| Here are results of official tests from Metabyte Wicked3D executed using two Wicked3D Voodoo2 graphics boards in SLI configuration with Quake III Arena videogame and WickedGL drivers. Please note frame rate improvements at any video resolution when testers run Quake III Arena with WickedGL drivers. |
| WickedGL is a Metabyte Wicked3D technology. Since Metabyte Wicked3D website is no longer on line, we thought you would enjoy being able to consult these contents - originally published by Metabyte Wicked3D for 3dfx hardware users - once again. |
WickedGL Benchmarks
Tested on PIII-500 with 2 Wicked3D Voodoo2 boards in SLI configuration.
Drivers:
- 3dfx driver for Voodoo2 version 3.03.00, released on 12/3/99
- WickedGL drivers, released on 12/16/99
- Regular version of WickedGL
- WickedGL with high resolution modes optimization
Timedemo results:
| Resolution |
Quality
settings |
3dfx |
WickedGL
(1) |
WickedGL
(2) |
Improvement |
| Quake III Arena - Test Demo001 |
| 640x480 |
default | 47.6 | * 51.8 | 50.0 | +9% |
| maximum | 28.0 | * 50.9 | 49.1 | +82% |
| 800x600 |
default | 42.4 | * 49.5 | 48.7 | +17% |
| maximum | 26.3 | * 48.3 | 47.8 | +84% |
| 960x720 |
default | 34.2 | 43.1 | * 44.4 | +30% |
| maximum | 23.4 | 41.8 | * 43.3 | +85% |
| 1024x768 |
default | 30.6 | 39.6 | * 41.4 | +35% |
| maximum | 22.0 | 38.4 | * 40.3 | +83% |
| Quake III Arena - Test Demo002 |
| 640x480 |
default | 46.1 | * 48.0 | 46.2 | +4% |
| maximum | 16.5 | * 45.0 | 43.3 | +173% |
| 800x600 |
default | 42.6 | * 47.3 | 45.8 | +11% |
| maximum | 16.1 | * 44.1 | 42.8 | +174% |
| 960x720 |
default | 33.1 | 43.2 | * 43.2 | +31% |
| maximum | 15.1 | 39.6 | * 39.7 | +163% |
| 1024x768 |
default | 31.3 | 40.1 | * 40.8 | +30% |
| maximum | 14.7 | 36.8 | * 37.4 | +154% |
Default quality settings:
- Default for fresh installation of Quake3 retail version
Maximum quality settings are the same plus:
- Texture details -> maximum( rightmost slider position)
* - best performance
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