Comanche 4	Source: Novalogic

The Comanche 4 benchmark demo is a unique benchmark as it represents a real-world gaming experience. It contains the single player "Eagle's Talon" mission from the game as well as a detailed cinematic. This DirectX 8.1 benchmark demo will measure your system's performance in the standard frames per second format. The benchmark was run with audio disabled.

Comanche 4
640x480	FPS	Ranking
AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400)	54.89
Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400)	65.54
Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	76.13
Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400)	62.19
Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/533)	56.46
Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533)	61.47
Pentium 4 540 (925X 216/575)	65.3

In this extremely CPU dependent benchmark, the two Athlon 64 chips pull away from the Pentium 4 540. Surprisingly, the older Pentium 4 3.0C also posts a higher result.

Unreal Tournament 2003	Source: Epic

Unreal Tournament 2003 is the sequel to 1999's multiple 'Game of the Year' award winner. It uses the very latest Unreal Engine technology - where graphics, sound and game play are taken beyond the bleeding edge. Unreal Tournament 2003 employs the use of Vertex as well as Pixel Shaders and it's recommended that you use a DirectX 8 videocard to get the most out of the game.

UT2003 - Flyby:
640x480	FPS	Ranking
AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400)	224.53
Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400)	290.08
Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	333.29
Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400)	246.17
Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/533)	255.49
Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533)	262.87
Pentium 4 540 (925X 216/575)	268.44
UT2003 - Botmatch:
640x480	FPS	Ranking
AthlonXP 3200+ (NF2 Ultra 200/400)	73.71
Athlon64 3200+ (NF3-250 200/400)	91.67
Athlon64 3800+ (K8T800 Pro 200/400)	106.91
Pentium 4 3.0C (i875P 200/400)	82.43
Pentium 4 540 (915P 200/533)	83.66
Pentium 4 540 (925X 200/533)	85.45
Pentium 4 540 (925X 216/575)	87.6

Again, the two Athlon 64 chips prove to be more effective in the gaming benchmarks, leaving the Pentium 4 540 with the dubious honour of being the 'best of the rest.'