tech reports fx5600 article, what a joke!

[nemesismk2]

How did they manage to get the fx5200 to perform so slowly?

This is really funny, they used a Athlon XP 2600 and an Nforce2 fitted with 512mb DDR333 memory. Their system should outperform a Athlon XP 1700, SIS745 with 512mb DDR266 memory shouldn't it?

3dmark2001se score (1024x768x32bit) - My score=6552, Tech Report=5040 (even slower than my old GF4 MX440)

3dmark03 score (1024x768x32bit) - My score=1346, Tech Report score=1190 (atleast it outperformed my GF4 MX440 this time)

My results are with the 43.51 WHQL drivers so everything is being rendered correctly, their results are with the 43.45 drivers using the application setting. Weird how they didn't know about the well known bugs in the 43.45 drivers?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Ahh but remember, it supports DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although that appears to be a plane Jane 5600, not a 5600 Ultra soo.... DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
Ahh but remember, it supports DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although that appears to be a plane Jane 5600, not a 5600 Ultra soo.... DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9! DX9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't see Nvidia selling many fx5600's, they are just too expensive for the performance they deliver. It looks like I'll be keeping my Ti4600 for abit longer yet because the fx5600 can't even beat the old Ti4200!

 

[Genx87]

What a crap review. They pit a 5600 against the 9500 Pro and 9600 Pro. That is like pitting a 5800 Ultra vs the 9700 and wondering why the 5800 ultra wins.

Horrible review.

And let me guess the AF benchmarks they are using Application mode on the 5600 vs quality performance on the Radeons?

Horrible horrible review. I would actually be willing to say pathetic.

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: Genx87
What a crap review. They pit a 5600 against the 9500 Pro and 9600 Pro. That is like pitting a 5800 Ultra vs the 9700 and wondering why the 5800 ultra wins.

Horrible review.

And let me guess the AF benchmarks they are using Application mode on the 5600 vs quality performance on the Radeons?

Horrible horrible review. I would actually be willing to say pathetic.

I agree fully, why they are even using the 43.45 drivers is beyond me because everybody knows that those drivers have big problems with image quality which is the reason they used the application setting instead of quality.

I thought everybody knew that the 43.45 drivers cause a huge slowdown when you use the application setting, this is also not even mentioned in the review.

I think they should redo the review using the whql 43.51 drivers which offer improved image quality and performance!