Review: Gainward FX5200 Ultra Pro/760 XP

My least favourite test, to get it out of the way. We're fairly system limited here, but it should still be a test of GPU performance, especially since it's a fully fledged DirectX 8, shader heavy test.

Like before, a decent showing when the card doesn't have to work too hard. Let's make it harder.

It's the performance drop over the base no-IQ test that's going to be interesting, so I'll leave commentary until the end. The big pixel count test now.

The high end architectures show the other cards how it's done here. On to the PD graph for some meaningful commentary.

Overall, it's the worst performer in the group, especially when IQ is initially enabled. When the pixel count gets heavy, it fares better, but 1600x1200x32 @ 4xAA and 8xAF isn't the target gaming resolution for FX 5200 boards. With EXPERTool and its rough 7.5% clock increase, we see ~3% more performance in this shader heavy test at base settings, with around ~1.2% more when IQ makes an appearance. Not much, but valid increases.

The base performance isn't too bad however, something to focus on when looking at a budget performer.