Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena Fastest Setting
Setting:	demo001	nv15demo
12.5x133	264.5 fps	76.3 fps
10x170	303.9 fps	88.0 fps

Quake III just dies on high FSB's/memory bandwidth. It seems to crave it like chocolate. That's the reason why the Pentium 4 does so well in this test. Still, the Athlon even at stock speeds is fairing quite well! Let's turn up the settings a little.

Quake III Arena - Max 1024x768 Setting
Setting:	demo001	nv15demo
12.5x133	164.9 fps	55.5 fps
10x170	178.9 fps	62.2 fps

Same thing here, the system with the higher bus speed wins hands down. At this setting in demo001, there's a 14 fps difference!

RTCW

RTCW - Max 640x480 Setting
Setting:	atdemo6	atdemo8
12.5x133	57.7 fps	153.2 fps
10x170	61.9 fps	167.8 fps

Return to Castle Wolfenstein being based on the Quake III engine and is an equally addictive game. It is not much of a surprise that it can tell the differences between the two speed settings, though it's not as drastic as that in Quake III.

RTCW - Max 1024x768 Setting
Setting:	atdemo6	atdemo8
12.5x133	54.9 fps	140.0 fps
10x170	59.6 fps	148.9 fps

Finally here, there's still quite a difference, however the video card is becoming more of a bottleneck. Still, it's obvious which system RTCW prefers.