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Preview of the New OpenGL Chips - Radeon 8800 vs. Quadro4 750XGL

By Uwe Scheffel published 20 March 2002

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Page 15 of 17:

'Quality' Results: R3.1 Benchmark For 3DSM 4.2

Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: ATI FireGL 8800 With The RADEON 8800
Page 3: ATI FireGL 8800 With The RADEON 8800, Continued
Page 4: ATI FireGL 8800 Drivers
Page 5: ATI FireGL 8800 Drivers, Continued
Page 6: ELSA GLoria4 With Quadro4 750XGL By NVIDIA
Page 7: ELSA GLoria4 With Quadro4 750XGL By NVIDIA, Continued
Page 8: ELSA GLoria4 Drivers
Page 9: ELSA GLoria4 Drivers, Continued
Page 10: Test Setup
Page 11: Benchmarks
Page 12: Plug-in Drivers For 3DSM 4.2 - Speed Settings
Page 13: 'Speed' Results: R3.1 Benchmark For 3DSM 4.2
Page 14: Application Benchmarks: That's What Counts!
Page 15: 'Quality' Results: R3.1 Benchmark For 3DSM 4.2
Page 16: Conclusion: ATI Leads, NVIDIA And ELSA Show Potential
Page 17: Addendum (Update)

'Quality' Results: R3.1 Benchmark For 3DSM 4.2

Here you see clearly that the ATI developers have made greater strides than ELSA in driver optimization. The FireGL 8800 leads in both disciplines.

You can see the complete results for ATI Radeon 8800 R3.1 Quality and NVIDIA Quadro4 750XGL R3.1 Quality .

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