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Please reference our systems specs below for full
discloser of how we tested this Asus product.
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HotHardware's Test System |
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Our Pentium 4 Test
Bed |
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Intel Pentium 4 1.7GHz. Processor
Abit TH7-RAID Pentium 4
Motherboard
256MB of Samsung PC800 RAMBUS
DRDRAM
IBM DTLA307030 30Gig ATA100
7200 RPM Hard Drive
Windows 2000 Professional w/
SP2
Direct X 8.0a
nVidia Detonator 4 reference
drivers version 21.85
Intel chipset drivers version
3.20
Video Cards:
VisionTek Xtasy 6964 GeForce
3 Ti500
Asus V8200T5 Deluxe GeForce3 Ti500 and V8200T2 Deluxe Ti200
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Benchmarks & Comparison |
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Asus Titanium
Performance |
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MadOnion
brings us one of the most versatile benchmarking tools for
Direct3D performance,
3DMark2001. Here are the results for our Titanium
contestants.
V8200T5
Deluxe - Ti500 Performance
V8200T2
Deluxe - Ti200 Performance
The Asus V8200T5
and V8200T2s perform admirably here and post numbers
consistent with what we have seen in recent tests with
Visiontek's offering. Breaking 7000 3DMarks in the default
1024X768 test, is not small feat. The V8200T5 shows us
how its done.
You can reference the Visiontek scores here for comparison,
from our recent review of their product.
We then decided
to move on to a real game based on the same gaming engine
that drives 3DMark 2001, Remedy's Max Payne.
This race is too
close to call with our reference Ti500 and Ti200 cards from
Visiontek, in a nip and tuck contest with the Asus product.
As we've seen many times before, clock for clock most all
nVidia based cards are within 2 - 5% of each other, with one
exception, over-clock capabilities.
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Overclocking
The
Asus Titanium |
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Pushing them to
the limits |
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You might be
surprised which card we feel is the over-clocking "Top Dog"
in this test. See for yourself...
Alright then,
obviously the highest overall performance crown would have
to go to the V8200T5, by just a hair. On the other end
of the spectrum, the bang for your buck award most
definitely goes to the V8200T2 here folks. Our V8200T2
Deluxe card was perfectly stable and artifact free at a core
clock of 233MHz. and memory speed of 490MHz. The only
reason we didn't push the core clock higher was because
Power Strip topped out at 233MHz. for this card.
Although you may personally see different results, should
you pick up a V8200T2, we feel pretty confident that
you'll be able to hit near GeForce3 Ti500 performance with
one of these cards. Mind you, this was achieved with
nVidia's "budget" GeForce3 product with a slightly lower end
stock core and memory clock, than even a GeForce3 "Classic'
setup. Kudos to Asus for producing a hidden jewel.
We'll finish up
with OpenGL performance scores and our rating.
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GL Excess, Quake3 and
The Ratings |
