AMD Athlon Buyer's Guide - Part 3: Video Cards
by Anand Lal Shimpi on November 11, 1999 10:01 PM EST- Posted in
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2D Image Quality
Of all of the cards tested, the Matrox G400 featured the best 2D image quality with NVIDIA’s GeForce 256 coming in an almost indiscernible second place. The higher speed RAMDACs of the G400 & the GeForce give it the advantage in driving higher resolution monitors (1600 x 1200 and above) at greater refresh rates.
At everything below 1600 x 1200, the 2D image quality of all of the cards was virtually the same. However, keep in mind that the cards all have individual features that may tilt the balance of favor in their direction. Read the individual reviews of the chipsets and respective cards listed in our Video Reviews Index.
The Test
Windows 98 SE Test System |
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Hardware |
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CPU(s) |
AMD Athlon 700 AMD Athlon 600 AMD Athlon 500 |
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| Motherboard(s) | ASUS K7M 1.04 | |
| Memory | 128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM |
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| Hard Drive | IBM Deskstar 22GXP 22GB Ultra ATA 66 HDD |
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| CDROM | Phillips 48X |
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| Disk Controller | Promise Ultra 66 - Ultra ATA 66 Controller |
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| Video Card | 3dfx Voodoo3 3500TV |
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| Ethernet | Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter |
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Software |
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Operating System |
Windows 98 SE |
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Benchmarking Applications |
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Business |
BAPCo SYSmark 98 |
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| Gaming | idSoftware Quake 3 Test 1.08 (OpenGL) |
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