Other chips like the nVidia TNT and S3 Savage3D do offer full AGP 2x support, and in upcoming articles we'll show you the difference that can be made just by adding the full boatload of AGP goodies to a chip, and how that translates into a faster gaming experience.
For now, enjoy the slight differences that the benchmarks show for the STB V4400 AGP vs. the PCI version.
The SharkyExtreme benchmark suite was performed on the following system:
Intel Pentium 2-300 and 450 CPUs
Abit BH6 440BX Mainboard
Goldstar 128MB PC-100 SDRAM (Chip Part# GM72V66841CT-7J)
STB Velocity V4400 16MB AGP 2D/3D accelerator
Metabyte Wicked3D 12MB Voodoo2 PCI card
Adaptec 2490UW Ultra-Wide SCSI Controller
IBM Ultrastar 9 8.4GB UWSCSI HD
Diamond Monster Sound MX200 3D PCI Sound Card
Plextor SCSI 32X CD-ROM
Win95 OSR 2.1
Test Conditions and Specifications: All tests were run a total of three times with the results averaged to determine final score. VSYNCH was OFF for all video tests, allowing maximum frame rate performance. Both cards were tested at their stock core speeds of 90MHz and memory clock speeds of 110MHz.
300Mhz Pentium II results:
