Quake III Arena - Pentium III 550E (cont)
Essentially limited again by our 16-bit performance graphs, the Radeon actually takes the top spot when at 1280x1024x32. Performing 2 FPS (4%) faster than the previous speed king, the GeForce 2 GTS 64MB when in 32-bit color, the Radeon proves once again that it is out for blood. Too bad its poor 16-bit color performance will keep some away.
The Radeon's 16-bit color performance is actually able to beat the GeForce 256 when at 1600x1200x16, but the poor rendering quality as well as the small performance drop will keep many from even trying the Radeon at 16-bit color.
More importantly, the Radeon proves to be the fastest card yet when at 1600x1200x32. Similarly to what was found on the higher performing Athlon 750 system, the Radeon 64MB DDR put out 36.2 FPS. Still unplayable to many gamers, this speed is 11.7% faster than the GeForce 2 GTS 64MB.
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Thatguy97 - Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - link
ahh i remember anadtechs jihad against atiwow im dating myself
Frumious1 - Monday, August 29, 2016 - link
I don't remember it at all. The only thing I recall is a bunch of whiny ass fanboys complaining when their chosen CPU, GPU, etc. didn't get massive amounts of acclaim. The very first Radeon cards were good, but they weren't necessarily superior to the competition. You want a good Radeon release, that would be the 9700 Pro and later 9800 Pro -- those beat Nvidia hands down, and AnandTech said as much.