TBreak GF4 MX benches revealed

[Rand]

T-Break still seems to be down, so here are the GF4 MX benches from the article....

Benched on an Athlon XP (1800 oc to 2000) on Iwill XP-333R mainboard, running a 166 Mhz FSB, Sblive 5.1

Supposedly the abnormally low scores for the GF3 Ti200 in Serious Sam were due to driver issues.

Resolution/Color Depth.
1. 1024 x 768, 32bpp
2. 1280 x 1024, 32bpp
3. 1600 x 1200, 32bpp


Quake 3 Arena
1. GeForce3 Ti/200: 168 fps
1. GeForce4 MX 440: 151 fps

2. GeForce3 Ti/200: 119 fps
2. GeForce4 MX 440: 103 fps

3. GeForce3 Ti/200: 85 fps
3. GeForce4 MX 440: 72 fps


Serious Sam II (Open-GL)
1. GeForce3 Ti/200: 46 fps
1. GeForce4 MX 440: 68 fps

2. GeForce3 Ti/200: 30 fps
3. GeForce4 MX 440: 33 fps

3. GeForce3 Ti/200: 22 fps
2. GeForce4 MX 440: 25 fps


Serious Sam II (Direct 3D)
1. GeForce3 Ti/200: 34 fps
1. GeForce4 MX 440: 47 fps

2. GeForce3 Ti/200: 23 fps
3. GeForce4 MX 440: 33 fps

3. GeForce3 Ti/200: 18 fps
2.GeForce4-MX-440: 25 fps


3DMark 2001 (Direct 3D)
1. GeForce3 Ti/200: 6611 3Dmarks
1. GeForce4 MX 440: 5535 3Dmarks

2. GeForce3 Ti/200: 5076 3Dmarks
2. GeForce4 MX 440: 4240 3Dmarks

3. GeForce3 Ti/200: 3848 3Dmarks
3. GeForce4 MX 440: 3150 3Dmarks

 

[GT1999]

Thanks for posting these numbers.. I've been looking around for them.

The Serious Sam numbers seem to be off.. unless it uses something that the GF4 MX has and the GF3 doesn't? That's interesting..

 

[Rand]

<< Thanks for posting these numbers.. I've been looking around for them.
>>



No problem, I would've posted the numbers earlier but I've had a hell of a time trying to procure the results and T-Break staff seems to be doing their best to remain quiet today.

 

[Gog]

Thanks for posting this info Rand.

So these are the results for the MX440, I wonder how much better the results are with the MX460?

Then is the issue of whether these cards will overclock well, remember the overclocked Geforce3 Ti200 reaches Ti500 levels. All in all I must admit these results aren't to shabby, too bad these cards are only directx7 components.

 

[saltedeggman]

good sets of number...
wonder how much will they priced at compared to the ti200

 

[PeterS]

Thanks! I've been trying like mad to get on www.tbreak.com to see what all the fuss was about.

Pricing info:

Geforce 4 MX420 64MB AGP TV DVI Twinview would cost £63 ($95 US)
Geforce 4 MX440 64MB AGP TV DVI Twinview £84 ($126 US)
Geforce 4 MX460 64MB AGP VIVO DVI Twinview £115 ($172 US)
Geforce 4 TI-440 128MB VIVO DVI Twinview £199 ($300 US)
Geforce 4 TI-4600 128MB VIVO DVI Twinview £275 ($412 US)



<< Supposedly the abnormally low scores for the GF3 Ti200 in Serious Sam were due to driver issues. >>



If there were 'driver issues' with the Ti200 and Serious Sam2 then why the hell didn't the Tbreak crew use the last official Detonator drivers for benchmarking the Ti200? Better yet, why didn't they use ANOTHER GAME's benchmarks (i.e., Wolfenstein for OpenGL scores or Unreal Tournament for for Direct 3D) instead of SS2? This only reinforces my belief that most tech sites are truly worthless.