The video card used for all 4 systems is the Ati radeon X1950 PRO 512mb that I presented in the beginning. So all 4 platforms have the exact same card!

System 1: nforce3 250GB
Athlon 64 3400
2*1gb DDR400 at 3-3-3-8 CR1T
Abit NF8
WD raptor 150gb
Radeon X1950 PRO

System 2: nforce4
Athlon 64 3400
2*1gb DDR400 at 3-3-3-8 CR1T
Abit NV8
Radeon X1950 PRO
Kingston 960gb A400 for system
WD raptor 74gb for storage tests

System 3: ULI M1689

Athlon 64 3400
2*1gb DDR400 at 3-3-3-8 CR1T
Abit KU8
Radeon X1950 PRO
Kingston A400 240gb for the system
WD raptor 74gb for hard drive tests

System 4: VIA K8T800 PRO

Athlon 64 3400
2*1gb DDR400 at 3-3-3-8 CR1T
Abit KV8 PRO
Radeon X1950 PRO
WD raptor 74gb

As you have seen in the screenshots I used Radeon 10.2 drivers for NVIDIA and VIA systems. However in the case of ULI I had to use OMEGA drivers - latest version - because the system would lock up with any bridged AGP radeons. Tested with X1650 PRO and X1950 PRO. In addition AGP secondary latency timer in the BIOS has to be set to the highest value for the system to boot XP after you installed the omega drivers!

With X1650 PRO AGP Quake 4 and FEAR should be playable also on AGP systems as period correct reviews show it to be significantly more powerful than 7600 GT / 7800 GS. It is enough also for NFS Most Wanted 2005, but without full screen anti-aliasing.