Quake III Arena quaver.dm3 - Athlon 750 (cont)
Once again, at 1280x1024x32, the Radeon finds itself on turf that it loves. It may seem low performing due to the poor 16-bit performance of the card, but hidden under that 16-bit bar lies the true calling of the Radeon: 32-bit. With 1280x1024x32 becoming more playable with the new generation of cards, the Radeon became the fastest 32-bit card in Quaver at 1280x1024 with an impressive 49.2 FPS. This makes it 2.9%, or 1.4 FPS faster than the previous champ: the GeForce 2 GTS 64MB.
At 16-bit color, the Radeon is not slow, but at 32-bit, the card flies. Beating the GeForce 2 GTS 64MB by 3.1 FPS, the Radeon showed a 9.6% improvement over the GeForce 2 GTS 64MB.
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Thatguy97 - Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - link
ahh i remember anadtechs jihad against atiwow im dating myself
Frumious1 - Monday, August 29, 2016 - link
I don't remember it at all. The only thing I recall is a bunch of whiny ass fanboys complaining when their chosen CPU, GPU, etc. didn't get massive amounts of acclaim. The very first Radeon cards were good, but they weren't necessarily superior to the competition. You want a good Radeon release, that would be the 9700 Pro and later 9800 Pro -- those beat Nvidia hands down, and AnandTech said as much.