Forsaken
Forsaken is an old
favourite among benchmarking probably because of the resultant high frame rates
one obtains while testing out a 3D card. As usual, all tests are run with Vsync
disabled.
As we see yet again, the Voodoo3 3000 is capable of pushing out
far more than 135.4 FPS if used with a CPU more powerful than a Celeron. This is
actually good news. I am pleased to see that this Voodoo3 3000 works superbly
with my current setup and will allow to see even higher framerates when the time
comes for a CPU upgrade. 1280x1024 is a different story though. The Voodoo3
turns out to be alot less CPU dependent than in lower resolutions. But still, as
we see in the benchmark, the framerates are still very
acceptable.
Expendable
Expendable is a very CPU dependent game which means that the
slightest difference in frame rates (even 1-2 FPS) signifies a great deal in
performance of any given 3D accelerator. On a side note, interestingly enough,
Rage software has included a warning with the game stating that possible
epilepsy fits may result due to the amount of white flashing that occurs in the
game. Sigh... What is the gaming world coming to? As if the accusations of
violent influence among games isn't enough, health hazards are now coming in the
picture.
Expendable benchmarks are in 640x480 resolution. When testing in
higher resolutions, the "go -timedemo" just seemed to fail (for reasons unknown
to me).
Even at such a low resolution of 640x480, the Celeron clocked at
333 just cannot handle more than 23 FPS average. Such is the complexity of
Expendable. But as in the case of both Expendable and Quake3, it really
shows!