Video Cards: MSI GeForce 3 Ti200/Ti500 Review :: Performance

Test System

• Processor: AMD Duron 1.2GHz/1.4GHz (XP1600+)
• Cooling: Global Win CAK 38
• Memory: 256MB Of Corsair PC2400 DDR
• Motherboard: MSI K7T266 Pro (VIA KT-266A Chipset)
• Video Cards: MSI G3 Ti200/Ti500
• Hard Drive: IBM Deskstar 75GXP 10GB, ATA/100, 7200 RPM, 2MB Cache
• CD: Toshiba 16X DVD/40X CDROM
• Operating system: Windows XP Professional w/ DirectX 8.1
• Test Software: 3Dmark 2001/ Specview Perf/ Quake III TD1

3D! Turbo Monitor

Scores

• Ti200 tested at 1.2GHz 5638
• Ti200 tested at 1.4GHz/XP1600+ 5879
• Ti500 tested at 1.2GHz 6142
• Ti500 tested at 1.4GHz/XP1600 6722

Settings for Quake III Arena Demo Test 1:

• Quake III Arena Patch Version: 1.16 (Newer Versions don't support standard demo tests)
• 1024x768 32 Bit
• Demo Test: demo1
• Geometric Detail: High
• Texture Detail: High
• Texture Quality: 32 Bit
• Color Depth: 32 Bit
• Lighting: Vertex
• Texture Filter: Trilinear
• Settings for Open GL: Best Image Quality
• Console Settings: (Entered at the ` prompt)
• set cd_nocd 1
• set s_initsound 0
• r_swapinterval 0

Results:

• Ti200 142
• Ti500 158

Specviewperf Scores - Ti200 - Tested at 1.4GHz (XP1600+)

All the tests ran great with both cards. As you can see the cards both excel in high end 3D applications both in Direct 3D and the Open GL architecture. I really could not tell a bit of difference between the two visually as in games they both look fantastic, and the human eye cannot distinguish anything over thirty frames per second anyways.

So for the gamer either card will work well and still satisfy. For high end 3D rendering the Ti500 pulls ahead by a good twenty percent as you can see in the Specviewperf AWADVS scores. The Ti200 is a very fast card but for top of the line performance the Ti500 will be a tough act to follow. I found the Ti200 to be more overclocker friendly but even pushed to its maximum it cannot compete with the Ti500 frame for frame.