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The MircroStar MS-8851 VER:130
Geforce 3 ti 200 64MB (From a Compaq)
Driver used: 45.23

3dmark 99 MAX: 12647 3D marks.

3dmark 2000: 9208 3D marks.

3dmark 2001: 7514 3D marks.

GL-Quake 640*480 32bit: 455.4 FPS

GL-Quake 800*600 32bit: 328 FPS

GL-Quake 1024*768 32bit: 217.2 FPS

GL-Quake 1280*960 32bit: 148.7 FPS

Quake II 640*480 32bit: 419.9 FPS

Quake II 800*600 32bit: 356.8 FPS

Quake II 1024*768 32bit: 268.6 FPS

Quake II 1280*960 32bit: 194.9 FPS

Quake III 640*480 32bit: 218 FPS

Quake III 800*600 32bit: 208.8 FPS

Quake III 1024*768 32bit: 176.5 FPS

Quake III 1280*1024 32bit: 127.8 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 640*480 32bit: 160.5 FPS (Bottlenecked by the CPU)

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 800*600 32bit: 155.8 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1024*768 32bit: 140.9 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1280*768 32bit: 135.3 FPS

Overclocking

The stock speed of this card is 175 MHz core, 400 MHz memory.
The overclocked speed is 230 MHz core, 500 MHz memory.

Overclocked 3dmark 2001 result: 8483 3D marks.

Now i wonder what the temperature on a fanless Geforce 3 would be, not to mention OC temps!
I remember trying to attach a big cpu cooler once without fan on a Asus Geforce 3 and the damn thing would get so hot that it looked that it would die at any given moment if i kept it like that.

I really like these benchies, keep them coming!

rick6 wrote:

Now i wonder what the temperature on a fanless Geforce 3 would be, not to mention OC temps!
I remember trying to attach a big cpu cooler once without fan on a Asus Geforce 3 and the damn thing would get so hot that it looked that it would die at any given moment if i kept it like that.

I really like these benchies, keep them coming!

I mounted a low rpm chassi fan 10 cm (~4 inches) from the cards to simulate some airflow in a ventilated chassi.
I have benched a few cards already I just need to sort through the images... With luck I will manage to post results for 2 or 3 more cards today.

MSI MS-8870 VER:100
Geforce 4 ti 4200 64MB (with Asus cooling)
Driver used: 45.23

3dmark 99 MAX: 14832 3D marks.

3dmark 2000: 13091 3D marks.

3dmark 2001: 10279 3D marks.

GL-Quake 640*480 32bit: 536.6 FPS

GL-Quake 800*600 32bit: 475.6 FPS

GL-Quake 1024*768 32bit: 317.4 FPS

GL-Quake 1280*960 32bit: 212.3 FPS

Quake II 640*480 32bit: 429.6 FPS

Quake II 800*600 32bit: 421.9 FPS

Quake II 1280*960 32bit: 321.5 FPS

Quake III 640*480 32bit: 218.9 FPS

Quake III 800*600 32bit: 218.9 FPS

Quake III 1024*768 32bit: 205.5 FPS

Quake III 1280*1024 32bit: 165.6 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 640*480 32bit: 161.5 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 800*600 32bit: 157.8 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1024*768 32bit: 152.3 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1280*768 32bit: 155.7 FPS !?

Overclocking

The stock speed of this card is 250 MHz core, 513 MHz memory.
The overclocked speed is 300 MHz core, 600 MHz memory.

Overclocked 3dmark 2001 result: 11178 3D marks.

MicroStar MS-8872 VER:200
Geforce 4 ti 4600 128MB
Driver used: 45.23

3dmark 99 MAX: 15193 3D marks.

3dmark 2000: 13792 3D marks.

3dmark 2001: 11413 3D marks.

GL-Quake 640*480 32bit: 539.3 FPS

GL-Quake 800*600 32bit: 519.6 FPS

GL-Quake 1024*768 32bit: 391 FPS

GL-Quake 1280*960 32bit: 264.4 FPS

Quake II 640*480 32bit: 425.6 FPS

Quake II 800*600 32bit: 429 FPS

Quake II 1024*768 32bit: 422.7 FPS

Quake II 1280*960 32bit: 380.7 FPS

Quake III 640*480 32bit: 219.9 FPS

Quake III 800*600 32bit: 216.5 FPS

Quake III 1024*768 32bit: 212.4 FPS

Quake III 1280*1024 32bit: 186 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 640*480 32bit: 159.8 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 800*600 32bit: 157.4 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1024*768 32bit: 151.4 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1280*768 32bit: 158 ?! FPS

Overclocking

The stock speed of this card is 300 MHz core, 660 MHz memory.
The overclocked speed is 325 MHz core, 720 MHz memory.

Overclocked 3dmark 2001 result: 11786 3D marks.

