Quake III Arena NV15.dm3 - Pentium III 1GHz (cont)
As we have seen in the past, 16-bit color performance is severely limited, but the card performed extremely well in 32-bit color. Going 16.9% (4.1 FPS) faster than the GeForce 2 GTS, the Radeon shows what some of those 30 million transistors do, giving it an edge in NVIDIA's own level.
Falling in 16-bit color performance once again to the GeForce 2 GTS, the Radeon surpasses the same card by a large margin when at 32-bit color. With such high colors and resolutions, the T&L engine is really being stressed, as is the rest of the card. The Radeon performed 20% (3.8) FPS faster than the GeForce 2 GTS, even in NVIDIA's own level.
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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.