16 Bit FSAA

At a color depth of 32Bit the MX400 could not deliver high frame rates at 1024x768, compared to the Geforce2 Ti. Now with the Settings at Quake3 switched to 16 bit ( fastest ) well see how both cards perform with FSAA.

The MX400 performs very well with FSAA on this resolution! Delivering an astouding 75 frames per second on 4X FSAA! The Geforce2 Ti practically doens't drop its frame rate switching from No FSAA, to 2X FSAA and finally 4X FSAA.

Upping the resolution by 60% ( 640x480 -- > 1024x768 ) both cards feel the need for more bandwidth. The MX400 suffers a huge 58% drop in its frame rate when switching to 2X FSAA. The Geforce2 Ti too isnt saved, losing almost 20% when switching to 2X FSAA. Even with such a large hit for the MX400, it still is very playable at 1024x768. At 4X FSAA however, it delivers less than half of its sibling's frame rate, making gameplay a bit "choppy".