Mad
Onion's 3D Mark 2000
In my review of the Absolute
Multimedia GeForce2 GTS it became apparent that the CPU was actually the
limiting factor in obtaining a high 3D Mark score. Considering the GeForce2
is running at the stock 66 MHz AGP bus and not the 89 MHz it ran at during
my highest testing in its review with the Pentium III this score is very acceptable.
As a matter of fact, my Pentium III @ 690 MHz scores 6178 with 3D Mark 2K.
The Celeron just got pounded by Duron, even though it walked into this comparison
looking like a champ.
While 3D Mark is a good benchmark
for comparing your system performance to another's, it simply doesn't show
all the performance capable from a configuration like a game benchmark can.
You can download 3D Mark 2000 here.
Quake
3 Arena
Duron
|
|
640
x 480
|
800
x 600
|
1280
x 1024
|
|
Fastest
|
104.9
|
103.5
|
100.2
|
|
Normal
|
98.1
|
97.4
|
94.4
|
|
High
Quality
|
97.7
|
96.5
|
60.8
|
Celeron
| |
640
x 480
|
800
x 600
|
1280
x 1024
|
|
Fastest
|
102
|
95
|
94.2
|
|
Normal
|
97.3
|
93.8
|
92
|
|
High
Quality
|
95.8
|
84.6
|
51.7
|
Here, the resolutions are all
separated. You can figure out where your gaming preferences fall. The Azza/Duron
combo just surpassed the Celeron2 in every resolution and configuration.
This is the first CPU I've tested with this video card that surpassed 60
FPS at 1280 x 1024 in High Quality configuration. Considering the biggest
limitation for this GTS card was the CPU, the Duron is just killing the
Celeron2. The differences really stant out in the High Quality benchmarks
- the Duron's lead is quite impressive in the higher resolutions. Anyone
remember that this is the CPU that is 50 MHz slower and had slower memory
performance due to the motherboard?
