Sharky Extreme heeft een review van de Terminator Beast Supercharged, een opgevoerde versie van de zwaar misluke Savage3D plank van Hercules.
Hiero de belangrijkste verbeteringen:
First, Hercules is screening the Savage3D chips they're using for the Beast Supercharged, in an effort to be able to provide a better foundation for overclocking the part's MHz speed. The standard Hercules Beast ran at a fixed core speed of 100MHz. We're not allowed to give the exact number that the Beast SuperCharged's Savage3D chips are screened at, but an educated guess along with our testing would indicate that 120MHz is the right number.Second, the revised Hercules Touch drivers are greatly improved and streamlined over the version we tested three months ago. The best improvement this edition includes is the "HercuMeter" slider, which allows a user to set their Beast SuperCharged's core MHz speed anywhere from 100MHz to 130MHz. Thanks to the Savage3D screening mentioned previously, SharkyExtreme was able to run, play, test, and torture the Beast SuperCharged at the HercuMeter's maximum setting of 130MHz. As the Mossad says folks: "Not too shabby."
De 3D performance is een stuk beter, zo'n 20% hoger dan die van een Riva TNT. De 2D performance suckt nog steeds.