Gigabyte GV-R98P256D 256M Review (4)
Overclocker 8 Jul 2003

Benchmarking

We conduct the a number of tests on the setup with the following configuration :

Test System:

• Intel P4 3.0C
• ABIT IC7-G i875P running 2 x 256M DDR400 in Sync DDR400 CAS2, 2-2-5
• Maxtor D740X-6L ATA133 7200RPM
• AOPEN 40X CDROM 
• Gigabyte GV-R98P128D, Catalyst 3.0
• Tyan Tachyon Radeon 9700Pro, Catalyst 3.0
• Channelwell 375W AMD Approved PSU 

Comanche 4

Comanche 4 is a demanding application and is excellent for testing Direct 3D.

In our benchmarks for Radeon 9800pro, we set it to the 5 Main settings, Optimal Performance, Hi Perofrmance, Balanced, Hi Quality, Optimal Quality. Do take note the various combinations of AA and AF when the above are selected.

Optimal Quality = 4X AA + 16X AF
High Quality = 2X AA + 8X AF
Balanced = Application Specific
High Performance = Application Specific + Texture Pref  3 + MipMap Level 3
Optimal Performance = Application Specific + Texture Pref  2 + MipMap Level 2

From the chart above, we can easily see that in Comanche4 when it runs in the Balanced, Performance and Optimal Performance modes, the 256M version scores better than the 128M version. The difference is very small, just a few frames per second though.

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