Jedi Knight II Performance

Jedi Knight is the newest Quake 3-based game and some would say it is among the most resource hungry, and gives us with another excellent way of measuring high-end 3D gaming performance. In this particular instance, the video cards have been tested using the standard High Quality detail setting.

Jedi Knight II is another favorite benchmark of the ATI cards, but the results posted by the Radeon 9000 Pro are a bit haphazard. Things start off well at 800x600, but at both 1024x768 and 1280x1024, the Radeon 9000 Pro loses a bit of ground. Then at 1600x1200, it busts ahead and falls just shy of the GeForce3 Ti 500 score. Overall scores are still beyond those of the GeForce4 MX cards and the GeForce3 Ti 200, but the Radeon 9000 Pro still doesn't have the power to take on the GeForce3 Ti 500.

Comanche 4 Benchmark Performance

The Comanche 4 benchmark from Novalogic gives us an opportunity to use an actual flight sim for 3D video testing. This is a different game engine that we've ever used before, so don't be put off by the relatively low framerates. Just like the high fps of Quake 3, a card's relative position is the most important factor. These tests were run in 32-bit mode, with sound disabled.

Comanche 4 is one of the few game benchmarks where the Radeon 9000 Pro disappointed us, as the results start off good, but the ATI card starts falling back as the resolutions are increased, Overall results are definitely in GeForce4 MX-territory and at 1600x1200, the Radeon 9000 Pro is back of the other mid-range NVIDIA cards. The basic scores are still quite close, but after the impressive results posted in the previous benchmarks, we expected a bit more from the Radeon 9000 Pro.

Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo Performance

The Unreal Tournament 2003 Demo includes a benchmark program that automatically tests two separate modes. One is Flyby, which takes a canned tour of the UT game world and then offers up a framerate score. The second is Botmatch, and this is a more game-oriented test than Flyby, but it also brings with it added CPU dependency. In this section, weve taken all the cards through the UT 2003 wringer and show benchmark charts for both of the game tests.

The Flyby benchmark test shows a great deal of separation between the high and low-end, and the Radeon 9000 Pro places itself somewhere in the middle. Its overall scores are close to that of the GeForce4 MX 460 and GeForce3 Ti 200, but all of these cards are still back of the GeForce3 Ti 500 and both GeForce4 Ti 4200 cards.

As we stated above, the UT 2003 Demo Botmatch testing is grouped closer together and suggests a hefty dose of CPU dependence. Still, there are differences between in the individual cards, but they are not as pronounced as in the Flyby performance numbers. The Radeon 9000 Pro remains a good competitor to the GeForce4 MX 460 and GeForce3 Ti 200 cards, but still falls short of rising any higher.