Direct3D Benchmarks

Half Life - Blowout
Voodoo2 Single @ 800x600
Celeron 400 SEPP Slot-1	29.5 fps
Celeron 400 PPGA Socket-370	29.1 fps
Pentium II 400 Slot-1	27.5 fps
Software Rendering @ 320x240
Celeron 400 SEPP Slot-1	27.2 fps
Celeron 400 PPGA Socket-370	27.1 fps
Pentium II 400 Slot-1	24.5 fps

Motocross Madness - Houston 8 Opponents
Voodoo2 Single @ 800x600
Celeron 400 SEPP Slot-1	43.0 fps
Celeron 400 PPGA Socket-370	44.6 fps
Pentium II 400 Slot-1	42.1 fps

In Half-Life, a game both CPU and 3D intensive, the Celerons actually pull ahead of their older Pentium II sibling, coming out on top in both the 3DFX and Software mode tests. Based heavily off the Quake 1 engine, Half-Life is actually playable in software, and even at low resolutions manages to keep its intense visuals and effects.

Motocross Madness, an excellent Direct3D candidate, has an fps counter, but no timedemo utility. Tests were done by sitting in a corner of the Houston Supercross track while 8 computer opponents ran the course. Screen captures were taken every 30 seconds of the race, and averaged from those values afterwards. Again, there is no appreciable difference between the Pentium II and either of the Celeron 400 processors, making these new Intel offerings a godsend for the PC gamer.