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To: Paul A who wrote (12594)	5/15/1999 10:24:00 AM
From: Michael G. Potter	Respond to of 16960

More reliable Q3test benchmark scores are available from Brian Hook of id: q3arena.com@idsoftware.com Please go to the above URL and read his .plan so the paste below is seen in proper context: "Test machine was an Intel PIII/500 w/ 128MB of RAM. Sound was disabled. We want to run the tests on an AMD K7, but our test unit has some reliability problems. Drivers were pulled directly from either 3Dfx's Web site or from GLSETUP.EXE, depending on which was necessary for the adapter. Adapter Res FPS Comment 3Dfx Voodoo3 3000 640x480x16bpp 51.6 NVidia RivaTNT2 640x480x16bpp 48.4 3Dfx Voodoo2 640x480x16bpp 46.9 NVidia RivaTNT 640x480x16bpp 46.6 ATI Rage128 640x480x16bpp 46.2 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee 640x480x16bpp 37.6 NVidia Riva128 640x480x16bpp 31.0 S3 Savage3D 640x480x16bpp 25.7 S3 Savage3D 640x480x16bpp 25.6 r_picmip 0 Intel i740 640x480x16bpp 25.0 Matrox G200 640x480x16bpp 23.1 ATI Rage Pro 640x480x16bpp 20.1 3Dfx Voodoo 1 640x480x16bpp 16.8 r_picmip 2 Rendition V2200 640x480x16bpp 15.9 NVidia RivaTNT2 640x480x32bpp 46.5 Nvidia RivaTNT 640x480x32bpp 40.8 ATI Rage128 640x480x32bpp 40.6 Matrox G200 640x480x32bpp 23.1 S3 Savage3D 640x480x32bpp 16.4 3Dfx Voodoo3 640x480x32bpp N/A 32-bit rendering not supported 3Dfx Voodoo2 640x480x32bpp N/A 32-bit rendering not supported 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee 640x480x32bpp N/A 32-bit rendering not supported 3Dfx Voodoo 1 640x480x32bpp N/A 32-bit rendering not supported NVidia Riva128 640x480x32bpp N/A 32-bit rendering not supported Intel i740 640x480x32bpp N/A 32-bit rendering not supported ATI Rage Pro 640x480x32bpp N/A 32-bit rendering not supported Rendition V2200 640x480x32bpp N/A didn't bother running the test 3Dfx Voodoo3 1280x1024x16bpp 23.1 NVidia RivaTNT2 1280x1024x16bpp 21.7 ATI Rage128 1280x1024x16bpp 18.1 NVidia RivaTNT 1280x1024x16bpp 15.7 Voodoo Banshee 1280x1024x16bpp 11.9 Matrox G200 1280x1024x16bpp 8.5 S3 Savage3D 1280x1024x16bpp 6.9 3Dfx Voodoo2 1280x1024x16bpp N/A not enough framebuffer RAM NVidia Riva 128 1280x1024x16bpp N/A not enough framebuffer RAM ATI Rage Pro 1280x1024x16bpp N/A not enough framebuffer RAM 3Dfx Voodoo 1 1280x1024x16bpp N/A not enough framebuffer RAM Rendition V2200 1280x1024x16bpp N/A not enough framebuffer RAM NVidia RivaTNT2 1280x1024x32bpp 13.1 ATI Rage128 1280x1024x32bpp 13.0 NVidia RivaTNT 1280x1024x32bpp 8.2 Matrox G200 1280x1024x32bpp 6.1" Hook has a bunch of comments about the individual cards in his plan. In the end, he recommends TNT or TNT2 based on the 32-bit features. However, he was impressed with all the 3dfx products (just wishes they were 32 bit as well). Note that id has put a fair amount of work into getting their engine upto 32-bit so I can't see why they wouldn't recommend getting a 32-bit graphics board. Plus they developed using TNT's so the code probably is slightly tweaked to run well using TNT's drivers. As a shareholder, I'm happy that the V3 is in the running as an excelent Q3 board. Now we just need some big OEM wins to keep the volume up in Juarez. All the hoopla over Q3 will die down and Unreal Tounarment will use GLide so we'll get an uplift from that hoopla. Michael