Unreal Tournament 2003
This is another game turned benchmark that was recently released. The detailed graphics are the best that I've seen so far, and thus makes a good video card benchmark. We will see how well the MSI card does in this very grueling test.
Parhelia
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MSI 8888 (275/257)
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MSI 8888 (409/364)
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| Video Card |
Minimum FPS |
Average FPS |
Max FPS |
| Parhelia: |
18 |
26.01 |
46 |
| MSI 8888 (405/729) |
33 |
44.15 |
61 |
| MSI 8888 (Stock) |
26 |
34.94 |
48 |
Interesting results, the MSI card does very well in this test, especially when overclocked, as it almost doubles the Parhelia's average frame rate. When overclocked the range of frame rate increases but the minimum frame rate doesn't change much in comparison to the average frame rate. What about when we turn AA and Ansio on does the Parhelia win as it has in previous games?
Parhelia
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MSI 8888 (275/257)
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MSI 8888 (409/364)
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| Video Card |
Minimum FPS |
Average FPS |
Max FPS |
| Parhelia: |
10 |
14.20 |
29 |
| MSI 8888 (405/729) |
12 |
15.40 |
22 |
| MSI 8888 (Stock) |
8 |
10.65 |
16 |
We see here that the MSI card loses to the Parhelia, but only when at stock speeds. When overclocked the MSI card manages to beat the Parhelia by about 1fps on average. but as we look at the graphs we see something interesting, the MSI cards graphs are very flat, with very little change throughout the test, while the Parhelia's frame rate graph does not have this problem. While the Parhelia's graph is flatter than with AA and Ansio turned off, it is still slightly CPU limited at this resolution.
Parhelia
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MSI 8888 (275/257)
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MSI 8888 (409/364)
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| Video Card |
Minimum FPS |
Average FPS |
Max FPS |
| Parhelia: |
10 |
15.59 |
29 |
| MSI 8888 (405/729) |
19 |
26.33 |
36 |
| MSI 8888 (Stock) |
13 |
18.12 |
26 |
We see the same results as at 1024, the overclocked MSI card manages a 68% performance boost compared to the Parhelia. We also see the minimum frame rates of the MSI card, at both stock and overclocked speeds, is higher than the Parhelia. The overclocked MSI card is a bit more CPU limited at this resolution than the other cards as we can see more 'peaks' in frame rate with this card.
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MSI GF4 MX440-VTD8X: Although not everyone has an AGP8x motherboard, you probably will have one soon. Although originally an AGP4x part, the GeForce 4 is being revamped for the eight speed bus. Question is, how much faster will the ride be?
