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NVIDIA GEFORCE3 VS SAPPHIRE 9000 PRO

"The Nvidia GeForce3 is tested against the Sapphire Radeon 9000 Pro, the Nvidia GeForce3 GPU is made by Nvidia and the Radeon 9000 Pro is made by ATI. We will answer the question is the Nvidia GeForce3 or Sapphire Radeon 9000 Pro faster? We will be using a collection of software including 3dmark 2001 SE, Quake 3 Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious Sam - SE and UT2003."

"The NVIDIA GeForce3™ family of graphics processing units (GPUs) shakes up the gaming industry with unprecedented visual effects and sizzling frame rates—injecting life into the previously artificial world of computer-generated graphics. Powered by the new NVIDIA nfiniteFX™ Engine and Lightspeed Memory Architecture, the GeForce3 Ti 500, GeForce3 Ti 200, and original GeForce3 GPUs enable users to experience a rich environment instead of just looking at it on a computer screen."

"The nfiniteFX Engine - With the nfiniteFX engine's programmability, games and other graphics-intensive applications can offer more exciting and stylized visual effects. Vertex and Pixel Shaders are two patented architectural advancements that allow for a multitude of effects."

"3D Textures - A new teachnology that is part of the nfiniteFX Engine, 3D textures make hollow objects solid with true three-dimensional material properties such as wood grain or marbling."

"Shadow Buffers - Another new feature of the GeForce3 Titanium series, shadow buffers create realistic shadow effects in real time. Enables self-shadowing for characters and objects, and softens the edges of shadows for realistic effects, adding depth to scenes and highlighting spatial relationships between objects."

3DMARK 2001 SE

NVIDIA GEFORCE36891
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO6650

NVIDIA GEFORCE3 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO

COMMENT - "The Nvidia GeForce3 starts off strongly beating the Sapphire Radeon 9000 Pro by 4%."

QUAKE 3 ARENA

800x600

NVIDIA GEFORCE3174
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO174

1024x768

NVIDIA GEFORCE3161
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO155

1280x1024

NVIDIA GEFORCE3145
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO134

NVIDIA GEFORCE3 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO

COMMENT - "The Nvidia GeForce3 and Sapphire Radeon 9000 Pro offer roughly the same performance at the lower resolutions however when you reach 1280x1024 the Nvidia GeForce3 pulls ahead by 8%."

QUAKE 3 ARENA 2xFSAA

640x480

NVIDIA GEFORCE3173
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO160

800x600

NVIDIA GEFORCE3149
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO118

1024x768

NVIDIA GEFORCE398
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO75

NVIDIA GEFORCE3 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO

COMMENT - "We have now enabled advanced options to get rid of the jagged edges and the Nvidia GeForce3 is clearly superior to the Sapphire Radeon 9000 Pro by offering 24% better performance."

QUAKE 3 ARENA 4xFSAA

640x480

NVIDIA GEFORCE3157
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO102

800x600

NVIDIA GEFORCE3116
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO67

1024x768

NVIDIA GEFORCE368
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO44

NVIDIA GEFORCE3 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9000 PRO

COMMENT - "We are now using an even more demanding advanced option and the Nvidia GeForce3 stretched it's lead over the Sapphire Radeon 9000 Pro to 36%."

INDEX
PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION AND SYSTEM INFORMATION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2001 SE AND QUAKE 3 ARENA
PAGE 3 - RTCW, SERIOUS SAM 2, UT2003 AND CONCLUSION

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