First post, by Trank
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Ive come to realize that there are no benchmarks/info on the NVS200. The model i have came from a IBM M Pro station. It has agp8x/64mb vram.
While it can have noticeable framerate issues in 3d games, it just depends on the game such as Quake 3 or even Jedi Knight/Mots. The 2d quality and older 3d performance is perfect though, the Texel/Pixel alignment issues in games such as FF7 and XWing Alliance will not happen, no dos games ever give me flickering or weird issues on both digital and analog displays. But as of right now i've only tested this with a 800mhz P3EB, soon as i get my hands on a P4 ill see how much the P3 bottlenecks this card in terms of 3d performance. Here is a 3dmark benchmark at 1024x768, then a Quake 2 and Quake 3 timedemo ran at 640x480. (Drivers being used are 30.82)
Now were gonna see how these go with the 4400. 3dmark is 1024x768 and Quake2/3 at 640x480.
You would think the 4400 would always get higher, and sometimes with my multiple tests i did, but a 2-10 fps difference isn't anything to worry about. Though you will reach a higher FPS in games with the 4400 and it can run higher resolutions smoother. The 3dmark is higher for this card as well. The issues with this Geforce4 ti card is that you cant adjust Texel Alignment, so that breaks very few games, like those i mentioned above. Also i notice that Dark Forces on a CRT(Dell e772c) runs at 720x400/69.5hz unlike the 70hz that the Quadro4 runs at which causes slight flickering underneath the hud, but i don't notice this issue under any other dos games. (Does anyone actually know why this card is weird about the refresh rate like that? How can i fix this? Perhaps this Dell monitor is a bit crap,)
So it would seem like the CPU is what slows these cards down, as there is no performance gain with the 4400. Ill be sure to update this when i can test with a P4. If you are looking for a good card with good performance and compatibly this card might be up your alley.