SPECviewperf workstation graphics
Viewperf tests proficiency in workstation-class 3D graphics applications. It likes fast memory, and it stresses a system's AGP implementation quite a bit, which makes it a nice test for comparing chipsets.
I should note, at this point, that in almost all of our 3D tests, the 845/PC133 system runs very close to the Pentium III 1.2GHz. That's important, because the 845 exists primarily to allow the Pentium 4 to step in and replace the Pentium III in Intel's high-volume markets like corporate desktop PCs. The P4/845/PC133 trio isn't a great workstation platform, but it's at least as good as a Pentium III at such tasks.
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