ST Micro's Kyro II & Hercules' 3D Prophet 4500 - Test Setup & Procedure



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ST Micro's Kyro II & Hercules' 3D Prophet 4500

Jun 18, 2001, 09:00am EDT

Test Setup & Procedure

	Test Setup
Processor	AMD Athlon 1 GHz, 266 MHz FSB
Mainboard	Iwill KK266-R
Memory	256MB Mushkin PC133 CL2 SDRAM
Video	Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 nVidia GeForce 2 Pro 64MB nVidia GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
Hard Disk	IBM Deskstar 75GXP DTLA-307020
Other	Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! Value SMC Etherpower 10/100 PCI NIC
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 2000

We chose to pair our cards with a 1GHz KT133A-based system, as we feel it offers the best indication of what potential users of this card should experience.

Each benchmark was run a minimum of three times, and the results averaged to ensure results were reliable. The card was also tested for driver compatibility with Intel chipsets, and Windows 98SE as well.

1. Introduction
2. The 3rd Dimension, Bringing Worlds to Life
3. Immediate Mode Rendering, The Industry Standard
4. Tile-Based Rendering, A New Approach
5. Rendering Overview
6. ST Microelectronics' Kyro II
7. Hercules 3D Prophet 4500
8. Test Setup & Procedure
9. Performance - Fill-rates & 3DMark
10. Performance - Quake 3 Arena
11. Performance - Mercedes Benz Truck Racing
12. Performance - Unreal Tournament
13. Performance - SPECviewperf
14. CPU Scaling Performance
15. FSAA Performance - Quake 3 Arena
16. FSAA Performance - Unreal Tournament
17. Summary

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Product Ratings

Imagination/ST Microelectronics Kyro II
Performance: 7/10
Stability: 10/10
Features: 3/10
Price: 10/10
Overall Rating: 9/10
Hercules 3D Prophet 4500
Performance: 7/10
Stability: 10/10
Quality: 10/10
Features: 4/10
Documentation: 7/10
Price: 10/10
Overall Rating: 9/10

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