Product Diamond Viper II Model Z200
MSRP

$199.99 Street

ESRP

$146.00 Online
Bus

1X/2X/4X AGP
Chip

Savage2000

3DMark2000

3DMark2000 is one the most intensive benchmark programs around, as well as one of the most controversial. Why is this? Well, because developers can tweak their drivers to recognize the .EXE and optimize them for it. But, regardless of this, it at least allows you to see some interesting information on the performance. Here's the results. These are more detailed and not in chart form so you can look at the data more closely.

640x480x16 Z16 D3D Software

3DMarks: 1879
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 39.3
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 24.1
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 10.3

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 48.3
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 22.4
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.3

Fill Rate: 246.6 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 543.9 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1446 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 967 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 696 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 358.7
16MB Texture Speed: 232.4
32MB Texture Speed: 128.3
64MB Texture Speed: Not enough system memory

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 127.1
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 184.8
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 342.4

640x480x32 Z24 D3D Software

3DMarks: 1888
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 40.1
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 24.5
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 10.1

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 47.7
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 22.5
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.4

Fill Rate: 140.5 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 364.4 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1450 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 965 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 698 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 163.5
16MB Texture Speed: 159.8
32MB Texture Speed: 92.4
64MB Texture Speed: Not enough system memory

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 112.2
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 125.2
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 158.2

800x600x16 Z16 D3D Software

3DMarks: 1884
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 39.6
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 24.2
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 10.3

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 48.2
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 22.3
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.3

Fill Rate: 255.5 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 548.9 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1448 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 969 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 700 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 248.3
16MB Texture Speed: 218.6
32MB Texture Speed: 2.2
64MB Texture Speed: Not enough system memory

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 126.6
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 185.8
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 273.6

800x600x32 Z24 D3D Software

3DMarks: 1884
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 40.1
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 24.6
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 10.1

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 45.4
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 22.5
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.4

Fill Rate: 143.4 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 375.9 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1448 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 972 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 696 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 105.2
16MB Texture Speed: 103.0
32MB Texture Speed: 33.0
64MB Texture Speed: Not enough system memory

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 75.2
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 84.9
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 106.4

1024x768x16 Z16 D3D Software T+L

3DMarks: 1885
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 39.4
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 24.0
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 10.3

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 46.4
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 22.4
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.3

Fill Rate: 251.8 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 551.7 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1469 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 969 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 699 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 156.5
16MB Texture Speed: 150.7
32MB Texture Speed: 1.6
64MB Texture Speed: Failed

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 108.6
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 136.1
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 183.5

1024x768x32 Z24 D3D Software T+L

3DMarks: 1657
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 35.8
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 24.1
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 10.4

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 33.3
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 22.1
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.4

Fill Rate: 136.0 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 372.9 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1448 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 962 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 697 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 63.3
16MB Texture Speed: 63.3
32MB Texture Speed: 0.7
64MB Texture Speed: Failed

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 48.4
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 55.3
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 69.5

1280x1024x16 Z16 D3D Software T+L

3DMarks: 1761
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 38.3
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 24.0
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 10.3

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 40.0
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 22.0
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.2

Fill Rate: 251.0 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 553.6 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1414 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 955 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 691 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 95.3
16MB Texture Speed: 92.1
32MB Texture Speed: 0.7
64MB Texture Speed: Failed

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 69.6
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 88.3
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 115.0

1280x1024x32 Z24 D3D Software T+L

3DMarks: 1185
Game 1 - Helicopter - Low Detail: 22.5
Game 1 - Helicopter - Medium Detail: 18.2
Game 1 - Helicopter - High Detail: 9.2

Game 2 - Adventure - Low Detail: 18.7
Game 2 - Adventure - Medium Detail: 18.1
Game 2 - Adventure - High Detail: 12.0

Fill Rate: 129.8 MTexels/s
Fill Rate w/ Multitexturing: 362.2 MTexels/s

High Polygon Count (1 Lights): 1433 KTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (4 Lights): 961 KTriangles/s
High Polygon COunt (8 Lights): 695 KTriangles/s

8MB Texture Speed: 36.6
16MB Texture Speed: 36.3
32MB Texture Speed: 0.3
64MB Texture Speed: Failed

Bump Mapping (Emboss, 3-pass): 29.4
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 2-pass): 26.5
Bump Mapping (Emboss, 1-pass): 30.2

Conclusion from 3DMark2000

The scores are again dissapointing. While I have a Celeron 550, my friends 466 Celeron / GeForce DDR combo beats the Viper2 by over 30fps in all resolutions in 3DMark2000. I know this card wasn't designed to go head-to-head with a DDR-based GeForce, I don't believe the scores should be that low for a 550MHz computer.. it's obvious D3D needs work. Let's ee how OpenGL does.

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