Super7 Video Accelerator Comparison - Part 2: Mid-Range Gaming Solutions (June 99)

AnandTech's Super7 test bed was configured as follows:

• AMD K6-2 475 running at 95MHz x 5.0 at 2.4v core on an Epox MVP3G-M (1MB)
• AMD K6-2 400 running at 100MHz x 4.0 at 2.4v core on an Epox MVP3G-M (1MB)
• AMD K6-2 300 running at 100MHz x 3.0 at 2.4v core on an Epox MVP3G-M (1MB)
• AMD K6-3 450 running at 100MHz x 4.5 at 2.4v core on an Epox MVP3G-M (1MB)

Both processors were cooled using Cooler Master fans provided by Boston Limited

• 128MB Mushkin Samsung Original PC100 SDRAM
• Western Digital Caviar 5.1GB EIDE HDD
• 48X Phillips EIDE CDROM Drive provided by Boston Limited

• Windows 98 SE + DirectX 6.1a
• Quake 2 using demo1.dm2 and 3Finger's crusher.dm2 demos
• Expendable using -timedemo option

The Cards

• 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 clocked at 143/143MHz (core/mem)
• 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 clocked at 166/166 & 175/175MHz (core/mem)
• 3dfx Voodoo2 SLI (24MB) clocked at 90/90MHz (core/mem)
• 3dfx Voodoo2 (12MB) clocked at 90/90MHz (core/mem)

• 3DLabs Permedia3 clocked at 110/110MHz (core/mem)

• ATI Rage 128 (32MB) clocked at 105/105MHz (core/mem)

• Diamond Stealth III S540 Savage4 clocked at 125/143MHz (core/mem)

• Hercules Dynamite TNT2 Ultra clocked at 125/150, 150/175, & 175/200MHz (core/mem)

• Matrox Millennium G200 clocked at 86/115MHz (core/mem)
• Matrox Millennium G400 clocked at 125/166MHz (core/mem)
• Matrox Millennium G400MAX clocked at 166/200MHz (core/mem)

The Drivers

• AMD 3DNow! Quake2 patch version 3.20

• 3dfx Voodoo2 drivers version 3.03.00
• 3dfx Voodoo2 OpenGL ICD version 1.0.0.0439 ICD
• 3dfx Voodoo3 MiniGL version 1.48
• 3dfx Voodoo3 OpenGL ICD version 1.01.02
• ATI Rage 128 drivers version 6.11-HPD1K-OGL1225
• NVIDIA TNT Detonator drivers version 1.88
• NVIDIA TNT2 Detonator drivers version 1.88
• Matrox G200 PowerDesk drivers version 5.13.020
• Matrox G400 PowerDesk drivers version 5.11.012
• S3 Savage4 drivers version 4.11.01.8006-8.09.07