RADEON 8500 VS GEFORCE4 TI4600

RADEON 8500 VS GEFORCE4 TI4600
Posted:2002-04-11 By Asboulougia Number of View:34712
RADEON 8500 VS GEFORCE4 TI4600 By :Asboulougia Posted:2002-04-11 xtreview is your : Video card - cpu - memory - Hard drive - power supply unit source Radeon 8500 Vs GeForce4 Ti4600 those card are best availble in the market those day so lets start with a Quick Comparison: Radeon 8500 GeForce4 Ti4600 Core Clock 275 (MHz) 300 (MHz) Pixel Pipelines 4 4 Peak Fill Rate 1100 (Mpixels/s) 1200 (Mpixels/s) Texture Units per Pixel 2 2 Peak Fill Rate 2200 (Mtexels/s) 2400 (Mtexels/s) Memory Clock 550 (MHz) 650 (MHz) Memory Bus Width 128 (bits) 128 (bits) Peak Memory Bandwidth 8.8 (GB/s) 10.4 (GB/s)   Nvidia kicked off the latest round of the video card wars with release of the GeForce 4 NV25 and NV17 Graphics Processing Units. The NV25 is all new silicone that builds on the GeForce 3 features. At the same time, Nvidia dropped prices across the board on older products to reduce stocks and promote their new line. ATI has not responded in kind, however. Instead ATI is relying on better drivers, added memory on the R200 8500 core, and new budget releases through companies like Hercules and other OEM makers to meet the GeForce 4 release for now. ATI does have a new chipset on deck, however, that will most likely be held until late summer or even fall, that is intended to take the crown away from the reigning speed champion of Nvidia. Creative Labs and Matrox both are preparing chipset releases for the fall as well. Matrox has just announced its Parhelia, with .15 micron technology, triple monitor support, and video bandwidth of over 20GB/s. Creative, who is completing the purchase of 3DLabs, will be releasing the first truly programmable GPU (renamed to VPU) with DirectX 8 and the upcoming 9 support, 256-bit memory bus, and a theoretical 20GB/s of memory bandwidth Operating System: Windows XP Professional - Version 2002 Processor Type: AMD XP 1700 (1433MHZ) with Thermaltake Volcano 7 Heatsink / Fan Physical Memory: 512MB PC133 SDRAM - 2x256MB Kingston Value RAM Motherboard: Jetway 867AS Via KT266 1 AGP 4X, 5 PCI, 2 DDR, 2 SDRAM Hard Drive: Quantum 7200RPM ATA33/66 30GB with 1MB Cache CD-ROM Drive: Creative Labs 52X UDMA 33/66/100 ATAPI with 2MB Cache CD-RW Drive: Lite-On 24x10x40 ATAPI CD-RW w/ 2MB Cache Monitor: 1. Dell / Sony P991 19" 1600x1024 Resolution / 120MHz Max 2. CTX 1765MS 1280 x 768 Resolution / 85MHz Max Pointing Device: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 Optical USB Keyboard: Microsoft Internet Keyboard (PS2) Network: 3Com 10/100 PCI 3c905c-TX Sound Card: Hercules GameSurround Fortissimo 2 Video Card: Multiple Speakers: Logitech Z-540 4 Point Speakers w/ Subwoofer DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 Quake III Arena As you can see, the GeForce 4 powered PNY Verto card is fast. It breaks the 200 frames per second mark with ease, and the graphics quality is just fine. Quake III ran stably, with no visual anomalies, although it took up to a 35 - 40% hit in total frame rate with all graphics features at maximum. Unreal Tournament Direct3D is an area that Nvidia has concentrated on for performance over the years. The GeForce 4 powered Verto did fine in our tests, beating out the Radeon by as much as 40 frames per second. Visual quality was excellent with no visual anomalies. 3DMark 2001 As you can see, the Verto Ti4600 is significantly faster than the Radeon under 3DMark 2001. In the future, our testing criteria will test these cards under a wider range of antialiasing settings, however under default settings you can see that the GeForce 4 shows its muscle off in fine form, easily beating the R200 chipset by 30 - 40 percent on average. 3D WinMark 2000 The ageing 3D WinMark 2000 test gives a similar picture. The Verto Ti4600 easily outpaces the ATI Radeon 8500 at every turn. I don\'t feel that the 128MB version of the ATI card will not close this gap in any serious way. WinBench 99 1.1 2D Performance and Quality: Performance on the desktop and in 2D applications is just fine. Even with all of XP\'s 3D enhancements turned on the desktop looked great. This is quite a change from just a few years ago and the GeForce 2 series of Nvidia GPUs. Direct3D Performance and Quality: Simply awesome. Nvidia has always excelled at Direct3D performance and this PNY card is no exception. Graphics quality is top notch and when even running the latest games I had no problems with stability or visual quality. OpenGL Performance and Quality: Performance is excellent under OpenGL. There are no noticeable slowdowns even at the highest settings in games like Return to Castle Wolfenstein, and the visual quality is excellent. Dual Monitor Support: I was lucky to have a DVI-to-VGA adapter on hand, so I tested out the nView display features briefly. Just as with the MX440, the Verto Ti4600 performed well when using two analog monitors. The wide range of output ports ensures you can use any combination of existing display devices you may have, and the nView utility ensures you can setup your display as needed to make the most of your new found display real-estate. 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