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More DirectX Action. |
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Comanche 4:
Another popular
DirectX benchmarking program is NovaLogic's Comanche 4.
While this benchmark is more CPU dependant than other games,
we can still gauge a card's performance to see if it can
handle the intensity of this great looking DirectX game.
When it comes to 1024x768
testing, the Siluro Ti4200 kept a tight margin with the
Ti4600, allowing it to lead by less than half a FPS.
When we increased the resolution
to 1280x1024, we saw the Siluro maintain the same distance
with the GeForce Ti4600. This time around the margin
was a mere half FPS. Next up is 1600x1200.
The first
time we saw the Siluro slip to the Ti4600 by any real
margin. At this resolution the Ti4600 took a firm lead
by 2.73 FPS. This is hardly a strike against the
Siluro, posting an excellent 34.8 FPS at this very taxing
resolution.
Next we'll take
a look at another relatively new DirectX benchmark.
We're pretty sure you may have heard of it.
Unreal Tournament 2003:
Unreal
Tournament is shaping up to be one of the most popular
multiplayer, arena-type games on the market. We thought
it appropriate to run a few benchmarks to see how the Siluro
Ti4200 performed with one of the newest titles available. This time around we threw in some overclocked scores to see if the card could keep up with the
GeForce4 Ti4600.
At the default clock speed, the
Siluro fell behind the Ti4600 by 7.23 FPS. Once we
kicked things into overdrive the Ti4200 managed to leap
ahead of the Ti4600 by a fraction of a FPS!
At 1280x960 the Abit card fell
behind the Ti4600 by 10.28 FPS. Once again when we
increased the speed of the GPU and memory, the Siluro took
advantage of the extra power, narrowing the gap to a
difference of less than two FPS. Can this pattern
hold true even at 1600x1200?
It looks like
the answer is yes. This time around that Siluro
allowed its widest gap yet, giving the lead to the Ti4600 by
over 8 FPS. Once we overclocked the card, the gap was
again narrowed down to less than 2 FPS, 1.41 to be exact.
The Siluro GeForce4 Ti4200 with OTES
is proving to be an incredible video card, able to roll with
its older brother without complaint. Now we're going
to shift things over to OpenGL and see if the story
continues to be a Ti4200 fairy tale or a Ti4600 nightmare.
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