We ran the Voodoo5 5500 PCI through the same tests we ran the AGP version through, as shown in the test systems below. In addition, a lower end CPU, a Celeron 433, was used to show what kind of performance benefits using the Voodoo5 5500 PCI in an older system would give. This system setup is also show in the below table. The performance analysis given in the following sections is meant to serve mainly as a comparison between the speed of the Voodoo5 5500 PCI and AGP. For more detailed information on how the Voodoo5 5500 holds up against the competition on a more broad scale, take a look at our Voodoo5 5500 review.

Windows 98 SE Test System

Hardware

CPU(s)

Intel Celeron 433

Intel Pentium III 550E

AMD Athlon 750
Motherboard(s)
IWill WS133-N (i810)
AOpen AX6BC Pro Gold AOpen AK72
Memory
128MB PC100 Corsair SDRAM

128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM

128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM
Hard Drive

IBM Deskstar DPTA-372050 20.5GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA 66

CDROM

Phillips 48X

Video Card(s)

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB
3dfx Voodoo5 4500 AGP 32MB
3dfx Voodoo3 3000 AGP 16MB
3dfx Voooo3 3000 PCI 16MB

ATI Radeon 64MB DDR
ATI Rage 128 Pro 32MB

ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64MB

Intel integrated i810 video

Matrox Millennium G400MAX 32MB (would not run on Athlon platform)

NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 32MB SDR (default clock 175/166)
NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS 64MBDDR (default clock - 200/166 DDR)
NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR (default clock - 200/166 DDR)
NVIDIA GeForce 256 64MB DDR (default clock - 120/150 DDR)
NVIDIA GeForce 256 32MB DDR (default clock - 120/150 DDR)
NVIDIA GeForce 256 32MB SDR (default clock - 120/166)

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra 32MB (default clock - 150/183)
NVIDIA Riva TNT 16MB (default clock - 90/90)

S3 Diamond Viper II 32MB

Ethernet

Linksys LNE100TX 100Mbit PCI Ethernet Adapter

Software

Operating System

Windows 98 SE

Video Drivers

3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB - final drivers v1.01.00
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB - final drivers v1.01.00
3dfx Voodoo5 4500 AGP 32MB - final drivers v1.01.00
3dfx Voodoo3 3000 AGP 16MB - final drivers v1.05.00

ATI Rage 128 Pro 32MB - 6.33CD21
ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64MB - A6.40CD06
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR - D7.11-CD01


Intel integrated i810 video - 4.1

Matrox Millennium G400MAX 32MB - 6.00.010 Beta

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 32MB SDR - Detonator 5.30
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR - Detonator 5.30
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS 64MB DDR - Detonator 5.30
NVIDIA GeForce 256 64MB DDR - Detonator 5.30
NVIDIA GeForce 256 32MB DDR - Detonator 5.30
NVIDIA GeForce 256 32MB SDR - Detonator 5.30

NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra 32MB - Detonator 5.30

NVIDIA Riva TNT 16MB - Detonator 5.30

S3 Diamond Viper II 32MB - 4.12.01.9006-9.51.01

Benchmarking Applications

Gaming

GT Interactive Unreal Tournament 4.04 AnandTech.dem
idSoftware Quake III Arena demo001.dm3
idSoftware Quake III Arena quaver.dm3

Driver Screenshots Quake III Arena- Athlon 750
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