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It seems that the various TNT cards on the market are living up to the Voodoo2's earlier cliché of "A Voodoo2 is a Voodoo2". The AGP-V3400TNT performed within 1% of the TNT-based Canopus Spectra 2500 card we use as our base TNT reference.
800 x 600 @ 16bit 3D benchmarks - 1024 x 768 @ 16bit 3D benchmarks
1024 x 768 @ 16bit 2D benchmarks - 1024 x 768 @ 32bit 2D benchmarks
800 x 600 @ 32bit 3D benchmarks - 1024 x 768 @ 32bit 3D benchmarks
This isn't a bad thing, as the performance of all the TNT cards we've seen is great, allowing very high and very smooth frame rates under most circumstances. Likewise, image quality in both 2D and 3D apps was sharp and vivid with the AGP-V3400TNT.
One negative that applies specifically to the ASUS TNT card lies in its bundle. Just two pieces of software are included with the AGP-V3400TNT, the first being Incoming and the second being Cyberlink's VCD Power Player. VCD Power Player is an MPEG-1 player, just like the kind that's included with every Win98 package being sold currently. No SoftDVD support here folks, just "Video CD" playing capability.
Whatever.
Incoming is no bunch of roses either, it easily ranks near the top on our "Most Hated Bundle" list. (No offense, but the game is ancient. Four words: Half-Life: Day One.)
Bundle problems aside, the AGP-V3400TV does offer a great setup/instruction manual which even goes as far as explaining the various effects changing the graphic options will have on gaming frame rates. Kudos to ASUS here for offering their normally exquisite mainboard type manual with just a simple video card.
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