Test System

System Setup

Abit BX6 2.0
Intel Pentium III 600
Intel Celeron 300A w/slocket
Corsair PC-100 3.3v SDRAM - 1x128MB
Western Digital Caviar 26400 6.4GB EIDE HD

Diamond Stealth III S540 Xtreme
     Driver version 1.03
Diamond Stealth III S540
     Savage4 win 95/98 v 1.00.07 with ICD - Engineering Release
3dfx Voodoo3 2000
     Driver version 1.02.03
Hercules Dynamite TNT2 Ultra (clocked down to 125/150)
     Driver version 2.08 (Detonator)

Benchmarks

3DMark99 MAX - 800x600x16
3DMark99 MAX - 800x600x32
3DMark99 MAX - 1024x768x16
3DMark99 MAX - 1024x768x32

Quake II 3.20 Demo1 - 640x480x8
Quake II 3.20 Demo1 - 800x600x16

Quake II 3.20 Crusher - 640x480x8
Quake II 3.20 Crusher - 800x600x16

Q3Test 1.08 - 640x480 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Q3Test 1.08 - 800x600 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Q3Test 1.08 - 1024x768 Fastest, Normal, High Quality

Expendable demo - 640x480x16
Expendable demo - 640x480x32
Expendable demo - 1024x768x16
Expendable demo - 1024x768x32

Notes

We decided to throw the Stealth III S540 Xtreme against a normal S540 to show the speed improvements with the increased clock rate and better drivers. We also included a Voodoo 3 2000 and TNT2 Ultra clocked down to 125/150MHz, because those are the other cards in the Xtreme's $100-130 price range.