Albatron GeForce4 128MB Ti4200 Review - Benchmarks Part 2

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BENCHMARKING (Continued...):

 

SERIOUS SAM:

Serious Sam has become a near staple in hardware benchmarking and there is no reason for this review to be any different.  Let's take a gander at how well the Albatron handles the more intense rendering required by this stellar game.

 

 

 

What we can see from the above was something that makes a bit of sense when you think about it.  At the lower resolutions (1024x768) the cards are all pretty even, but when you crank up the demands on the card at 1600x1200 the extra 64MB of memory starts to make a difference.  One we crank up the FSAA and the resolution both, the Albatron jumps ahead by about 5 frames per second on average. While 5 may not be a butt load of frames, when you're down around the 30 mark it can be the difference between playable and unbearable. 

So what it boils down to here is that at normal play settings any of the cards do nicely, but if you plan to really stress your card, the extra memory of the Albatron model seems to be useful.

 

 

nVidia's Chameleon Benchmark:

Usually I do not believe in running benchmarks that were made by the manufacturer, however, in this case since all that we will be comparing are  nVidia boards I though it would be a good idea.  What better way to judge the performance of their cards than to put 'em up against their own standards?

When running this test we ran them as nVidia recommended. We ran all three benchmarks at each resolution.  Glass, normal, and shiny.  We then averaged the score of the three and that became the total score for that resolution.  FPS aside, this is a beautiful benchmark to watch run.  Once we cranked up the FSAA it was damn near lifelike, very nice job on the developers part.

 

 

 

This is genuinely not what I expected.  In this more than run of the mill stressful application I figured the extra breathing room of the 128MB Albatron would be a difference maker, however that was not the case.  That said, the Albatron again compares favorably to the competition and is in NO WAY a hindrance, just not the stand out performace I expected in this benchmark.

 

Alright, let's check out how well this thing overclocks and see its performance in the benchmark of all artificial benchmarks, 3dMark2001.

 

Next: Overclocking >>
 

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