First post, by The Serpent Rider
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- l33t++
Article: https://www.ixbt.com/video2/over2k4.shtml
Posting it here mostly for convenience sake and archiving. Original graphs are stored in flash format, which were not updated for modern browsing and most likely never will be. So I've ripped swf files (archive included) directly, for ease of access in image viewers like XnView (via flash plugin) or stand-alone flash players. I'll probably redo these graphs later.
Additionally I've revised provided excel file and changed order of cards roughly by their hardware capabilities. AA+AF tests of some cards are grouped together.
Test setup:
• AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (2166 MHz)
• Motherboard MSI KT7 Ultra-2 (VIA KT333)
• RAM 1 GB DDR SDRAM 400 (most likely working at 333 Mhz)
• HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80GB SATA
• OS Windows XP SP2; DirectX 9.0c
• Monitor Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070sb (22")
• VSync - off
Drivers:
• ATI Rage 128 Pro - ????? (probably 3.279)
• ATI 6.476 (CATALYST 4.9)
• NVIDIA Forceware 65.76
• 3dfx Amigamerlin 3.0
• S3 Savage4 - 8.40.02
• S3 Savage2000 — 9.21.01
• SIS Xabre - ????? (probably 3.5.302)
• PowerVR Kyro — 21.00.07
• Matrox G400/G550 — 5.92.006
• Matrox Parhelia — 1.07.00
• XGI Volari - ????? (probably latest official during 2004)
• S3 DeltaChromeS8 — 15.10.11
Test settings:
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• Serious Sam: The Second Encounter v.1.05 (Croteam/GodGames)
OpenGL, multitexturing, ixbt0703-demo, benchmark settings: quality, S3TC OFF.
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• Unreal Tournament 2003 v.2225 (Digital Extreme/Epic Games)
Direct3D, Vertex Shaders, Hardware T&L, Dot3, cube texturing, default quality.
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• Code Creatures Benchmark Pro (CodeCult)
Game test, DirectX 8.1, Shaders, Hardware T&L.
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• Unreal II: The Awakening (Legend Ent./Epic Games)
Direct3D, Vertex Shaders, Hardware T&L, Dot3, cube texturing, default quality.
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• RightMark 3D v.0.4 (one of game scenes)
DirectX 8.1, Dot3, cube texturing, shadow buffers, vertex and pixel shaders (1.1, 1.4).
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• Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness v.49 (Core Design/Eldos Software)
DirectX 9.0, Paris5_4 demo. Maximum quality, but with disabled Depth of Fields PS 2.0.
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• HALO: Combat Evolved (Microsoft)
Direct3D, Vertex/Pixel Shaders 1.1/2.0, Hardware T&L, maximum quality.
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• PainKiller v.1.31(People Can Fly/Dreamcatcher)
DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, test settings — maximum quality. Testing with integrated benchmark.
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• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell v.1.2b (UbiSoft)
Direct3D, Vertex/Pixel Shaders 1.1/2.0, Hardware T&L, maximum quality (Very High); demo 1_1_2_Tbilisi.
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• Call of Duty (MultiPlayer) (Infinity Ward/Activision)
OpenGL, multitexturing, ixbt0104demo, maximum quality, S3TC ON.
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• FarCry 1.2 (Crytek/UbiSoft)
DirectX 9.0, multitexturing, demo01 (research) (game launched with -DEVMODE command line), settings - Very High.
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• Quake3 Arena v.1.17 (id Software/Activision)
OpenGL, multitexturing, ixbt0703-demo, maximum quality: geometry level — High,
texture quality — 4, S3TC OFF, Bézier Curves additionally tweaked with r_subdivisions «1» and
r_lodCurveError «30000» (note: default level is r_lodCurveError «250» !).
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• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (MultiPlayer) (id Software/Activision)
OpenGL, multitexturing, ixbt0703-demo, maximum quality, S3TC OFF. Demo and presets are in attached archive.
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• DOOM III (id Software/Activision)
OpenGL, multitexturing, Low Quality (shadows on, normal maps on).
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FX 5800/FX 5800 Ultra have abysmally low scores in Doom 3, so I've marked them in red. That's probably an error.
I've also revised excel file from this article (graphs are still readable directly): https://www.ixbt.com/video2/over2003-p1.shtml (80 video cards from 1999-2003 period)
Cards are adjusted by price.
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Other benchmark articles which are also interesting:
https://www.ixbt.com/video2/retro2003.shtml - 3D accelerator retrospective in 3 benchmarks.
https://www.ixbt.com/video2/retro2003-2.shtml - 63 3D accelerators tested on Pentium II 350 Mhz.
All credits go to ixbt.com and Andrey Vorobiev personally.
I must be some kind of standard: the anonymous gangbanger of the 21st century.
