Test System Setup

Test System

Intel Celeron 300A@450MHz(4.5x100MHz)
Intel P3-600E@600MHz(6.0x100MHz)
Iwill PPGA to Slot-1 adapter
Abit FC-PGA to Slot-1 adapter
Abit BE6-II motherboard
Apacer 128MB PC133 SDRAM

Western Digital Caviar ATA-66 hard drive

NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS 32MB AGP
Driver version: Detonator 5.16

ASUS V6800 GeForce 256 32MB DDR
Driver version: Detonator 5.16

Windows 98 SE

Benchmarks

3DMark2000 - 800x600x16
3DMark2000 - 800x600x32
3DMark2000 - 1024x768x16
3DMark2000 - 1024x768x32

Quake 3 Retail - 512x384 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 640x480 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 800x600 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 1024x768 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 1600x1200 Fastest, Normal, High Quality

Notes

Yes, you read that right. NVIDIA gave us the new Detonator 5.16 drivers to play with. We decided to throw the GeForce 2 up against its little brother to see how much performance has improved. We're cooking up several Voodoo 5 comparisons for later, but we wanted to keep this preview in the family for now.

We decided to use the 5.16 drivers for both cards since we all know that the 5.X drivers smoke the 3.X drivers. We had to give the regular GeForce a figting chance. Sending it out with the 3.68s would have been like sending a lamb to slaughter.

Please don't ask us to send you the 5.16 drivers. NVIDIA made it clear that they are for editorial purposes only (which means they're probably out there somewhere).