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1:02 PM - 10/25/1999 by Thomas Pabst

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Quake 3 Arena - 640x480x16		NORMAL - Q3DEMO1
CPU	fps	CPU	fps
Pentium III 500	85	Athlon 500	94
Pentium III 500E	102
Pentium III 533B	90
Pentium III 533EB	105
Pentium III 550	92	Athlon 550	100
Pentium III 550E	107
Pentium III 600	97	Athlon 600	106
Pentium III 600B	97
Pentium III 600E	112
Pentium III 600EB	110
Pentium III 650	117	Athlon 650	109
Pentium III 667	116
Pentium III 700	120	Athlon 700	114
Pentium III 733	121
Pentium III 750 (overclocked)	124	Athlon 750 (overclocked)	117
		Kryotech Cool Athlon 800	121
		Kryotech Cool Athlon 900	125

I mentioned my surprise already before, Coppermine scores incredibly well under Q3Test. This is the one benchmark where Athlon is looking bad, but I wonder if this hasn't got something to do with GeForce's driver. I am sure that Athlon could look a lot better with some software optimizing as well.

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