Okay same setup and system with underclocking
183-MHZ 35 fps
166-MHz 35 fps
143-MHz 34 fps
125-MHz 33 fps
then I switched in a Voodoo3 1000 (Velocity 100) 8MB card
Both TMU's enabled / Single TMU (stock)
143-MHz 33 fps / 30 fps
125-MHz 31 fps / 27 fps
100-MHz 29 fps / 22 fps
Interesting results. I think I will build this system with my cheap Voodoo3 1000, possibly glue on a different heatsink with fan, run it at 100-MHz with a single TMU enabled. This should last a very long time, play what I want and I have faster machines for anything more advanced. At 800x600 this produces 30 fps. Anyway you can definitely see it is CPU bound. I really like this setup Phil came up with and plan to get this thing finished soon and get it home to be my main gaming box for a while. I am really wanting to focus on some older stuff right now like Dune 2, Lords of the Realm 2, Command and Conquer Red Alert, among others. The final decision on speed and TMU's will be playing Thief 1 and 2.
Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE