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PC Video Card Report

Matrox MGA G100 8 Meg Memory

Final Reality Benchmark Results

AGP 0.79!! (the card was recognized as an AGP card, however)

Radial blur, 41.46, rips, 5.734, Rmark

Chaos zoomer, 62.99, rips, 3.061, Rmark

25 Pixel, 256.46, kpps, 8.196, Rmark

Robots, 24.26, rips, 6.284, Rmark

Fillrate, 21.59, MPps, 4.674, Rmark

City scene, 31.20, rips, 7.742, Rmark

Video card bus transfer, 98.22, MBps, 3.127, Rmark

Direct3D bus transfer, 37.61, MBps, 3.214, Rmark

Visual appearance, 55.56, percent

Overall 3D, 2.337, Rmark

Overall 2D, 4.397, Rmark

Overall bus rate, 3.153, Rmark

OVERALL SCORE, 3.077, Rmark

The Robot graphic was the worst of the bunch with no recognizable textures other than hatch marks. The city scape was virtually unrecognizable.

Forsaken Benchmark Results

640x480 42

The graphics were not smooth or convincing.

QuakeII Did not test.

Resolution/Speed

1600x1200x16 80Hz

1600x1200x24 65Hz

Comment

This stable-mate of the highest ranking card (Matrox G200) was clearly intended to work only as a business card, and as such it would be in the top ranks. But its 3D performance is so miserable that it placed dead last in my evaluation, which emphasized versatility.