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Gaming Performance Quake3
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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.
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