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I thought I'd post some 'speed ratings' of recent games, something
lacking in mainstream reviews.

An explanation of the rating system:

All pseudo-benchmarks are done on an Athlon 700 with a GeForce2 MX
running the latest drivers. Game settings are left at their default
values.

5: Perfect
A rating of 5 is given to games which never, ever (not even in the
menus) drop below the refresh rate of the monitor on mid-range
hardware, even if the refresh rate is 120 Hz.

4: Almost Perfect
A rating of 4 is given to games where the framerate stays at the
monitor's refresh at least 95% of the time. The game might slow down
when the action gets uncommonly frenetic.

3: Inefficient but consistent
A rating of 3 is given to games which can run at the monitors refresh
at least 50% of the time. The framerate will never be less than half
the refresh rate.

2: Artificially Slow
A rating of 2 is given to games which have a fps cap below the
monitor's refresh that cannot be bypassed. Many PlayStation ports are
done this way because the developers were too lazy to write framerate
independent code.

1: Jerkishly Evil
A rating of 1 is given to games with abnormal jerks or pauses that
occur in the middle of gameplay, or if the framerate ever drops below
20 fps.

And now for some ratings:

Alice Demo
Speed Rating: 4

Deus Ex
Speed Rating: 3

Frogger 2
Speed Rating: 4

Half Life
Speed Rating: 5

Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing Demo
Speed Rating: 3

NHL 2001 Demo
Speed Rating: 3

Quake III Arena
Speed Rating: 4

Quake III Team Arena
Speed Rating: 4

Sacrifice Demo
Speed Rating: 1

Star Trek Elite Form HM Demo
Speed Rating: 4

Tony Hawk Pro Skater DEMO
Speed Rating: 5

Tony Hawk Pro Skater Full Version
Speed Rating: 2

Unreal Tournament
Speed Rating: 4