Chip.de german PC magazine website has taken the two leading graphics solutions to it's labs for a quick test. Since all the stuff is in german we have snipped the most interesting part for ya. Does ATI's 0,15-micron-build board equipped with 3,6 nanosecond DDR RAM stand up to it's competitor?. What are 550 MHz RAM clock and 275 MHz core clock worth in numbers? Who is taking the lead? Read More Test system Enmic 8KAX+ mobo
AMD AthlonC 1,2 GHz
256 MByte DDR-SDRAM
Soundblaster Live! 5.1
IBM DTLA-307030 HDD
Windows 98 SE
DX 8.0a Graphics Drivers RADEON 8500: 4.13.7191
GeForce3 Ti 500: Detonator XP 21.85 Benchmark Results 3DMark 2001 Resolution, Color Depth: 1.024 x 768, 32 Bit
Radeon 8500: 7426 3DMarks
GeForce3 Ti/500: 6820 3DMarks Resolution, Color Depth: 1.600 x 1.200, 32 Bit
Radeon 8500: 5146 3DMarks
GeForce3 Ti/500: 4905 3DMarks Quake 3 Arena, demo001 Resolution, Color Depth: 1.024 x 768, 32 Bit
Radeon 8500: 148 fps
GeForce3 Ti/500: 150 fps Resolution, Color Depth: 1.600 x 1.200, 32 Bit
Radeon 8500: 101 fps GeForce3 Ti/500: 106 fps Well pretty impressive after all. However I would like to see these two run under DirectX 8.1 and corresponding applications since the Radeon 8500 has full DX 8.1 compliance. Another point of notice is that the Radeon 8500 sells for at least $50 bucks US less than Nvidias latest offering.