Benchmarks II
Testing gaming performance, at 1024x768x32, and paired the powerful ATi Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, subsystem performance should be a considerable limiting factor in overall performance.
Running 3DMark2001SE v330 first.
5,000 marks separates the default and overclocked XP1700. Here's a game-by-game breakdown.
Notice how the card-limited nature test barely benefits from the boost. However, all other tests show a marked increase.
And now the pretty Comanche 4.
Serious Sam 2 is fed to the 2.3GHz bandwidth monster next.
A powerful graphics card shows just how valuable a fast subsystem is.
