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While almost every other has been content to use the reference designed GeForce3 Ti500, Asus has always been an innovative company willing to do things their way.
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Overclocking The V8200Ti500
The
heatinks
on the V8200Ti500 look quite impressive with the gold colour going very well with
a shiny black PCB! =)
Taking off the active heatsink from the GF3Ti500 core revealed to us that Asus used thermal compound instead of the more popular thermal pad. This is nice to see. However the ramsinks however were a completely different story.
Removing memory heatsinks was quite easy since they're not connected via thermal tape but rather, they're secured by the same clips that hold the GPU heatsink on.
The V8200Ti500 is already an extremely fast card, but since I'm never one to leave well enough alone, I wanted to push this puppy to it's limit! luckly for the V8200Ti500 Pure, it was up to the
task.
The Asus card overclocked even higher then our
reference MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG (GeForce3
Ti500), hitting speeds of 280/600 with no artifacts. In fact it was this card that enabled me to get over
10k in 3DMark2001 for the first time and to thwart off my competitors who are using processors from the "dark side" and defend my Fastest Webmastertitle.
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system specs: |
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Computer Hardware:
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| Processor: |
AthlonXP
1900+ Unlocked at 1.82
GHz |
| Motherboard: |
EPoX
8KHA+ (173 MHz FSB) |
| Chipset: |
VIA KT266A |
| Videocard: |
Asus
V7700Pro (GeForce2 Pro 200/400)
MSI StarForce822 (GeForce3
200/460)
MSI G3Ti500
Pro-VTG (GeForce3 Ti500 240/500)
Asus
V8200Ti500 Pure (GeForce3 Ti500 240/500)
Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (GeForce3 Ti500
280/600) |
| Network
Card: |
Not Used |
| Memory: |
256 MB OCZ
PC2400 |
| Hard
Drive: |
30.7 GB IBM DeskStar 75
GXP |
| CDROM: |
Panasonic CR-594-B 48x
CD-ROM |
| Floppy: |
Panasonic 1.44 MB Floppy |
| Heatsink: |
Dragon Orb 3 |
| PowerSupply: |
Enermax 550 Watt |
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Software Setup: |
Windows 98SE
VIA 4in1
4.37
DetonatorXP 22.80
ATI Radeon |
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Benchmarks |
3DMark2000 Ver 1.1
3DMark2001
Vulpine's GLMark 1.1
DroneZ
Return
to Castle Wolfenstein |
It's
an all nVidia based benchmark frenzy! Unfortunately, a Retail
ATI Radeon8500 was not available during this et of
testing. Yes, the test system is overclocked to alleviate all possible
bottlenecks.
3DMark2000 is still a popular benchmarks for
evaluating 3D performance even though it is getting a bit dated. 3DMark2000
continues to provide benchmark results that gauge DirectX7 performance and
hardware transformation and lighting that older games still use. Version 1.1
ensures more reliable functionality with hardware and operating systems that
were released after the launch of 3DMark2000 in December 1999.
Higher numbers denote better
performance.
| 3DMark 2000 Benchmark Results |
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Video Card |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
| 1. |
Asus V7700Pro |
10248 |
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| 2. |
MSI StarForce822 |
11978 |
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| 3. |
MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG |
12210 |
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| 4. |
Asus V8200Ti500 Pure |
12184 |
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| Overclocking Benchmark Results |
| 5. |
Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600) |
14320 |
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3DMark2000 is a DirectX7 benchmark, it's a good measuring
stick on how these cards stack up running current games. Since 3DMark2000 isn't as memory bandwidth limited, the GeForce2 class
cards can usually compete with their newer cards very well.
You can see the Asus V7700 Pro gets some fairly respectable
numbers here.
3DMark2001 is the latest installment in the 3DMark series by MadOnion. By
combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, it continues to provide
good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001 has been created in cooperation with
the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set
of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using
real-world gaming technology to test a system's true performance abilities.
Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3
and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and
Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time physics.
Higher numbers denote better performance.
| 3DMark 2001 Benchmark Results |
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Video Card |
3DMarks |
Ranking |
| 1. |
Asus V7700Pro |
5379 |
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| 2. |
MSI StarForce822 |
8397 |
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| 3. |
MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG |
8878 |
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| 4. |
Asus V8200Ti500 Pure |
8894 |
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| Overclocking Benchmark Results |
| 5. |
Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600) |
10120 |
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As we see,
the GeForce2 Pro is left completely in the dust by the newer generation GF3
videocards. The two GF3Ti500's do better then the original GeForce3 by
about 500 points
at stock, and when the Asus is overclocked, it is head and shoulders above all
other cards with a score of 10120 3DMarks. For tips
and tweaks on 3DMark 2001 you can read my article here, or visit me
the performance Area of the PCstats Forums.
Vulpine Glmark V1.1 is a benchmarking tool combined with a huge & complex
graphics world. It takes full advantage of an extremely wide variety of features
provided by the graphics card, including support for the latest extensions to
the OpenGL standard, like Texture Shaders and Vertex Programs based on the
Geforce3 Chips. Multiple compatibility modes make it possible to compare
multiple generations of 3D accelerators under identical conditions.
Higher numbers denote faster frames per second (FPS), and hence, better
performance.
| Vulpine GLMark Benchmark Results |
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Video Card |
FPS |
Ranking |
| 1. |
Asus V7700Pro |
47.1 |
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| 2. |
MSI StarForce822 |
78.9 |
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| 3. |
MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG |
82.3 |
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| 4. |
Asus V8200Ti500 Pure |
81.7 |
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| Overclocking Benchmark Results |
| 5. |
Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600) |
86.5 |
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While being more of a system benchmark then videocard specific, GLMark was run in Standard OpenGL mode so
the GeForce2 Ti could compete too. Here, the GeForce3 based cards pull
way out in front of the GeForce2 Pro because of the more efficient memory management. At the higher
end, GLMark can't seem to tell the difference between the GF3's. Still, the overclocked Ti500 pulls
out ahead by roughly 5 fps.
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3DMark2000 Ver 1.1
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