Intel's New Weapon: The Coppermine

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Quake 3 Arena - 640x480x16 Header Cell - Column 1 Header Cell - Column 2 NORMAL - Q3DEMO1 Header Cell - Column 4
CPU fps Row 0 - Cell 2 CPU fps
Pentium III 500 85 Row 1 - Cell 2 Athlon 500 94
Pentium III 500E 102 Row 2 - Cell 2 Row 2 - Cell 3 Row 2 - Cell 4
Pentium III 533B 90 Row 3 - Cell 2 Row 3 - Cell 3 Row 3 - Cell 4
Pentium III 533EB 105 Row 4 - Cell 2 Row 4 - Cell 3 Row 4 - Cell 4
Pentium III 550 92 Row 5 - Cell 2 Athlon 550 100
Pentium III 550E 107 Row 6 - Cell 2 Row 6 - Cell 3 Row 6 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600 97 Row 7 - Cell 2 Athlon 600 106
Pentium III 600B 97 Row 8 - Cell 2 Row 8 - Cell 3 Row 8 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600E 112 Row 9 - Cell 2 Row 9 - Cell 3 Row 9 - Cell 4
Pentium III 600EB 110 Row 10 - Cell 2 Row 10 - Cell 3 Row 10 - Cell 4
Pentium III 650 117 Row 11 - Cell 2 Athlon 650 109
Pentium III 667 116 Row 12 - Cell 2 Row 12 - Cell 3 Row 12 - Cell 4
Pentium III 700 120 Row 13 - Cell 2 Athlon 700 114
Pentium III 733 121 Row 14 - Cell 2 Row 14 - Cell 3 Row 14 - Cell 4
Pentium III 750 (overclocked) 124 Row 15 - Cell 2 Athlon 750 (overclocked) 117
Row 16 - Cell 0 Row 16 - Cell 1 Row 16 - Cell 2 Kryotech Cool Athlon 800 121
Row 17 - Cell 0 Row 17 - Cell 1 Row 17 - Cell 2 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.