Linux Pentium III Chipset Comparison

2D AGP Performance: Xmark

Finally, we consider 2D performance. The NVIDIA drivers actually provide for AGP accelerated 2D rendering in XFree86, while all other drivers (with the exception of the Intel 810 onboard video driver) use PCI transfers. Xmark is our benchmark of choice, as recommended by members of the XFree86 team.

No major surprises here. The BX, with the 89MHz AGP bus, beats the other two by a slim margin. Again, the comparison is almost too close to call but the VIA Apollo Pro 133A places behind both Intel chipsets.