Quake III Arena	Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards, even after 3 years it's still able to bring a cutting edge system to its knees.

Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768 demo001
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)	231.1
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)	227.7
3.	Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)	213.5
4.	ECS AG400	168.4
5.	ATi Radeon 8500 64MB	203
6.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (325/620)	237.9
7.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (375/684)	239.6

Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768 nv15demo
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)	60.8
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)	59.4
3.	Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)	59.4
4.	ECS AG400	49.2
5.	ATi Radeon 8500 64MB	59.9
6.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (325/620)	56.5
7.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (375/684)	56.6

As we can see, if you have a high-end videocard you can play at higher resolutions.

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 demo001
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)	134.3
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)	134.9
3.	Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)	112.8
4.	ECS AG400	74.8
5.	ATi Radeon 8500 64MB	99.8
6.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (325/620)	169.3
7.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (375/684)	188.2

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 nv15demo
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (DetXP 30.82)	58.6
2.	MSI G4Ti4600-TD (Det 40.41)	57.9
3.	Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo (DetXP 30.82)	54.4
4.	ECS AG400	40.6
5.	ATi Radeon 8500 64MB	57.9
6.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (325/620)	56.3
7.	Crucial Radeon 9700 Pro (375/684)	56.4

At 1600x1200 in Demo001 we see the Radeon 9700 card is really in front of the Ti4600. When we test under nv15demo things become CPU limited.