The VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4200 128-MB is at the value end of the GeForce4 Ti line, but to give a full view of overall performance, we're also including benchmark results from a wide range of competitive cards. The reference 3D card selection includes the GeForce4 Ti 4600, 4400 and 4200 (64-MB), the GeForce3 Ti 500 and 200, along with a Radeon 85000 128-MB (275/275) board.
Our reference platform is a real gaming speed demon, combining a Pentium 4-2.53 GHz processor with a SiS 645DX motherboard and 512-MB of high-end Crucial PC2700. This is an extremely fast setup for 3D game benchmarks and ensures that we've got adequate headroom for the 3D cards to work with. The SiS 645DX is also proving popular with the performance gaming crowd, not to mention being the de facto platform for high-end Pentium 4 overclocking. Even though the Pentium 4-2.53 GHz may be out of reach for many, the actual core speed corresponds well to the overclocking results many are getting.
The NVIDIA driver is the latest Detonator 29.42 version, and the ATI Radeon 8500 testing makes use of the latest Catalyst 2.1 (7.72) release. For game benchmarking, Quake 3: Arena, 3DMark 2001SE and Return to Castle Wolfenstein are some of the old favorites, but we also feature newer game tests such as Jedi Knight II, Comanche 4 and Serious Sam; The Second Encounter. Anti Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering performance benchmarks are also featured, along with our usual descent into the overclocking depths.
General Settings:
Desktop Resolution: 1024x768
Color Depth: 16-bit
V-Sync: Disabled
SiS 645DX - MSI 645E Max 2 Motherboard
Processors: Pentium 4-2.53B
Memory: 512 MB Crucial PC2700 DIMM
Motherboard: MSI 645E Max 2
Motherboard chip set: SiS 645DX
NVIDIA reference drivers: 29.42
ATI reference drivers: Catalyst 2.1/7.72
Hard-Drive: Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM ATA100
IDE Interface: Ultra ATA100
Sound: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live
CD/DVD: Panasonic DVD-ROM
Power Supply: Sparkle 400 Watt
Operating System: Windows XP Pro
Video Cards:
VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4200 (128-MB)
GeForce4 Ti 4200 (64-MB) NVIDIA Reference
VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4400
MSI G4Ti4600-VTD GeForce4 Ti 4600
ATI Radeon 8500 128-MB
VisionTek Xtasy 6564 GeForce3 Ti 500
Hercules 3D Prophet III Ti 200 GeForce3 Ti 200
Quake III Arena Test Specifics
Version: 1.30 (retail)
V-Sync: Disabled
Sound Disabled
High Quality Defaults
Return to Castle Wolfenstein Specifics:
Version 1.0
High Quality Defaults
Checkpoint MP demo
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Specifics:
Version 1.05
Elephant Atrium demo
Jedi Knight II Specifics:
Version 1.02
Jk2ffa demo
