The Test

For the testing, we used the same systems as were used for the GeForce 2 GTS review, with updated drivers. In the case of the Radeon, we tested with the shipping drivers with V-sync disabled as well as "Convert 32-bit textures to 16-bit" turned off.

We left out the 800 x 600 scores since they didn't really show anything with these cards other than a small drop in performance when compared to 640 x 480 frame rates.

Windows 98 SE Test System

Hardware

CPU(s) AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 1GHz
Motherboard(s) ABIT KT7-RAID
Memory 128MB PC133 Corsair SDRAM (Micron -7E Chips)
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 4500 AGP 32MB

ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon 32MB DDR
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR

ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64MB

Matrox Millennium G400MAX 32MB

NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 32MB SDR (default clock 175/166)
NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS 32MB DDR (default clock - 200/166 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)

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 v1.00.01
3dfx Voodoo5 4500 AGP 32MB - final drivers v1.00.01

ATI Rage Fury MAXX 64MB - A6.40CD06
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR - 4.12_3050

Matrox Millennium G400MAX 32MB - 6.00.010 Beta

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 32MB SDR - Detonator3 6.17
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR - Detonator3 6.17
NVIDIA GeForce 256 32MB DDR - Detonator3 6.17
NVIDIA GeForce 256 32MB SDR - Detonator3 6.17
NVIDIA Riva TNT2 Ultra 32MB - Detonator3 6.17

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

The Idea OpenGL Performance - Quake III Arena - 1GHz Thunderbird
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