Code Creatures Performance

Code Creatures is a synthetic 3D benchmark that we thought would give another angle on the performance comparison, especially with the wide selection of game benchmarks already provided. Code Creatures is a high-end 3D benchmark that also makes use of the DirectX 8 hardware when present, and is another good indicator of potential DirectX 8.X game performance.

The first chart details the "Total" score that each card received, and it's not hard to see that the Radeon 9700 Pro is once again right at the front of the class.

The next performance figures are the actual framerates at each of the resolutions. In this case, the Radeon 9700 Pro starts out strong, with a big lead over the GeForce4 Ti 4600, and then finishes up with a big advantage at 1600x1200.

3DMark 2001SE Pro 32-bit Performance

MadOnion's 3DMark 2001SE Pro is a popular 3D benchmark tool, and one that many gamers use to compare performance results. All benchmark testing was performed in 32-bit mode, and used pure hardware T&L/DirectX support.

If we use 3DMark 2001SE as the performance barometer, then the Radeon 9700 Pro is the fastest desktop video card on the planet and posted some record-breaking scores. Some of the 3DMark 2001SE scores are very impressive, but surpassing 10,000 at 1600x1200x32 might be the most telling one of all.