

Severance: Blade of Darkness (Rebel Act Studios/Codemasters).Codename: Outbreak (Venom)(GSC Game World/Russobit-M/Virgin Interactive Entertainment).Rally Trophy (Bugbear Entertainment/JoWood Productions).realMyst (Cyan Worlds/Mattel Interactive).Unreal Tournament 2003 (Digital Extreme/Epic Games).Unreal 2 (Epic MegaGames/Legend Entertainment).Return to Castle Wolfenstein (id Software/Activision).3D graphics quality was tested on the following software: You can find comments about reviewed drivers in the corresponding sections (see the list below). Testing order: invoke console by pressing '~' and type Return to Castle Wolfenstein (MultiPlayer) (id Software/Activision) - OpenGL, multitexturing, Checkpoint-demo, best test settings, S3TC OFF, configs are here.These games were used as testing instruments: ViewSonic P810 (21") and ViewSonic P817-E (21") monitors were used. The following additional testbed was used for the platform performance comparison:Īll computers had Windows ME and Windows XP, DirectX 9.0 beta 2 installed. 3D accelerator rating calculations for the end of August 2002.Examination of performance difference between Intel Pentium4: i850 and i845D platforms (April 2002).Minimal and maximum FPS research with Comanche4 (July 2002).Test summary diagrams and digest bottom line.Testbed configuration and test software list.As the tradition of our 3D Digest there is the best price/performance ratios information. As usual, there are many diagrams containing the information on changes in operation of videocards at change to last version drivers, and also summary diagrams of popular modern videocards performance. Monthly 3D Digest is the project of devoted to releases of new Windows XP (monthly) and Windows 9x/ME (once in 4 months) drivers for popular videocards (released from 10th of July 2002 to 10th August 2002). Monthly drivers report and popular 3D accelerators comparison
