the Apogee overclocked, it can even best the ATi Radeon 9800XT and the GeForceFX 5950 Ultra videocards!

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
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U 14.66
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050) 23.67
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
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U 18.16
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050) 29.6

We see the same thing here at 1600x1200, simply amazing!

X2: The Threat Source: Egosoft

A completely rewritten 3D engine based on DirectX8 encompasses many visual effects such as volumetric Nebulae (gas clouds) that have a real impact in the game (you can hide in them), many new engine, shield, weapon and explosion effects. Objects cast real dynamic 3D shadows! Dynamic DP3 bump mapping allows a previously unseen level of detail.

X2: The Threat - 1024x768-32bit
Video Card FPS Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT N/A
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 108.428

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

99.821

Asus Radeon A9600XT 81.996
MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 123.28
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra

120.8

Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 96.134
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U

95.513

Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050) 103.635

At stock speeds the Chaintech Apogee AA5700U is still perfectly gamable, overclocking does not boost performance all that much.

X2 The Threat - 1600x1200-32bit
Video Card FPS Ranking
ATi Radeon 9800XT N/A
ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 68.95

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

60.596

Asus Radeon A9600XT

42.836

MSI FX5950 Ultra-VTD256 83.137
MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra

80.519

Gigabyte GV-NV57U128D 51.178
Chaintech Apogee AA5700U

51.019

Chaintech Apogee AA5700U (550/1050)

58.779

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Contents of Article: Chaintech Apogee AA5700U
 Pg 1.  Chaintech Apogee AA5700U Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  Chaintech's GOSU Software
 Pg 3.  Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, CodeCreatures
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: AquaMark 2.3, AquaMark3
 Pg 5.  — Benchmarks: Gun Metal, X2: The Threat
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: UT2003
 Pg 7.  Advanced Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, X2: The Threat
 Pg 8.  Advanced Benchmarks: UT2003, Conclusion

 
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