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Benchmarks

The benchmarks I used were 3Dmark2000, QuakeIII (demo001), and the MDK2 demo. Each test was run 5 times with the highest and lowest scores removed leaving 3 scores which were averaged for the final total. Each benchmark was run with the highest possible quality settings, other than the variables being tested. Tests using 16bit colour depth used 16bit textures and tests using a 32bit colour depth used 32bit textures.

3Dmark2000 – Global Settings:

Z-buffer Depth: 16bit (16bit colour depth)

Z-buffer Depth: 24bit (32bit colour depth)

Frame Buffer: Triple

Hardware T&L

FSAA off

QuakeIII (demo001) – Global Settings:

Lighting: Lightmap

Geometric Detail: High

Texture Detail: Highest

Texture Filters: Trilinear

Full Screen: On

FSAA off

MDK2 Demo – Global Settings:

Colour Depth: 32bit

Texture Quality: Highest

Filtering: Trilinear

Mipmap on

Full screen on

Hardware T&L on

Benchmark Results

According to the ratings at Madonion.com, these results are Breathtaking and Amazing, but not quite Insane. I think that about sums them up.

Ditto for these.