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Sharky Extreme : July 4, 2008





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Running the standard 3D benchmarking tools results are good too. Averaging framerates in excess of 30 fps at resolutions up to 1024 x 768 in most games such as, Incoming, Motorhead, Forsaken and so on… Running 3D Winbench revealed a whooping score of 1030 (with DirectX 6.0) which isn't bad either. Final Reality also revealed a nice score of 3.80 (not as fast as the Voodoo2) in the 3D bit and under 3Dfx's Wizmark 3.0 the Millenium turned in a score of 51385 (I scored 63065.2 w/ a V2 SLI setup on the same P2-400).

D3dtest - 46.65Mpps / 1363.01Kpps / 8.80
Wizmark 3.0 - 51385
Final Reality - 3.80
3D Winbench 98 - 1030
Forsaken - 37.62 (1024) 52.04 (800)
Incoming - 31.6 (1024) - 43.6 (800) - 50.1 (640)

Other than the 250Mhz DAC on the Millenium G200 you'll find a few other differences. Unlike the Mystique it packs SGRAM instead of cheaper SDRAM (that's why an extra 8 for the Millenium is a bit more expensive than for the Mystique) - this offers just a little bit more juice when toying around with 2D applications at high resolutions. The Millenium G200 doesn't offer the TV-out found on the Mystique, nor does it come with the nice games bundle but instead a bunch of uninteresting applications (what no games? Boring!). But then again you might already have some games to keep you happy.

The bottom line is that, the Millenium G200 is essentially made for people stuck working with their computers for the most part and not playing. What it does do other than offer a more business like bundle is just that little extra when it comes to refresh rates and 2D, but for the home user or hardcore gamer, the Mystique G200 is definitely the better choice. The Mystique is more of a gamer's card and with a software bundle that's yet to be beaten in terms of quality I would opt for the Mystique over the Millenium.


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