DroneZ	Source: Zetha Gamez

The game DroneZ was developed to leverage features unique to the GeForce3 nfiniteFX engine and is primarily an OpenGL benchmark. In this rolling demo 423 unique vertex shaders can be are used to create inspiring graphics from a host of game play scenes and provide a realtime test of the DroneZ engine and graphics. All of the test cards were run at GeForce2 normal mode. Sure everything looked bland, but it works!

Higher numbers denote faster frames per second (FPS), and hence, better performance.

DroneZ (1024x768) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Asus V7700Pro	174.1
2.	MSI StarForce822	194.7
3.	MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG	201.4
4.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure	202.1
Overclocking Benchmark Results
5.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600)	214.3

DroneZ is one of the newer games out there and serves as a good indicator of things to come. The tests were run on GeForce2 Normal mode so all cards can compete on equal terms. This is why the frame rate is so high.

Still, DroneZ can differentiate between the various GF2 and GF3/GF3Ti cards. There's a nice healthy gain when overclocking the Ti500!

Return to Castle Wolfenstein	Source: ID Software

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a relatively new game benchmark. However, RTCW takes up where Quake III left off and continues to form the basis of the first person shooter system stressing that QIII has become a hallmark for. Based upon the Quake III engine, RTCS is obviously going to be quite taxing on even a top end system.

Higher numbers denote faster frames per second (FPS), and hence, better performance.

RTCW (640x480 Normal atdemo6) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Asus V7700Pro	63.7
2.	MSI StarForce822	66.4
3.	MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG	67.2
4.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure	67.9
Overclocking Benchmark Results
5.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600)	70.1

RTCW (640x480 Normal atdemo8) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Asus V7700Pro	178.4
2.	MSI StarForce822	180.1
3.	MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG	181.6
4.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure	181.9
Overclocking Benchmark Results
5.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600)	183.4

RTCW (1024x768-32bit MAX atdemo6) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Asus V7700Pro	57.8
2.	MSI StarForce822	61.3
3.	MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG	64.5
4.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure	64.1
Overclocking Benchmark Results
5.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600)	67.9

RTCW (1024x768-32bit MAX atdemo8) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Asus V7700Pro	141.2
2.	MSI StarForce822	169.1
3.	MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG	172.3
4.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure	173.2
Overclocking Benchmark Results
5.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600)	177.6

Even at 1024x768 with MAX settings, the system is barely being pushed. Only the GeForce2 Pro starts really losing ground. All other GeForce3's do pretty well however.

RTCW (1600x1200-32bit MAX atdemo6) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Asus V7700Pro	34.2
2.	MSI StarForce822	49.5
3.	MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG	52.4
4.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure	52.4
Overclocking Benchmark Results
5.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600)	54

RTCW (1600x1200-32bit MAX atdemo8) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	Asus V7700Pro	61.4
2.	MSI StarForce822	96.1
3.	MSI G3Ti500 Pro-VTG	105.3
4.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure	106.4
Overclocking Benchmark Results
5.	Asus V8200Ti500 Pure (280/600)	115.3

As expected, the V7700Pro is bringing it up in the rear. Both GeForce3 Ti500's break the 100 fps barrier at 1600x1200 in the atdemo8 demo which is quite a feat in itself! With the atdemo6 benchmark the test system is still CPU limited at 1600x1200 pixels.