NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go: Bringing mobile gaming to new heights

Performance - Jedi Knight 2

Jedi Knight 2 v1.03 - JK2FFA High Quality 800x600x32 (aniso off) Desktop GeForce4 Ti 4200 Desktop GeForce4 MX 440 GeForce4 4200 Go Mobility Radeon 9000 123.4 118.7 109.0 107.2 | 0 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 99 | 123 | 148

Another CPU and platform dependent benchmark, Jedi Knight 2 at 800x600x32 shows all the solutions we tested performing fairly close together. Although CPU and platform limited in this instance, the GeForce4 4200 Go squeaks by the Mobility Radeon 9000 by offering a 2% performance advantage.

Jedi Knight 2 v1.03 - JK2FFA High Quality 1024x768x32 (aniso off) Desktop GeForce4 Ti 4200 Desktop GeForce4 MX 440 Mobility Radeon 9000 GeForce4 4200 Go 122.1 109.8 100.6 98.1 | 0 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 98 | 122 | 147

Jedi Knight 2 at 1024x768x32 proved to be the only situation where the GeForce4 4200 Go fell to the Mobility Radeon 9000. Again, the benchmark is CPU bound at this resolution so the performance numbers are less of an indication of graphics performance and more an indication of CPU performance. The lead offered by the Mobility Radeon 9000, at 3%, is negligible at best.

Jedi Knight 2 v1.03 - JK2FFA High Quality 1280x1024x32 (aniso off) Desktop GeForce4 Ti 4200 Desktop GeForce4 MX 440 GeForce4 4200 Go Mobility Radeon 9000 119.9 82.6 81.8 73.8 | 0 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 96 | 120 | 144

As the resolution is pushed up we see the GeForce4 4200 Go distance itself from the Mobility Radeon 9000. The lead offered at 1280x1024x32 in Jedi Knight 2 grows to 11% over the ATI product. Performance is well off the desktop GeForce4 Ti 4200, however, performing 47% slower.

Jedi Knight 2 v1.03 - JK2FFA High Quality 1600x1200x32 (aniso off) Desktop GeForce4 Ti 4200 GeForce4 4200 Go Desktop GeForce4 MX 440 Mobility Radeon 9000 106.7 77.2 60.8 51.8 | 0 | 21 | 43 | 64 | 85 | 107 | 128

1600x1200x32 is the resolution that the GeForce4 4200 Go is able to shine at in Jedi Knight 2. As the Mobility Radeon 9000 system becomes more and more video card bound, the GeForce4 4200 Go system takes off. Now the NVIDIA part runs 49% faster than the ATI one since the video system acts as a much smaller bottleneck. The GeForce4 4200 Go also dominates the desktop GeForce4 MX 440 in this situation, running 27% faster.