NV40 & R420, Performance Testing

**MIG-31** · Jun 26, 2004, 02:13 PM

Following up on Part one we have now had a bit more time with the cards in question, so we can give a more accurate comment on their performance. Over the past few months drivers have been released, fixing bugs, increasing performance and image quality from both sides. Retail cards are not exactly plentiful, but when they are we will certainly follow up with a round up similar to the Christmas DX9 round up.

To best show off these next generation products, we will be comparing them to their previous generations and then finally against each other. The following cards where tested. Thanks go to Gainward and Sapphire for supplying the 5950 Ultra and 9800XT.

Full Article: Spodes Abode

jeffro29 · Jun 26, 2004, 03:50 PM

Nivda sucks ATI rocks ATI is the king beats Nivda in all the test Nivda needs to throw in the towel and except that they suck........................

**MIG-31** · Jun 26, 2004, 04:03 PM

sorry to see you feel that way about nvidia!!

But please take note these news posts are for information for the whole web.

not to start of a ati kicks nvidia's butt contest.

No_Style · Jun 26, 2004, 04:12 PM

They both wreak of over pricing

I'll be grateful to whomever drops prices the lowest for their flagship card

Danhill · Jun 26, 2004, 05:14 PM

Intresting article, looking forward too see the PS 3.0 performance from Nvidia.

BWX · Jun 26, 2004, 10:34 PM

I'm in the middle of reading this now, but I have to say my first impression is "incomplete"-

You can't run a bench test like this with only 512 mb of ram- you cannot run high resolutions and try to compare different hardware on games like Farcry with only 512 mb of ram- and get accurate results. I know, because I only have 512mb of ram right now- I know how Farcry runs, and what happens when you set certain IQ settings too high. which is what the author did. Even other games run at very high res and AA and AF probably stutter.

Zardon · Jun 26, 2004, 10:41 PM

512 in ANY testbed now is going to give corrupted results.

BWX · Jun 26, 2004, 10:50 PM

It's too bad, because other than that it's a well thought out review- I'd like to see the exact same thing, only with 1 gig ram.

**MIG-31** · Jun 26, 2004, 10:59 PM

as for far cry. i get the occasional bit of slow down in places with a 256mb fx5900 with 1024mb of ocz pc3200 ram.could not dream of trying to play it with high graphics on just 512mb.

hugely recommend 1024mb for this game providing everything else is quick enough also.

Jun 26, 2004, 02:13 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	NV40 & R420, Performance Testing Following up on Part one we have now had a bit more time with the cards in question, so we can give a more accurate comment on their performance. Over the past few months drivers have been released, fixing bugs, increasing performance and image quality from both sides. Retail cards are not exactly plentiful, but when they are we will certainly follow up with a round up similar to the Christmas DX9 round up. To best show off these next generation products, we will be comparing them to their previous generations and then finally against each other. The following cards where tested. Thanks go to Gainward and Sapphire for supplying the 5950 Ultra and 9800XT. Full Article: Spodes Abode

Jun 26, 2004, 03:50 PM	#2
jeffro29 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nebraska Posts: 109 Rep Power: 0	Nivda sucks ATI rocks ATI is the king beats Nivda in all the test Nivda needs to throw in the towel and except that they suck........................ __________________ A good stable OC is a good steal in speed.

Jun 26, 2004, 04:12 PM	#4
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	In my opinion.. They both wreak of over pricing I'll be grateful to whomever drops prices the lowest for their flagship card __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jun 26, 2004, 05:14 PM	#5
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Intresting article, looking forward too see the PS 3.0 performance from Nvidia. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Jun 26, 2004, 10:34 PM	#6
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I'm in the middle of reading this now, but I have to say my first impression is "incomplete"- You can't run a bench test like this with only 512 mb of ram- you cannot run high resolutions and try to compare different hardware on games like Farcry with only 512 mb of ram- and get accurate results. I know, because I only have 512mb of ram right now- I know how Farcry runs, and what happens when you set certain IQ settings too high. which is what the author did. Even other games run at very high res and AA and AF probably stutter. __________________

Jun 26, 2004, 04:03 PM	Thread Starter #3
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	sorry to see you feel that way about nvidia!! But please take note these news posts are for information for the whole web. not to start of a ati kicks nvidia's butt contest.

Jun 26, 2004, 10:41 PM	#7
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	yes indeed 512 in ANY testbed now is going to give corrupted results.

Jun 26, 2004, 10:50 PM	#8
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	It's too bad, because other than that it's a well thought out review- I'd like to see the exact same thing, only with 1 gig ram.

Jun 26, 2004, 10:59 PM	Thread Starter #9
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	as for far cry. i get the occasional bit of slow down in places with a 256mb fx5900 with 1024mb of ocz pc3200 ram.could not dream of trying to play it with high graphics on just 512mb. hugely recommend 1024mb for this game providing everything else is quick enough also.