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Roundup of 7 Contemporary Integrated Graphics Chipsets for Socket 478 and Socket A Platforms (page 11)

Category: Chipsets

by Tim Tscheblockov

[ 07/05/2004 | 11:09 AM ]

Quake 3: Arena

Quake 3: Arena is a crucial test among gaming applications. If a chipset cannot run this game, you can expect it to be better anywhere else, since Quake 3 is a test for which bugs are removed and drivers are optimized in the first place.

So what do we see? At the medium settings, in the 800x600 resolution, the chipsets from VIA and SiS cannot run the game fast enough for you to play comfortably.

The situation improves in the speedy mode: at last we see all the integrated chipsets show the acceptable speed in the 800x600 resolution.

Performance in Synthetic tests: PCMark 04

You should only compare the results of the chipsets by the platform: PCMark 04 is not a tool to compare chipsets for different platforms. According to the results, the dual-channel chipsets have the most efficient memory controllers and, quite expectedly, the i865G and nForce2 are the fastest in their categories.