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To: Paul A who wrote (8718)	11/1/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: Patrick Grinsell	Respond to of 16960

New Winbench '99* Results: AGP Accelerators Card Chip 3D WinMark 99 Diamond Monster Fusion 3Dfx Banhsee 497 Diamond Viper 550 NVIDIA TNT 493 ELSA Victory II 3Dfx Banhsee 491 ElSA Erazor II NVIDIA TNT 487 Creative Graphics Blaster Riva TNT NVIDIA TNT 475 STB Velocity 4400 NVIDIA TNT 475 Metabyte Wicked3D Vengence 3Dfx Banhsee 442 Canopus Spectra 2500 NVIDIA TNT 440 Leadtek WinFast 3D S320 NVIDIA TNT 439 Matrox Millennium G200 Matrix G200 386 Quantum 3D Raven 3Dfx Banhsee 363 BioStar Crux 390 S3 Savage 354 Number Nine Savage Reality 357 S3 Savage 340 STB Nitro 3200 S3 Savage 340 Real3D Starfighter Intel 740 232 Great Magic Machspeed Raptor 740 Intel 740 222 Intel Express3D Intel 740 222 Prolink 3D Combo plus Intel 740 222 Number Nine Revolution IV 32MB Ticket to Ride IV 190 Resolution 1024 X 768 by 16 bit. Test are supposedly more CPU independent and have been updated to eliminate benchmark cheating and account for quality. Note, Diamond clocks their AGP fusion a bit higher that the other Banshee boards. Pat's Comments: We all know TNT should be on top of the list and not Banshee, but from an investor standpoint we're talking about benchmarketing. I would guess that less than 5% of 3d card purchasers have enough knowledge to know that the TNT's twin pixel engine will give them better performance. The rest will look at a little Winbench '99 chart with TNT lagging, take into account the lower price, and buy Banshee. Like it or not, this is how S3 and ATI rose to the top. This a Ziff Davis benchmark, so 95% of the PC magazines will be using this benchmark. Sadly enough, Number Nine looks horrible. Any guess on when SGI will buy them out? Pat *source: Wave Report #905