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.