I have same CPU, but older MB(SL-75KAV), with Radeon 9800XT I had 12700 marks in 2001SE, and with 4200Ti same results. I can post screens if you want.

Insane FPS!

I guess a 1600 x 1200 resolution would have been nice to give these cards at least a little bit of a challenge 😀

And if you have Excel, PowerPoint or something similar you could make a nice chart out of all your data!

philscomputerlab wrote:

Insane FPS!

I guess a 1600 x 1200 resolution would have been nice to give these cards at least a little bit of a challenge 😀

I do test some of the cards at 1280*1024 aswell but because lots of the slower cards wont handle 1280 I limit the results here to 640 and 1024. If a card gets 200+ FPS at 1024 its safe to say that it will handle 1600*1200 as long as it has enough memory.

Jax wrote:

I have same CPU, but older MB(SL-75KAV), with Radeon 9800XT I had 12700 marks in 2001SE, and with 4200Ti same results. I can post screens if you want.

3dmark 2001 is CPU limited. I would get those numbers if I could run the memory at 333 MHz but my motherboard dosnt recognize the CPU so I am limited to 266 MHz. I do expect to get ~13000 points with the FX 5900 though but we will see when I get there. If you run Windows XP that will increase the scores somewhat.

The vast differences in performance when comparing more or less identical systems is the main reason for this little project.

1600 x 1200 is 2.4x the pixels of 1024 x 768. Maybe test the cards that can handle this resolution and the lower cards as high as they can go. 16 MB of memory should be enough.

philscomputerlab wrote:

1600 x 1200 is 2.4x the pixels of 1024 x 768. Maybe test the cards that can handle this resolution and the lower cards as high as they can go. 16 MB of memory should be enough.

My high res CRTs is buisy doing other stuff but I can add 1280 scores to get a better picture of the scaling. I can add 800*600 aswell.
My self I never use higher res than 1280*1024 in DX6 - DX8 games in Windows 98, I cant really see the point. If people use 1920*1200 LCDs it makes sense to use 1600*1200 I guess.

I was using a Mitsubishi 21" CRT from the late 80s back in the day, it was really sharp at 1024*768 @ 75 Hz and it maxed out at 1280*1024 @ 67 Hz.

I will probably only add one card today but I will see if I can find the time to add the missing 800*600 and 1280*X scores for the cards already posted.

Nvidia Quadro 4
980 XGL
Driver used: 45.23

3dmark 99 MAX: 15214 3D marks.

3dmark 2000: 13783 3D marks.

3dmark 2001: 11281 3D marks.

GL-Quake 640*480 32bit: 533.6 FPS

GL-Quake 800*600 32bit: 521.1 FPS

GL-Quake 1024*768 32bit: 384.2 FPS

GL-Quake 1280*960 32bit: 259.3 FPS

Quake II 640*480 32bit: 426.6 FPS

Quake II 800*600 32bit: 424.8 FPS

Quake II 1024*768 32bit: 408.9 FPS

Quake II 1280*960 32bit: 369.6 FPS

Quake III 640*480 32bit: 221.5 FPS

Quake III 800*600 32bit: 218.9 FPS

Quake III 1024*768 32bit: 206.5 FPS

Quake III 1280*1024 32bit: 171.4 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 640*480 32bit: 160 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 800*6000 32bit: 156.5 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1024*768 32bit: 152.2 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1280*768 32bit: 157.4 ?! FPS

Overclocking

The stock speed of this card is 297 MHz core, 650 MHz memory.
The overclocked speed is 335 MHz core, 730 MHz memory.

Overclocked 3dmark 2001 result: 11882 3D marks.

ELSA GLoria III
Quadro 2 Pro 64MB
Driver used: 45.23

3dmark 99 MAX: 13336 3D marks.

3dmark 2000: 9844 3D marks.

3dmark 2001: 5349 3D marks.

GL-Quake 640*480 32bit: 379.8 FPS

GL-Quake 800*600 32bit: 264.1 FPS

GL-Quake 1024*768 32bit: 169 FPS

GL-Quake 1280*960 32bit: 113.7 FPS

Quake II 640*480 32bit: 377.3 FPS

Quake II 800*600 32bit: 281.6 FPS

Quake II 1024*768 32bit: 187.9 FPS

Quake II 1280*960 32bit: 125.6 FPS

Quake III 640*480 32bit: 211.7 FPS

Quake III 800*600 32bit: 172.1 FPS

Quake III 1024*768 32bit: 112.3 FPS

Quake III 1280*1024 32bit: 68.5 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 640*480 32bit: 152.3 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 800*6000 32bit: 141.8 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1024*768 32bit: 116.4 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1280*768 32bit: 103.1 FPS

Overclocking

The stock speed of this card is 250 MHz core, 400 MHz memory.
The overclocked speed is 300 MHz core, 550 MHz memory.

