We tested the Celeron 466 with the most CPU intensive benchmarks we possess, including several from the gaming environment. For comparative reasons, we also included results on the same tests from a P2-450 CPU, and a P3-450 CPU.

In order to ensure that the gaming results were limited only by CPU performance and not by the fill-rate limit of a particular video accelerator, we tested with Quantum3D's powerful X-24 Voodoo2 SLI card. All games were tested at a resolution of 800x600x16bpp to further ensure that the video accelerator wasn't the limiting factor in the testing process.

Here's a more in-depth look at the test machines we utilized:

Test Systems (2):
ABIT BX6 v2.0 (Slot-1 - Intel 440BX)
128MB EMS PC-133 HSDRAM
Ati Rage Fury 32MB AGP 2D/3D Accelerator
Quantum3D X-24 Voodoo2 SLI PCI 3D Accelerator
Seagate Medalist Pro 9.1 GB 7200rpm UDMA HD
Diamond Monster Sound MX300 3D PCI Sound Card
Kenwood 52X IDE CD-ROM
Win98

Test Conditions and Specifications: All tests were run a total of three times with the results averaged to determine final score. VSync was OFF for all video tests, allowing maximum frame rate performance. The Quantum3D X-24 Voodoo2 SLI card was set to operate at a 100MHz core/memory speed and was utilized for all 3D benchmark results.

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