
Hercules Prophet 4500 in the test: The Kyro2 compared to the GeForce
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament as a representative of the DirectX 7.0 game generation has since been considered very p Processor-heavy game is known, but it is quite suitable as a benchmark, as you can clearly see how much work the graphics card leaves to the processor. All tests ran with the maximum possible level of detail.
- 640x480:
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro24 , 01
- nVidia GeForce2 MX23.54
- Hercules Prophet 450022.65
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- 800x600:
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro23.65
- nVidia GeForce2 MX23.16
- Hercules Prophet 450022.84
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- 1024x768:
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro23.03
- nVidia GeForce2 MX22.66
- Hercules Prophet 450022.38
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- 1280x1024:
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro22,44
- nVidia GeForce2 MX22.15
- Hercules Prophet 450021.83
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- 1600x1200:
- nVidia GeForce2 MX21,16
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro20.93
- Hercules Prophet 450020 , 53
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You don't want to believe it is possible, but the old TNT2Pro can turn into Unreal Tournament Get a little head start in almost all resolutions at 16-bit color depth. The GeForce2MX takes second place ahead of the Prophet 4500. In general, however, all three graphics cards are very close together and sometimes only deviate from each other by an average of 0.5 frames per second. Nevertheless, it becomes clear at this point that newer is not necessarily better. Even when the GeForce 256 was introduced, the previous chips were able to beat it in Unreal Tournament without any major problems and its successor also has to admit defeat here in some cases.
- 640x480:
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro28.89
- nVidia GeForce2 MX28.43
- Hercules Prophet 450027 , 85
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- 800x600:
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro28.40
- nVidia GeForce2 MX27.99
- Hercules Prophet 450027.80
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- 1024x768:
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro27.77
- Hercules Prophet 450027.61
- nVidia GeForce2 MX27.42
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- 1280x1024:
- nVidia GeForce2 MX26.78
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro26,63
- Hercules Prophet 450026.30
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- 1600x1200:
- Hercules Prophet 450024.98
- nVidia GeForce2 MX24.50
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro22,64
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On a fast system, the sheet has changed quite significantly in the higher resolutions. While the TNT2Pro still has the upper hand in low resolutions, it can no longer hold a candle to any of the competitors in 1600x1200. The increase in performance in both the Kyro2 and the GeForce2 MX is quite considerable.
- 640x480:
- Hercules Prophet 450023.93
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro23.79
- nVidia GeForce2 MX23,29
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- 800x600:
- Hercules Prophet 450023.58
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro23.27
- nVidia GeForce2 MX22.82
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- 1024x768:
- Hercules Prophet 450023.08
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro21.94
- nVidia GeForce2 MX21.57
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- 1280x1024:
- Hercules Prophet 450022.45
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro13,19
- nVidia GeForce2 MX12 , 73
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- 1600x1200:
- Hercules Prophet 450021,97
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro6,38nVidia GeForce2 MX0.00Could not be determined
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While the Kyro2 falls a little behind the competition in 16Bit, it can boast in 32Bit color depth. In all resolutions it takes the leading position, whereby its performance hardly drops in the various resolutions. The GeForce2MX, on the other hand, only ran in window mode in 1600x1200, which is why we waived this value.
- 640x480:
- Hercules Prophet 450028.58
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro28.34
- nVidia GeForce2 MX28.05
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- 800x600:
- Hercules Prophet 450028,16
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro27.91
- nVidia GeForce2 MX27,44
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- 1024x768:
- Hercules Prophet 450027.56
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro25.96
- nVidia GeForce2 MX25.78
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- 1280x1024:
- Hercules Prophet 450026.83
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro14.42
- nVidia GeForce2 MX14.01
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- 1600x1200:
- Hercules Prophet 450025.89
- nVidia RivaTNT 2 Pro7.20
- nVidia GeForce2 MX0.00Could not be determined
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Even when using the faster processor unit, the Kyro2 can win this part of the test. In summary, in the Unreal Tournament area, the Prophet 4500 delivers a very good picture in 32-bit color depth, but the differences between the individual graphics cards are minimal in the lower resolutions.
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