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		Benchmarks Before we get started, I want to make a very important observation for you. None of the benchmarks we were able to perform with this card really excercise the advantages of the WinFast GeForce256's Hardware T&L processing engine. Quake3 Arena supposedly supports hardware T&L but it is hardly optimised for it, in my opinion. As a result, HotHardware has placed an order for Ziff Davis' new 3D Winbech 2000 which benchmarks all of the features and capabilities of Microsoft's new DirectX 7 release including T&L. We placed this order for overnight delivery and hope to have it some time on Monday 11/15/99. We will then run the 3DWinbench 2000 test and enable T&L and compare the performance of the WinFast GeForce256 to that of the Matrox G400. This should be a good match up. We felt it was only fair to show the real strengths that frankly are still locked inside the GeForce chip until game developers decide to take advantage of them. Our Test System Full Tower ATX Case w/ 300W PS, Pentium3 -533B Overclocked to 600 MHz.(Provided By OutsideLoop Computers), Soyo SY-6BA+IV DMA66 capable motherboard, 128MB of PC133 HSDRAM, WD 18G 7200RPM DMA66 Hard Drive, Leadtek WinFast GeForce256 AGP w/ 32MB SDRAM, Shuttle 56X CDROM, Win 98SE, DirectX 7, Leadtek Release Drivers based on NVidia 3.53 reference drivers
		OpenGL Performance What else is there but Quake3 Arena for putting a card through its OpenGL Paces. Here's how the WinFast GeForce256 cranked the polygons. WinFast GeForce256 at standard 120MHz. Core and 166MHz. Memory speeds
		As expected, these are suprising frame rates. In the 1600X1200 resolutions the GeForce256 lags behind the Matrox G400 slightly. However, something tells me that when Quake 3 Arena is officially released and has better support for T&L, we may see a reversal here. Only time will tell but NVidia has historically produced the most robust OpenGL ICD and coupled with T&L, it should be hard to beat. So you want a little overclocking action do you? We did too... Comin' at ya! WinFast GeForce256 at overclocked 133MHz. Core and 180MHz. Memory speeds
		Hey now, will you look at that... We broke 100! :-P You'll also notice, if you left that G400MAX benchmark window open, that the WinFast GeForce256 pulled ahead here in 1600X1200! Sweet velocity, you've got to love it.
		Direct 3D and 3DMark99 Benchmarks-->
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