We tested the three cards on two different systems. (K-6 266 and Pentium-II 450) We ranked the order of the performance (considering both image quality and frame rate) between the three cards for various games.

Results from the K-6 266 performance:

Game	Voodoo 2	TNT	Banshee
NFL Blitz	2	3	1
Madden 99	2	3	1
NBA Live 99	2	3	1
FIFA 99	2	3	1
Nascar 1999	1	3	2
Speed Busters	3	1	2

Results from the Pentium-II 450 performance:

Game	Voodoo 2	TNT	Banshee
NFL Blitz	2	3	1
Madden 99	3	1	2
NBA Live 99	3	1	2
FIFA 99	3	1	2
Nascar 1999	1	3	2
Speed Busters	2	1	3

Our nifty color-coded rankings should allow you to determine which card we preferred on each system. While testing the three cards on the AMD 266, we prefer the Diamond Fusion. Users with high-end systems such as a Pentium-II 450 will find that the Velocity 4400 TNT card is better suited for their needs.

Performance
K6 266: Madden 99 works the best with the Diamond Funsion card. The PA 2000 Voodoo 2 card also worked great with Madden 99 since both PA 2000 and the Diamond Funsion support Glide. Using the Direct 3D mode with the Velocity 4400 TNT card was absolutely horrible. The frame rates were really choppy and jerky. One game in which the Velocity 4400 gave us better performance is Motocross Madness. Motocross Madness is a little choppy with all the graphical options turned on with the PA 2000. The Diamond Funsion did give us good results, just not as good as the Velocity 4400.

Pen. 450: The Velocity 4400 TNT card is amazing with a high ended computer. Madden 99 ran smoothly at 1078x760 using the Direct 3D mode. Don't get me wrong, the Diamond Fusion and PA 2000 Voodoo 2 worked fine with Madden, it's just that the Velocity 4400 was overwhelmingly the best out of the three. The Velocity 4400 features 32 bit color, which helps the card's image quality outduel the two other cards. We did not have any trouble with framerate problems with the Pentium-II 450. All the games we tried out ran almost flawlessly if not absolutely perfectly. It's just that the Velocity 4400 seemed to have a slight edge over the Diamond Fusion card.

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