Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 64MB - KYRO II (9/15)

Aquanox v2.1 (Direct X8 T&L + DX8 Features)

Pentium 4 1500MHz - 16Bit Color Depth

Pentium 4 1500MHz - 32Bit Color Depth

You know, this is in a way refreshing. In light of framerates of around 200fps in Quake 3, you do start to wonder what you really need a faster 3D card for. Aquanox shows us what we have to expect from upcoming Xbox / DirectX 8 titles that use the new features to the fullest. Suddenly we’re back to the meager 25-30fps. In 16Bit color, the non-T&L Prophet 4500 comes in last. In 32Bit it can barely fight its way past the MX, but is still far behind the GTS and the RADEON.

Athlon 1200MHz - 16Bit Color Depth

Athlon 1200Hz - 32Bit Color Depth

Different platform, similar results. That’s pretty much all there is to say. The Prophet 4500 had some problems with visual artifacts at 1600x1200-32, but this also happened on the P4 platform.

Copyright: 09.04.2001 -   RIVA Station 2001 - Lars Weinand
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