When reviewing a new 3D graphics architecture, it is always important to check both its game compatibility and image quality. Aside from the minor problems mentioned earlier, the KYRO worked flawlessly in all game testing. For reference here are a small number of the titles tested with the KYRO: Descent 3, Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life, Diablo II, NHL 2000, Thief 2, Soldier of Fortune, Deus Ex, Motocross Madness 2, and Re-Volt.

To check the KYRO's image quality we compared it with a GeForce 2 GTS, a card that is known for its high image quality. Overall, the KYRO offers comparable, if not better, image quality than a GeForce 2 GTS. It is worth noting however, that all differences between the two cards were minimal at best, and frequently aren't noticeable in gameplay.

First looking at Motocross Madness 2, both the KYRO and GeForce2 GTS fare very well. Minor differences include the KYRO having a marginally crisper image, and the GTS having fog that is a smidgen less grainy than the KYRO's.

Image quality testing in 3DMark 2000 also proved to be uneventful, with the KYRO matching the GeForce2 GTS' image quality at every step. Of note, the bilinear filtering on the KYRO was marginally grainer than on the GeForce2 GTS. Additionally, the sub-pixel accuracy test failed on the KYRO. While this is disconcerting, this error seems to be a driver bug with 3DMark rather than an image quality descrepency.

Below are the four game screenshots on the KYRO, which, to a human eye, are visually identical to the GeForce2 GTS' screenshots.