3D Accelerator Review Step One - 3D Performance, the Real Deal
by
Thomas Pabst
Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Turok TMARK
- 3. Turok TMARK Pentium mmX 200
- 4. Turok TMARK AMD K6 233
- 5. Turok TMARK - Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200
- 6. GLQuake BIGASS1 Benchmark
- 7. GLQuake BIGASS1 Benchmark - Pentium II 300 MHz
- 8. GLQuake BIGASS1 Benchmark - Pentium mmX 200
- 9. GLQuake BIGASS1 Benchmark - AMD K6 233
- 10. GLQuake BIGASS1 Benchmark - Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200
- 11. Quake II Timedemo Demo1 Benchmark, Continued
- 12. PCPlayer D3D Benchmark - Pentium II 300 MHz
- 13. PCPlayer D3D Benchmark - Pentium mmX 200
- 14. PCPlayer D3D Benchmark - AMD K6 233
- 15. PCPlayer D3D Benchmark - Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200
- 16. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips
- 17. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - 3Dfx Voodoo
- 18. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - 3Dfx Voodoo Rush
- 19. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - 3DLabs Permedia 2
- 20. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - ATI Rage Pro
- 21. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - NEC PowerVR
- 22. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - NVidia RIVA 128
- 23. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - Rendition Verite 2x00
- 24. CPU Scaling Of 3D Graphic Chips - SiS 6326
- 25. Image Quality 3Dfx Voodoo And Voodoo Rush
- 26. Image Quality ATI Rage Pro
- 27. Image Quality NVidia RIVA 128 Cards
- 28. Image Quality NEC PowerVR Cards
- 29. Image Quality Rendition Verite 2x00 Cards
- 30. Image Quality Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro
- 31. Image Quality Elsa Winner/Office 2000
- 32. Image Quality Hercules Dynamite 3D/GL
- 33. Image Quality SiS 6326
- 34. Discussion Of The Rendition Verite 2x00 Family Of Graphic Chips
The most comprehensive 3D card performance evaluation 22 cards tested with four benchmarks and four different CPUs.
Drivers And Cards
This is the list of drivers and graphic chips that were used for benchmarking
| ATI XPERT@PLAY | 4.10.2278 | ATI Rage Pro |
| Asus V264GTE | 4.10.2278 | ATI Rage Pro |
| Asus V3000 | 4.10.01.0205 | NVidia RIVA 128 |
| Canopus Pure3D | 1.30.04 | 3Dfx Voodoo |
| Canopus Total3D 128V | 4.10.01.0206-1.01.10 | NVidia RIVA 128 |
| Diamond Fire GL 1000 Pro | 4.10.01.2248 | 3DLabs Permedia 2 |
| Diamond Monster 3D | 4.10.01.0013 | 3Dfx Voodoo |
| Diamond Stealth II S220 | 4.10.01.0101 | Rendition Verite 2100 |
| Diamond Viper V330 | 4.10.01.015 | NVidia RIVA 128 |
| Elitegroup 3DVision | 4.10.01.0905 | SiS 6326 |
| Elsa Victory Erazor | 4.10.01.0202-0003 | NVidia RIVA 128 |
| Elsa Winner/Office 2000 | 4.10.01.0204-0004 | 3DLabs Permedia 2 |
| Hercules Dynamite 3D/GL | 4.10.01.3103-0286 | 3DLabs Permedia 2 |
| Hercules Stingray 128/3D | 4.10.01.2063 | 3Dfx Voodoo Rush / Alliance AT3D |
| Hercules Thriller 3D | 4.10.01.3465 | Rendition Verite 2200 |
| Intergraph Intense 3D Voodoo | 4.10.01.2063 | 3Dfx Voodoo Rush / Alliance AT3D |
| Quantum3D Obsidian 100SB 4440/4400 | 4.10.01.0036-0164 | 3Dfx Voodoo |
| Videologic Apocalypse 3Dx | 4.10.01.0012-4.1.0.12 | NEC PowerVR |
The Videologic Apocalypse was tested together with a Matrox Millennium. Voodoo and Voodoo Rush cards were tested at a refresh rate of 60 Hz at 640x480, all other cards were tested at 120 Hz refresh rate at 640x480.
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LOL I can't believe I'm reading an article from 1998.