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12:04 PM - 12/13/2000 by Uwe Scheffel

We let a FireGL2 and a Quadro2 Pro reference card (identical to Elsa Gloria III) compete against each other. Additionally, we show test results for a mainstream GeForce2 GTS chip for better assessment of both products. We used three different platforms for each card: one with AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz, Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz and Pentium 4 1.5 GHz. In our benchmark charts you'll also see how a Pentium 4 would work if it ran at 1.2 GHz (same clock as AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz).

Graphics Cards Tested
Diamond FireGL2
Graphic chips IBM RC1000 (rasterizer) and IBM GT1000 (geometry)
Memory 64 MB DDR SGRAM
Memory clock 120 MHz DDR (or "240 MHz" in marketing language)
RC1000 clock 120 MHz
GT1000 clock 190 MHz
BIOS version 1.04
Driver version 5.12.2195.2044
NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro reference board
(identical to Elsa Gloria III)
Graphic chip Nvidia Quadro2 Pro
Memory 64 MB DDR SGRAM
Memory clock 200 MHz DDR (or "400 MHz" in marketing language)
Chip clock 250 MHz
BIOS version 3.15.0006
Driver version Nvidia 647
ASUS AGP-V7700
Graphic chip Nvidia GeForce2 GTS
Memory 32 MB DDR SGRAM
Memory Clock 166 MHz DDR (or "333 MHz" in marketing language)
Chip clock 200 MHz
BIOS version 2.15.0111
Driver version Nvidia 647
Test Platforms
HDD for all plattforms Quantum Fireball lct08 12 GB
Athlon (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-7DX Rev.2.3
Chipset AMD760
BIOS version F1a
CPU AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz at 133 MHz Double Pumped System Bus
Memory 128 MB Micron CL2 DDR SDRAM (1 module)
Pentium III (PC133 SDRAM)
Motherboard ASUS CUSL2
Chipset Intel 815
BIOS version 1003-3
CPU Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz at 133 MHz Single Pumped System Bus
Memory 128 MB WorkX PC133 SDRAM (1 module)
Pentium 4 (PC800 RDRAM)
Motherboard Intel D850 GB
Chipset Intel 850
BIOS version V1
CPU Pentium 4 1.5 GHz at 100 MHz Quad Pumped System Bus
Memory 128 MB Samsung PC800 RDRAM (Dual Channel Rambus, 2 modules)
Software and Settings
OS version Windows 2000 Professional, SP1
Solidworks 99 SPECapc SW99 benchmark
SPECviewperf Version 6.1.2
3D Studio Max 3.0 R3 benchmark
Resolution 1280x1024@32-bit color depth
V sync "off" in all benchmarks
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