Review: Hercules 3D Prophet 2 Ultra (Page 4/9) Posted: December 1, 2000
Written by: Tuan "Solace" Nguyen Benchmark System AMD “Thunderbird” Athlon 1000MHz (Socket A)

Asus A7V rev. 1.01, BIOS 1002
512MB Micron PC133 SDRAM Cas2

Hercules 3D Prophet 2 Ultra with official Detonator 3 (6.35)
Elsa Gladiac Ultra with official Detonator 3 (6.35)

IBM GXP75 Ultra100 HD
Windows 98 SE

3Dmark2000
800x600 @ 16/32bpps
1024x768 @ 16/32bpps
1280x1024 @ 16/32bpps

Quake 3 Arena with latest Point Release
Demo 1 & 2: Normal and High Quality
1024x768
1280x1024
1600x1200

Unreal Tournament 4.32
1024x768
1280x1024
1600x1200
Let’s see some marks! Benchmarks 3DMark2000



The 3D Prophet 2 Ultra edges past the Gladiac Ultra in every resolution. The gap gets smaller and smaller as the resolution gets higher. This is a limitation of fill rate. Basically both cards are very much equal. It’s good to see Hercules do well though, even though there isn’t much difference between the two cards -- but you expect this because both are based on the same reference design.

Let’s take a look at 32-bit scores.



These are really nice scores, but then again what do you expect from the fastest cards on the market? The Prophet edges past the Gladiac by a small margin again. Maybe it’s because Hercules’ board is blue and not green! Next Page