Not Just a Speed Demon: MSI GeForce3 TI 500 Pro-VTG Review
By Joel Hruska :
January 23, 2002
3DMark 2000: 1024x768x32
| Card | Score |
| MSI Pro-VTG | 10430 |
| GeForce3 | 9688 |
| RADEON 8500 | 9980 |
While 3DMark is getting quite old it remains a useful benchmark for examining D3D performance under DirectX 7.0. Under this test we see the GF3 Ti 500 pulling ahead of both the R8500 and the legacy GF3 by a small margin.
3DMark 2001: 1024x768x32
| Card | Score |
| MSI Pro-VTG | 7953 |
| GeForce3 | 6994 |
| RADEON 8500 | 8565 |
In 3DMark 2001 the situation reverses. While the GF3 Ti 500 pulls ahead of the original GeForce3 by almost a thousand points the R8500 moves into first place by nearly six hundred points. ATI has clearly done an excellent job with the Radeon 8500-its stability and speed have clearly improved since its initial lackluster release.
