NVIDIA GeForce2 Pro

Quake III Arena Performance

As a result of CPU limitations in all three GeForce2 series cards, all of the cards perform the same at 640x480x32. This is because at 640x480x32, the video card is not acting as the bottleneck in the system rather the CPU is, a fact that creates similar scores in all of the cards.

At 1024x768x32 the cards begin to distance themselves. We can see the GeForce2 GTS scoring in at 100 FPS, with the new GeForce2 Pro clocking in at 115 FPS, an increase of 15%. The Pro does not fall too far behind the GeForce2 Ultra, as the cards only differ by 7 FPS in Quake III Arena at 1024x768x32. For about $100 less, the difference is marginal.

At 1600x1200x32, we can see how the GeForce2 Pro fits the gap between the GeForce2 GTS and the GeForce2 Ultra perfectly. The Pro rings in at 8 FPS higher than the GeForce2 GTS and 10 FPS slower than the GeForce2 Ultra. At 47 FPS, the GeForce2 Pro provides playable gameplay at 1600x1200x32, making it the lowest priced card to offer this performance.