Quake 3 has been one of the most popular first person shooter (FPS) games for a number of years, for many reasons. One of the reasons are the insanely high frame rates you can get while playing, and the online gaming community that plays this game is very competitive in both gameplay and hardware. Many people feel that you can't play Quake unless you have a system that can achieve more than 60 frames per second. Of course that's ludicrous, but it sure does make it easier to hit your target when your computer does not slow down in a complex scene.
On each of the next 3 pages you will find 5 graphs showing the average frames per second from the 5 different video cards tested while using the 4 different processor upgrades benchmarked here. Please note that the Apple 466 system is a 2x AGP bus and it's results were slightly hindered by that limitation.
All tests were performed using the default "high quality" settings, no config file trickery or any unusual enhancements were performed generating these scores. Standard TimeDemo routines used.
Quite decent results for a 2+ year old entry level card.
This is the current "entry level" video card used in the most recent Apple systems.
ATI's 1-1/2 year old 8500 more than holds it's own when compared to the brand new RADEON 9000.
The ATI RADEON 9000 Pro is a very solid performer, and brings to the table dual monitor support that the 8500 did not offer.
The current "king of the hill" video card is without a doubt the nVidia GeForce4 Titanium. 128MB of super-fast VRAM means you can drive TWO monitors with 64MB devoted to EACH of them. This is one awesome card!
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