Overclocked 3dmark 2001 result: 6333 3D marks.

BONUS. Overclocked Quake 3 1280*1024 result: 94.9 FPS, a huge gain.

Interesting, I've wondered about the gaming performance difference between the 980XGL and the Ti4600.
There was basically no difference at all in 3DMark 2000 and 2001. In Q3 1280x1024x32 the 980XGL falls closer to the Ti4200 score, but the scores are so high it might not mean much between them. 186fps Ti4600, 171.4fps 90XGL, 165.6fps Ti4200. They're very close.

shamino wrote:

Interesting, I've wondered about the gaming performance difference between the 980XGL and the Ti4600.
There was basically no difference at all in 3DMark 2000 and 2001. In Q3 1280x1024x32 the 980XGL falls closer to the Ti4200 score, but the scores are so high it might not mean much between them. 186fps Ti4600, 171.4fps 90XGL, 165.6fps Ti4200. They're very close.

The 980 XGL has 10 MHz slower memory and 3 MHz slower core clock compared to this ti 4600.
This does explain some of the difference.

Two more cards incoming, $1 cards this time.
I thought Geforce4 MX would struggle at higher resolutions but they did mostly fine.
Geforce4 MX needs 128 bit memory and some overclocking to reach its potential.

Albatron MX480E
Geforce4 MX440 AGP8X 64MB
275 MHz Core, 300 MHz memory (128bit)
Driver used: 45.23

3dmark 99 MAX: 11204 3D marks.

3dmark 2000: 6156 3D marks.

3dmark 2001: 3793 3D marks.

GL-Quake 640*480 32bit: 213.4 FPS

GL-Quake 800*600 32bit: 142.5 FPS

GL-Quake 1024*768 32bit: 92.5 FPS

GL-Quake 1280*960 32bit: 60.6 FPS

Quake II 640*480 32bit: 269.8 FPS

Quake II 800*600 32bit: 195.2 FPS

Quake II 1024*768 32bit: 128.6 FPS

Quake II 1280*960 32bit: 83.4 FPS

Quake III 640*480 32bit: 184.8 FPS

Quake III 800*600 32bit: 137.3 FPS

Quake III 1024*768 32bit: 87.8 FPS

Quake III 1280*1024 32bit: 52.4 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 640*480 32bit: 137.5 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 800*6000 32bit: 103.4 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1024*768 32bit: 69 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1280*768 32bit: 57.2 FPS

Overclocking

The stock speed of this card is 275 MHz core, 300 MHz memory.
The overclocked speed is 333 MHz core, 450 MHz memory.

Overclocked 3dmark 2001 result: 5438 3D marks.

Overclocked Quake III 1280*1024 score: 81 FPS

Leadtek Geforce4 MX440SE AGP8X 64MB.
250 MHz Core 400 MHz memory (128bit)
Driver used: 45.23

3dmark 99 MAX: 12469 3D marks.

3dmark 2000: 7296 3D marks.

3dmark 2001: 4867 3D marks.

GL-Quake 640*480 32bit: 256.7 FPS

GL-Quake 800*600 32bit: 172.7 FPS

GL-Quake 1024*768 32bit: 112.8 FPS

GL-Quake 1280*960 32bit: 75.5 FPS

Quake II 640*480 32bit: 348.9 FPS

Quake II 800*600 32bit: 248.9 FPS

Quake II 1024*768 32bit: 170.3 FPS

Quake II 1280*960 32bit: 115.6 FPS

Quake III 640*480 32bit: 206.6 FPS

Quake III 800*600 32bit: 168.9 FPS

Quake III 1024*768 32bit: 116 FPS

Quake III 1280*1024 32bit: 71.1 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 640*480 32bit: 150.3 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 800*6000 32bit: 127.3 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1024*768 32bit: 91.6 FPS

Unreal Gold (Direct 3D) 1280*768 32bit: 77.7 FPS

Overclocking

The stock speed of this card is 250 MHz core, 400 MHz memory.
The overclocked speed is 333 MHz core, 550 MHz memory.

Overclocked 3dmark 2001 result: 6211 3D marks.

Overcloked Quake III 1280*1024 score: 99.5 FPS

I can offer a Geforce MX420 if you need one.

MrEWhite wrote:

I can offer a Geforce MX420 if you need one.

I think I already have one of those somewhere, I just need to find it. 😀

I will update with the FX 5900 Ultra and the Geforce 2 MX 400 soon, they are already benched.
TNT2, TNT2 M64 and Riva 128 are also incoming. My TNT card was showing artifacts when I tried it last time but perhaps it works in this system.
A vanilla Geforce 3 and trying the FX 5600 Ultra with another driver is also on the list. And with a newer driver the GF 6200 and 6800 GT should work, or at least the 6800 GT.