3dfx, Matrox and Nvidia take on the KryoTech Cool Athlon 800 MHz

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Test Configuration

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Hardware Information Header Cell - Column 1
Processor AMD Athlon 800 MHz(cooled by KryoTech)
Platform Microstar
Motherboard MS-6167
Memory 128 MB Viking PC100 CAS2
Network Netgear FA310TX
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Driver Information Header Cell - Column 1
AGP driver AMD AGP v4.45
BM driver AMD BM v1.11
Hercules TNT2 Ultra driver NVIDIA reference drivers 2.08 (Win 98)
Voodoo3 driver V1.02.13
G400MAX driver v5.13
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Environment Settings Header Cell - Column 1
OS Version Windows 98 SE 4.10.2222 A
Quake 2 AMD 3DNow! v3.20command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0 +set disconnect
Quake 3 Arena v1.08command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0
Shogo v2.14Advanced Settings = disable sound, disable music, disable movies, disable joysticks, enable optimized surfaces, enable triple buffering, enable single-pass multi-texturingHigh Detail Settings = enabled
Expendable Demo VersionSetup = use Triple BufferingAudio = disable sound
Descent III retail versionSettings = -nosound -nomusic -nonetwork -timetest

Putting The Video Boards To The Test

I wanted to include several game titles in our suite of tests to provide an idea of performance under DX6, OpenGL and Glide as for the case of the Voodoo3 board.Our DX6 based testing includes Monolith's Shogo, Rage's Expendable, and Interplay's Descent III.As for the OpenGL and Glide testing the titles include Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena Test, and Descent III.Each of these titles was run and 640x480, 1024x768, and 1600x1200 resolution.I decided to skip describing the details of each of the video boards including the new Voodoo3 3500.We will be posting a comprehensive review describing each of the boards' respective features.