German PC Games Receives GeForce FX - Preliminary Benchmarks & More

Zardon · Jan 26, 2003, 01:14 PM

sourced from warp2search

Thilo Bayer, hardware editor at PC Games Germany has received an GeForce FX for testing. The print magazine including the test will be on sale in the first week of February (February 5th, 2003 to be exact). More interestingly he has posted some early findings in the 3DCenter forums.

this is the forum link

Preliminary Benchmark:

Test system:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
512MB RAM
nForce 2 motherboard

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UT2k3 2166 - Flyby (2X FSAA / 4:1 Anisotropic Filtering 1024x768x32Bit)
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 110 FPS
Nvidia GeForce FX - 143 FPS
Nvidia Ti4600 - 65 FPS

UT2k3 2166 - Flyby (1024x768x32Bit)
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 201 FPS
Nvidia GeForce FX - 196 FPS
Nvidia Ti4600 - 170 FPS

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UT2k3 2166 - Botmatch (2X FSAA / 4:1 Anisotropic Filtering 1024x768x32Bit)

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 65 FPS
Nvidia GeForce FX - 65 FPS
Nvidia Ti4600 - 65 FPS

UT2k3 2166 - Botmatch (1024x768x32Bit)
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 71 FPS
Nvidia GeForce FX - 68 FPS
Nvidia Ti4600 - 71 FPS

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According to Thilo Bayer his sample board works with some basic hardware monitoring. The GeForce FX is adapting to the working environment you are currently running it in. This means:

1.) Working in 2D mode (a.k.a. desktop / office): core clock = 300Mhz / memory clock = 600Mhz
2.) Working in 3D mode (a.ka. games): core clock = 500Mhz / memory clock = 1000Mhz

Mr. Bayer describes the FXFlow cooling system to be annoyingly loud and recommends 'ear plugs', which was to be expected. Furthermore his writings state that the A2 stepping is the final retail revision of the GeForce FX GPU/VPU. His card is apparantly no sample but a production card.

ToshiroOC · Jan 26, 2003, 02:49 PM

Remember folks - r350 is just around the corner along with nv31, nv34, and rv350... This isn't the endall to the video card wars for any great amount of time

Zardon · Jan 26, 2003, 07:05 PM

so what do you guys think of the benches?

Zarathustra · Jan 26, 2003, 07:09 PM

Yep the R350 is going to do a little whoopin' on the GFFX, assuming it gets released at the right time. Of course the recent insider trading news could help out Nvidia greatly.

Dom · Jan 26, 2003, 08:22 PM

For it's core/mem speeds, the way the FX preforms againts the 9700Pro is just pathetic.

Zardon · Jan 26, 2003, 09:40 PM

its the 128 bw is killing it. some people are saying these are fake, we will know soon when anand and toms do some reviews.

Zardon · Jan 26, 2003, 09:41 PM

some more interesting benchies http://www.warp2search.net/article.p...thread&order=0

dipstick · Jan 26, 2003, 10:01 PM

That's pretty sad if you ask me; I've had a card that pretty much just as fast for the last 5 months now. nVidia should pull out and stick motherboards

AlternateVirus · Jan 26, 2003, 10:36 PM

no that would mean ATi can charge more for their cards and they'll become the chipzilla just like intel.

digitalwanderer · Jan 26, 2003, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kakarot
That's pretty sad if you ask me; I've had a card that pretty much just as fast for the last 5 months now. nVidia should pull out and stick motherboards

Nah, one flawed release won't kill nVidia. I'm hoping it MIGHT just humble them a bit though, they need to be brought back into the real world a bit.

dipstick · Jan 27, 2003, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by AlternateVirus
no that would mean ATi can charge more for their cards and they'll become the chipzilla just like intel.

Oops, forgot about what would happen to prices

I know nVidia won't have any problems selling these, but I just hope new drivers show more out of the card

digitalwanderer · Jan 27, 2003, 04:57 AM

..and that's the NV31 & 35 that will be coming out "shortly" (Heard that one before nVidia.

