Ook Sharky Extreme heeft een Viper II binnen gekregen en heeft, vlak voor vertrek naar de Comdex beurs, nog snel wat benchmarks neer gemikt. Wederom blijkt de Savage2000 achter te blijven bij de GeForce:
As we said earlier, once we return from Comdex and have a bit more time with the board we'll give you our conclusions (preferably once we've had time with a 32MB board). In the meantime, it's safe to say that the initial skew for the Savage 2000, whilst very promising, isn't a GeForce 256 killer. It does have its strengths though. Under Quake 3 tests where the texture sizes are maxed to 512x512, the gap between timedemos for a GeForce 256 and Savage 2000 drops considerably. Also bear in mind that the Viper II will retail at $199.99, which is $50 - $80 less than a GeForce 256 and one starts to realize that the Savage 2000 is a good 'second place'. With its S3TC and Dual Pixel/Dual Texture Pipeline, gamers that enjoy the 'single player' experience can crank up the visual options to their fullest and enjoy drop dead gorgeous visuals. We'll have more when we get back from the show. Until then take care...
