Benchmarks

Test System Setup

Pentium III Coppermine 750 MHz
Celeron 500 MHz
Abit BF6 motherboard
1x128 MB SDRAM
Western Digital Caviar 310100 hard drive
Pioneer 6x DVD-ROM
3Com 100 Base T
ASUS AGP-6800 Deluxe GeForce 256 DDR
Driver version: Detonator 3.68
ATI Rage Fury MAXX
Driver Version: Factory Disc
Diamond Viper II
Driver Version: 4.11.01.9001-9.01.09
Win98 SE

Benchmarks

3DMark2000 - 800x600 16bit
3DMark2000 - 800x600 32bit
3DMark2000 - 1024x768 16bit
3DMark2000 - 1024x768 32bit

Quake 2 - Crusher 640x480
Quake 2 - Crusher 800x600
Quake 2 - Crusher 1024x768
Quake 2 - Demo1 640x480
Quake 2 - Demo1 800x600
Quake 2 - Demo1 1024x768

Quake 3 Retail - 640x480 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 800x600 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 1024x768 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 1280x1024 Fastest, Normal, High Quality
Quake 3 Retail - 1600x1200 Fastest, Normal, High Quality

Unreal Tournament 405b - Intro Flyby 640x480
Unreal Tournament 405b - Intro Flyby 800x600
Unreal Tournament 405b - Intro Flyby 1024x768
Unreal Tournament 405b - Intro Flyby 1280x1024
Unreal Tournament 405b - Intro Flyby 1600x1200

Notes

Despite the Viper II not even being in the same league as a DDR we wanted to throw in the comparison to see how they fared. The MAXX was tossed in because it is in the same price bracket as the DDR cards. If you want to see how the DDR fares against its little brother the SDR take a peek over here.