It's back to the Quake III Arena for OpenGL performance benchmarking. We tested the card on, both the Intel and AMD's high-end 1GHz processors, under Windows 2000 and Windows 98 SE. Plenty of benchmarks to go around so sit down and enjoy!

Intel Performance System

Processor	Intel PIII 1GHz
Motherboard	ASUS CUSL2 815
Memory	128 MB Crucial PC133 CAS-2 DRAM
Hard-Drive	Diamond Maxtor 45GB ATA66
Sound	SB live!
CD/DVD	Ricoh Media Master MP9060A
Operating System	Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Professional

 

AMD Performance system

Processor	AMD Athlon "Thunderbird"@1GHz
Motherboard	ASUS A7V
Memory	128 MB Crucial PC133 CAS-2 DRAM
Hard-Drive	Diamond Maxtor 45GB ATA66
Sound	SB live!
CD/DVD	Ricoh Media Master MP9060A
Operating System	Windows 98 SE Windows 2000 Professional

 

Video Cards Tested

Asus v7700 GeForce2 GTS Deluxe 32MB DDR (NVIDIA reference 6.18)
Elsa Gladiac GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR (NVIDIA reference 6.18)

Software/Test settings

Windows 98 Second Edition, Direct-X 7.0A, V-Sync was disabled
Windows 2000 Professional, V-Sync was disabled

Quake III Arena Benchmarks:

As the scores show, both cards perform equally well on all systems. Though there are ups and downs for both cards and one takes a small lead somewhere,finally they equal out overall. There's a noticeable drop in performance when the cards reach 1280x1024,but even at 1600x1200 both get over 60FPS.