AMD Athlon XP 2000+, A Virtual Milestone!

Author : Wayne Date : 7th January 2002

3DVelocity would like to thank AMD and especially Theresa Zimmer for their help and courtesy in providing this processor for review.

 

 

Benchmark Results :

Quake3 Arena Time Demo 001 :

Obviously I'd be strung up from the nearest tree if I didn't run Quake3 Arena benchmark, so here it is. The top graph is the results solely for the 2000+ to make it easier to ingest while below is the 1800+ comparison. Test were run at maximum everything.

XP2000+ Performance

 

XP2000+ and XP1800+ Performance

As I'm sure you've noticed, the greatest benefits are to be had at the lower resolutions, although if you're running at 1600x1200 and decide to enable 4xAA, those extra couple of frames per second could really count! One thing that should be immediately clear is that coupling the AthlonXP 2000+ with a high end video card like the GeForce Ti500 makes for one awe inspiring gaming rig.

VulpineGL :

VulpineGL is a nasty piece of OGL code, at least that's what your computer would tell you. With large maps, super-high polygon landscape models and detailed textures, this is designed to bring your computer to its knees.

The improvements may not look spectacular but that average framerate is a healthy 8%(ish) higher.

 

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