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NVIDIA Puts Its (New) Cards on the Table

07:00 - Thursday 23 October 2003 by Lars Weinand

23. Test Setup
24. Unreal Tournament 2003
25. Unreal Tournament 2003, Continued
26. Unreal Tournament 2003, Continued
27. Unreal Tournament 2003, Continued
28. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
29. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Continued
30. Aquamark 3
31. Aquamark 3, Continued
32. Tomb Raider - Angel Of Darkness
33. Halo - Combat Evolved
34. X2 Rolling Demo
35. X2 Rolling Demo, Continued
36. C&C Generals Demo
37. C&C Generals Demo, Continued
38. Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne
39. Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne, Continued
40. Freelancer Demo
41. MS Flight Simulator 2004
42. Battlefield 1942 - Secret Weapons Of WWII
43. Benchmark Impressions
44. Conclusion

The winter games are finally set to begin. As our readers know, ATi has already introduced its contenders, the high-end Radeon 9800 XT and mainstream card Radeon 9600 XT .

Now NVIDIA is stepping up to the plate with its high-end FX 5950, codenamed NV38 and the FX 5900 Ultra's successor, and the FX 5700 family, which will replace the FX 5600 line for mainstream applications.

NVIDIA's latest reflects ATi's strategy with its XT cards for the FX 5950 Ultra, basically making it a memory and clock speed enhanced 5900 Ultra. The new 5700 series, on the other hand, has seen quite a few improvements. Let the games commence.

There's also news on the NVIDIA driver front. In addition to performance improvements in DirectX 9 games, the new "ForceWare" v52.16 drivers offer some useful gimmicks, such as gridlines and user customizable screen resolutions.