Working on Two Fronts: ATi's Radeon VE Handles Two Monitors

Quake 3 Arena

The castrated 3D engine keeps the Radeon VE from escaping unscathed. In comparison to the GeForce2 MX, the frame rates in Quake 3 at 16-bit color depth are almost half as high.

If you change to High Quality (True Color) from 16-bit color, the drop in performance is less noticeable for the Radeon VE than for the GeForce2 MX, although GeForce2 MX remains faster. Matrox's G450 is left in the dust.

Uwe Scheffel