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.	GeForce2 Ti	125.1
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	196.7
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	84.2
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	201.7
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	189.1
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	202.5

Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768 nv15demo
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	GeForce2 Ti	56.6
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	59.8
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	46.3
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	60
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	57.6
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	59.9

Like we saw in RTCW, the resolution 1024x768 has now become all CPU limited, the GeForce3 Ti500 and the Radeon 8500's retail and OEM perform almost identical to each other.

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 demo001
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	GeForce2 Ti	33.8
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	110.9
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	36.3
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	105.1
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	97.8
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	107

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 nv15demo
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	GeForce2 Ti	34.4
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	50.6
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	22.6
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	53.5
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	51.2
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	53.5

At the higher resolutions, in demo001 again the GeForce3 Ti500 and the Radeon 8500's perform very close to each other. In the nv15demo, it looks like the T&L in the radeon is just a tad more efficient when the cards are under stress.

Serious Sam 2	Source: CroTeam

Serious Sam 2 is a game that uses OpenGL and is a little more advanced than the now retired Quake III Arena. Higher numbers denote faster frames per second (FPS), and hence, better performance.

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1024x768 Little Trouble) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	GeForce2 Ti	49.9
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	75.1
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	47.4
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	71.7
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	65.1
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	71.4

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1024x768 Valley of the Jaguar) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	GeForce2 Ti	37.1
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	47.1
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	36.3
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	46.6
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	45.2
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	46.6

Serious Sam 2 is more of a overall system benchmark then anything else. It has a hard time differentiating the GeForce3 Ti500 and the Radeon 8500's.

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1600x1200 Little Trouble) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	GeForce2 Ti	21.5
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	29.4
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	23.2
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	33.4
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	30.1
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	33.4

Serious Sam 2 (Quality 1600x1200 Valley of the Jaguar) Benchmark Results
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	GeForce2 Ti	17.1
2.	GeForce3 Ti500	24.4
3.	Radeon 64 DDR	18.5
4.	ATi Radeon 8500	23.4
5.	FIC Radeon 8500	21.5
6.	FIC Radeon 8500 (oc'ed)	23.4

It was horrible running these benchmarks at this resolution. Not even the mighty GeForce3 Ti500 or Radeon 8500 could pull decent frame rates.