Round Up - Integrated 3D Graphics Motherboard Shootout

Review by Edward Chang, call sign: Big_E

September 22, 2002

3D Gaming Benchmarks:

3DMark2001 Second Edition

Many sources claimed that Intel's newest integrated solution was comparable to the integrated GeForce2 MX found on an Nforce. Our tests show that the i845G is about 33% slower than Nvidia's Nforce. In reality, the I845G scored closer to a GeForce2 MX powered by SDRAM, which is actually slower than a TNT2. The Radeon VE and i845G are TNT2/Pro level, while the SiS 315 is TNT2-M64 level.

3DMark2000 v.1.1

Unreal Tournament

The AT31 with its integrated Radeon VE makes quite a comeback; outscoring the i845G and is just shy of Nforce performance.

Quake 3 Arena

This is SiS' finest hour! The SiS 315 beats the i845G in the High Quality test and nearly ties in the Normal test of Q3A.

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