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I know
on the last page I said we were going to jump
right into some benchmarks but there's just one
last thing to mention! We just wanted to
comment on the 2D performance and image quality
with the Siluro MX. 2D performance is widely
overlooked lately because of the strong focus put
on the 3D and gaming performance. With
virtually all decent cards available today, 2D
performance is so fast the difference from card to
card is indiscernible. The GeForce 2 MX has
one feature that helps it stand out though.
nVidia calls it "Digital
Vibrance". When enabled, colors are
very bright and objects are crisp. It takes
a little getting used to but the overall effect is
excellent.
When
testing the Abit Siluro MX, we ran it through our
customary slew of benchmarks. First up to
bat is MadOnion's
Video 2000.
Video
2000
Video
2000 tests DVD performance and image
quality. The Siluro MX performed on par with
other GeForce 2's.
Next
up is another member of the MadOnion stable, 3D
Mark 2000. 3D Mark 2000 is used to test
Direct 3D performance.
3D
Mark 2000 v1.1
For
such a relatively inexpensive card, these numbers
are excellent. Notice the major drop in
performance at the higher resolutions and color
depths though. This drop off in performance
is directly related to the lower bandwidth
provided by the on-board SDRAM.
We
also like to run a card through comprehensive
OpenGL gaming benchmarks. We used MDK 2's
built in timedemo at both 16 and 32-bit color
depths.
MDK2
Timedemo
MDK
2 set to 16-Bit color is playable all the way up
to 1280x1024. Let's see how the Siluro MX
fares set to 32-Bit...
In
32-Bit color, 1024x768 seems to be the highest
resolution where a 60FPS pace can be maintained
for the most part. Let's overclock this
puppy and see how she does...
We saw
only marginal gains while overclocked. There was
about a 10% increase in performance at the higher
resolutions.
No
video card review would be complete without some
Quake 3 numbers! Stay tuned, they're on the
way...
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