December '97 3D Video Accelerator Comparison
by Anand Lal Shimpi on December 15, 1997 4:22 PM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Quake 2 640 x 480 OpenGL Tests - Pentium II 300 |
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| Timedemo | ||
| DEMO 1 | DEMO 2 | |
| ATI Xpert@Work (AGP) | 24.4 fps | 25.3 fps |
| California Graphics 3DEmotion (PCI) | 20.2 fps | 20.5 fps |
| Canopus Total3D 128V (PCI) | 37.1 fps | 35.4 fps |
| Creative Labs 3D Blaster V2 (PCI) | 65.6 fps | 64.0 fps |
| Creative Labs GB EXXTREME (PCI) | 15.0 fps | 13.2 fps |
| Diamond Monster 3D (PCI) | 25.6 fps | 22.6 fps |
| Diamond Stealth II 3D (PCI) | 17.8 fps |
18.1 fps |
| Diamond Viper V330 (AGP) | 37.3 fps | 35.6 fps |
| Diamond Viper V330 (PCI) | 36.1 fps | 34.7 fps |
| Hercules Thriller 3D (PCI) | 23.0 fps | 23.2 fps |
| Intergraph Intense 3D (PCI) | 19.1 fps | 19.5 fps |
| Matrox M3D (PCI) | 19.4 fps |
17.4 fps |
The Creative Labs Voodoo 2 steps forward yet again to stand out in the crowd of 12 cards here with the Pentium II, producing frame rates in excess of 64 fps, that is what you call smooth. When paired up with a processor like the Pentium II, almost any video card will shine.
Even the Xpert@Work gives you frame rates closer to those of a Monster 3D under Quake 2, which is great news for those of you that happened to pick up this card a while back before the release of the beta OpenGL drivers. Oddly enough, coming in last place is a Creative Labs card, the Permedia 2 based Graphics Blaster EXXTREME. The Permedia 2 chipset isn't, by any means, a gaming chipset, and shouldn't be purchased with the intention of putting the icing on an ultimate gaming system.
Quake 2 800 x 600 OpenGL Tests - Pentium II 300 |
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| Timedemo | ||
| DEMO 1 | DEMO 2 | |
| ATI Xpert@Work (AGP) | 15.5 fps | 16.1 fps |
| Creative Labs 3D Blaster V2 (PCI) | 48.4 fps | 48.9 fps |
Quake 2 640 x 480 OpenGL Tests - Pentium II 375 |
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| Timedemo | ||
| DEMO 1 | DEMO 2 | |
| ATI Xpert@Work (AGP) | 24.4 fps | 25.6 fps |
| Creative Labs 3D Blaster V2 (PCI) | 71.4 fps | 69.3 fps |
Here you can see the contrasting sides of the performance scalability wheel, on one end you see the Xpert@Work which tops out at 300MHz on a Pentium II, and on the other end you see the Creative Labs Voodoo 2 which keeps on pumping out higher scores at 375MHz.
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UltraTech79 - Monday, June 17, 2013 - link
This "Three Dee" thing will never catch on, Anand.