Quake
III Arena
High Quality - 1024x768x32 |
NVIDIA
GeForce3 Ti 500

ATI Radeon 8500

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The new drivers from ATI "fix" the Quake III Arena issue that
was recently exposed. The image quality of the Radeon 8500 is now identical
to that of the GeForce3. The performance between the two parts is under 4% which
isn't noticeable.
Wolfenstein
MP Test
atdemo8 - 1024x768x32 |
NVIDIA
GeForce3 Ti 500

ATI Radeon 8500

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The new drivers also improve performance under Wolfenstein MP,
now the GeForce3 Ti 500 only holds a 3% performance advantage over the Radeon
8500. According to ATI, their optimizations for the Quake III engine (not referring
to the quack/quake issue) now work under all Quake III engine based games including
Wolfenstein. The results are obvious but they get even more interesting as we
crank up the resolution...
Wolfenstein
MP Test
atdemo8 - 1600x1200x32 |
ATI
Radeon 8500

NVIDIA
GeForce3 Ti 500

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Here's something we didn't expect to see; the Radeon 8500 is actually
slightly faster than the Ti 500. The 6.7% performance advantage is a direct
result of the new drivers and makes the 8500 much more competitive.
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