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Gainward Ultra 1600XP GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Video Card Review

Author: Dennis Garcia

Published: Monday, September 01, 2003

Benchmarking Info

The system as it was tested

Abit IS7 (Springdale) GAT Enabled
Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 800Mhz FSB
AVC Sunflower II
2x Corsair TwinX512-XMS3200LL
Western Digital Raptor
Antec 430watt power supply
12x/40x DVD/CDRom
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1

Gainward Ultra 1600XP (GeForceFX 5900 Ultra 256megs)
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (128megs)
Gainward Ultra 700XP (GeForceTi 4400 128megs)

For the purposes of the benchmarks the Ultra 1600XP is using the Gainward Enhanced video settings putting the core/memory clock at 460/870.

Unless otherwise noted all anti-aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering (AA/AF) was manually set via the display drivers, Low quality was (application specific) high quality was (4x). This doesn't reflect the highest settings attainable by the drivers but will provide a good cross section for all of the cards being included in this review.

Gainward EXPERTool - Mode Sett

As you can see the "Enhanced" mode for the 5900 Ultra isn't much higher than the default clock.

Benchmarks are next. happy smile