You might want to reread those results before you stir up a new batch of ATI kool-aid.
Well tfbww I did, I went back and reread:
<b>ZD 3D WinMark 2000: 1,024 x 768, 32-bit, 32-bit z :</b>
<font color=red>ATI Radeon 64MB DDR <b>101 fps</b></font color=red>
<font color=blue>Prophet II GTS 64MB 95 fps</font color=blue>
Radeon 6% faster
<b>ZD 3D WinMark 2000: 1,280 x 1,024, 32-bit, 32-bit :</b>
<font color=red>ATI Radeon 64MB DDR <b>70 fps</b></font color=red>
<font color=blue>Prophet II GTS 64MB 61 fps </font color=blue>
Radeon 15% faster
<b>Quake III Arena Time Demo 1280 x 1024, 32-bit:</b>
<font color=red>ATI Radeon 64MB DDR <b>50 fps</b></font color=red>
<font color=blue>Prophet II GTS 64MB 47 fps</font color=blue>
Radeon 6% faster
<b>Quake III Arena Time Demo 1,024 x 768, 32-bit</b>
<font color=red>ATI Radeon 64MB DDR 77 fps</font color=red>
<font color=blue>Prophet II GTS 64MB <b>81 fps</b></font color=blue>(wow!!!!!!its better, I told you so.)
Prophet 5% faster.
These are the test at 1024x768x32 or greater between Radeon and GTSII. tfbww I was replying to an earlier statement about maybe the 64meg GeForce II GTS was better than the 64meg Radeon (as in faster, there are other qualities I consider also that are important). Now if you want to compare a $500 card to a $199 card be my guest. Still the Radeon 64 is signicantly cheaper than a 64 meg GeForce II GTS. On Pricescan.com these are the cheapest prices listed:
Guillemot Hercules 3D Prophet 2 GTS Ultra AGP 64mb $497.12 plus $11.95
VisionTek GeForce2 GTS 64MB $292 plus $6.95 for shipping
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR w/Video In/Out $198.99 plus $7.99 shipping
(On Pricewatch.com you can find cheaper prices but the price range between them is approximately the same.)
So why would anybody who is a high resolution 32bit gamer (best quality) buy a card ~ $100 more with slower benchmarks, poorer 3d rendering, poorer 2d and less features? Also note that after the Detonator III drivers came out the Geforce II GTS series overtook the Radeon at the Higher (>1024x768x32) resolutions which it dominated. Now ATI newest drivers outdoes the nVidia newest drivers in high resolution 32bit color, so who has the better driver team? But, but this isn't about W2k, yeap, I am talking about Win9x here comparing Geforce II GTS to Radeon. Now if you are a hard core gamer in W2k then buy a Geforce II GTS line or greater, that is if you can afford one or dual boot like many of us do. I wish the performance of W2k for games was as good as Win9x so that I could get rid of WinMe but I am not going to pay extra for something that is blurry (2d), less DVD and video qualities and less advance features for a few FPS. That is only my choice and may not be yours or anyone elses.