Metabyte Wicked3D Voodoo2

Benchmarks

 

Test system

 

 

 

Single card @ 90 MHz (default) results

	640x480	800x600
GLQuake Demo2	103.1	66.4
Quake II Demo1	88.5	60.1
Quake II Crusher	44.3	36.6
Unreal timedemo .2	49.81	27.31

 

Metabyte decided to include an overclocking utility with the card. Without any cooling the card reached 100 MHz without problems in all the games.

Single card @ 100 MHz (overclocked) results

	640x480	800x600
GLQuake Demo2	111.3	72.8
Quake II Demo1	90.1	65.5
Quake II Crusher	45.0	38.1
Unreal timedemo .2	51.56	29.82

 

 

STB Black Magic 3D @ 90 MHz vs. Wicked3D Voodoo2 @ 90 MHz

STB Black Magic 3D	Wicked 3D Voodoo2
Dark Blue	Red

 

GLQuake Demo2 - 640x480 100.1 103.1   Quake II Demo1 - 640x480 86.8 88.5   Quake II Crusher - 640x480 44.1 44.3   Unreal - 640x480 48.1 49.8

GLQuake Demo2 - 800x600 65.6 66.4   Quake II Demo1 - 800x600 58.3 60.1   Quake II Crusher - 800x600 35.6 36.6   Unreal - 800x600 27 27

When these two cards are placed against each other, the results show almost nothing. Since the cards use different types of memory (as mentioned earlier: 90 MHz EDO ram on the Black Magic, 100 MHz EDO ram on the Wicked3D) it seems pointless to run them at the same speed.

Without cooling, the STB Black Magic could not run Unreal long enough to do a timedemo when being overclocked. Since the Wicked3D did it with no problems, it can be compared @ 100 MHz to the Black Magic @ 90 MHz. In the custom of Tweak3D, here are the results of that test.

 

STB Black Magic 3D @ 90 MHz vs. Wicked3D Voodoo2 @ 100 MHz

STB Black Magic 3D	Wicked 3D Voodoo2
Dark Blue	Red

 

GLQuake Demo2 - 640x480 100.1 111.3   Quake II Demo1 - 640x480 86.8 90.1   Quake II Crusher - 640x480 44.1 45.0   Unreal - 640x480 48.1 51.6

GLQuake Demo2 - 800x600 65.6 72.8   Quake II Demo1 - 800x600 58.3 65.1   Quake II Crusher - 800x600 35.6 38.1   Unreal - 800x600 27 30

 

With the Wicked3D Voodoo2 running at 100 MHz, it beats the STB card by a slight margin. If you take into account that the card can be overclocked easier, the card is faster than the others.

 

Conclusion