GeForce 2 Ultra Overclocking (Page 4 of 4) Posted: August 15, 2000
Written by: Dan "Tweak Monkey" Kennedy Benchmarks (cont.) Nvidia Creature Demo

Core speed (MHz)	Memory speed (MHz)	Triangles in scene	FPS
250	458	~140k	42.3
250	458	~150k	41.1
250	458	~160k	40.2
-	-	-	-
265	500	~140k	43.9
265	500	~150k	43.0
265	500	~160k	42.2

As you can see, the performance difference wasn't very significant with this benchmark. So I cranked out the big daddy...

Quake 3 High Quality

Core speed (MHz)	Memory speed (MHz)	Res	FPS
250	458	1024x768	94.7
250	458	1280x1024	76.8
250	458	1600x1200	54.9
-	-	-	-
265	500	1024x768	98.6
265	500	1280x1024	81.9
265	500	1600x1200	61.4

The frame rate was already so high that the difference may not have been visible, but an 11.8% performance increase was seen at 1600x1200x32bpp. That isn't too bad considering this is the fastest chip available -- well, now it's even faster. :)


Ah... that's more like it! Conclusion The GeForce 2 Ultra is the fastest chip available -- but sometimes that's still not enough. At least I'm happy.. I finally got to see 1600x1200x32bpp at over 60 FPS. Woohoo! First Page