) after the NV30s launch. I've heard some whispers that it's gonna be a whole lot cheaper than peeps are expecting, and it's performance won't be that far behind the FX. Which would mean the value market, (which is still about 90% of where the money is at), could still be a wild open field.

Jan 26, 2003, 01:14 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	German PC Games Receives GeForce FX - Preliminary Benchmarks & More sourced from warp2search Thilo Bayer, hardware editor at PC Games Germany has received an GeForce FX for testing. The print magazine including the test will be on sale in the first week of February (February 5th, 2003 to be exact). More interestingly he has posted some early findings in the 3DCenter forums. this is the forum link Preliminary Benchmark: Test system: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 512MB RAM nForce 2 motherboard -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UT2k3 2166 - Flyby (2X FSAA / 4:1 Anisotropic Filtering 1024x768x32Bit) ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 110 FPS Nvidia GeForce FX - 143 FPS Nvidia Ti4600 - 65 FPS UT2k3 2166 - Flyby (1024x768x32Bit) ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 201 FPS Nvidia GeForce FX - 196 FPS Nvidia Ti4600 - 170 FPS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UT2k3 2166 - Botmatch (2X FSAA / 4:1 Anisotropic Filtering 1024x768x32Bit) ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 65 FPS Nvidia GeForce FX - 65 FPS Nvidia Ti4600 - 65 FPS UT2k3 2166 - Botmatch (1024x768x32Bit) ATi Radeon 9700 Pro - 71 FPS Nvidia GeForce FX - 68 FPS Nvidia Ti4600 - 71 FPS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to Thilo Bayer his sample board works with some basic hardware monitoring. The GeForce FX is adapting to the working environment you are currently running it in. This means: 1.) Working in 2D mode (a.k.a. desktop / office): core clock = 300Mhz / memory clock = 600Mhz 2.) Working in 3D mode (a.ka. games): core clock = 500Mhz / memory clock = 1000Mhz Mr. Bayer describes the FXFlow cooling system to be annoyingly loud and recommends 'ear plugs', which was to be expected. Furthermore his writings state that the A2 stepping is the final retail revision of the GeForce FX GPU/VPU. His card is apparantly no sample but a production card.

Jan 26, 2003, 02:49 PM	#2
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Remember folks - r350 is just around the corner along with nv31, nv34, and rv350... This isn't the endall to the video card wars for any great amount of time __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

Jan 27, 2003, 04:57 AM	#12
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Actually, I think I've overlooked something I've heard whispered a lot.. ..and that's the NV31 & 35 that will be coming out "shortly" (Heard that one before nVidia. ) after the NV30s launch. I've heard some whispers that it's gonna be a whole lot cheaper than peeps are expecting, and it's performance won't be that far behind the FX. Which would mean the value market, (which is still about 90% of where the money is at), could still be a wild open field. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 26, 2003, 07:05 PM	Thread Starter #3
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	so what do you guys think of the benches?

Jan 26, 2003, 07:09 PM	#4
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	Yep the R350 is going to do a little whoopin' on the GFFX, assuming it gets released at the right time. Of course the recent insider trading news could help out Nvidia greatly.

Jan 26, 2003, 08:22 PM	#5
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	For it's core/mem speeds, the way the FX preforms againts the 9700Pro is just pathetic.

Jan 26, 2003, 09:40 PM	Thread Starter #6
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	its the 128 bw is killing it. some people are saying these are fake, we will know soon when anand and toms do some reviews.

Jan 26, 2003, 09:41 PM	Thread Starter #7
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	some more interesting benchies http://www.warp2search.net/article.p...thread&order=0

Jan 26, 2003, 10:01 PM	#8
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	That's pretty sad if you ask me; I've had a card that pretty much just as fast for the last 5 months now. nVidia should pull out and stick motherboards

Jan 26, 2003, 10:36 PM	#9
AlternateVirus DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 282 Rep Power: 0	no that would mean ATi can charge more for their cards and they'll become the chipzilla just like intel.