3DMark 99 Benchmarking

3DMark - CPU affect on 3D performance
Voodoo2 Single @ 800x600, 16bbp
Celeron 550Mhz Socket-370	2310
Celeron 366Mhz Socket-370	2019
Celeron 333Mhz Slot-1	1988
Pentium II 500Mhz Slot-1	2280
Pentium II 400Mhz Slot-1	2160
RivaTNT @ 800x600, 16bbp
Celeron 550Mhz Socket-370	2497
Celeron 366Mhz Socket-370	2264
Celeron 333Mhz Slot-1	2045
Pentium II 500Mhz Slot-1	2438
Pentium II 400Mhz Slot-1	2311
Voodoo2 SLI @ 800x600, 16bbp
Celeron 550Mhz Socket-370	3369
Celeron 366Mhz Socket-370	2956
Celeron 333Mhz Slot-1	2432
Pentium II 500Mhz Slot-1	3289
Pentium II 400Mhz Slot-1	3105
RivaTNT @ 800x600, 32bbp
Celeron 550Mhz Socket-370	1920
Celeron 366Mhz Socket-370	1588
Celeron 333Mhz Slot-1	1372
Pentium II 500Mhz Slot-1	1845
Pentium II 400Mhz Slot-1	1676

The 3DMark suite runs through a number of individual DirectX6 tests for 3D accelerators, and here our RivaTNT also took the crown from Voodoo2. We ran the tests again, this time with SLI, and watched as the Voodoo2 combo easily brought home the bacon. Watching the tests run, it was clear that the TNT had a definite edge in visual quality (no surprise there), but framerate vs. visuals is a tradeoff the serious and casual gamer has to consider for him or herself.