UT2003, Call of Duty, Quake III
And more of the same in our UT2003 high-detail test.
The low-detail test runs a bot match at 800x600 resolution. As such, the emphasis shifts on to the subsystem's ability to churn out the required geometry; something that AMD's Athlon 64 3200+ is rather good at. Notice the drop between Rock's mains and battery results. We're glad that battery mode quietens the overall profile markedly, but it's not as quiet as Voodoo's battery-powered mode.
Call of Duty provides the first indication that 128MB of onboard memory can make a significantbenchmarkk difference. We feel as if Rock's 16% lead cannot be explained away by simply referring to its MR9600's faster clocks (345/470 vs. 350/400). The texture count is enough to make Voodoo's 64MB MR9600 choke.
Quake III is more about pure grunt, of which the Rock Xtreme XTR-3.2s has plenty. It's pretty darn quick, but we knew that at the outset. Our benchmark numbers have just reaffirmed our thoughts.
