Quake III Arena	Source: ID Software

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS) that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and having graphics textures that can fill videocards.

Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768 demo001
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800XT	378.8
2.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	370.7
3.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	347.9
4.	Asus Radeon A9600XT	265.2
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	239.5
6.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	395.4
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	310.1
8.	MSI G4Ti4600-VT2D8X	294
9.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D	265.7
10.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D (587/327)	291

Quake III Arena MAX 1024x768 nv15demo
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800XT	87.1
2.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	88.2
3.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	87.7
4.	Asus Radeon A9600XT	87.1
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	87.1
6.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	93.4
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	93.8
8.	MSI G4Ti4600-VT2D8X	94.1
9.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D	86.9
10.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D (587/327)	88

I think it's time to finally retire Quake III Arena. All cards give excellent framerates which should be no surprise.

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 demo001
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800XT	218.4
2.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	202.3
3.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	175.7
4.	Asus Radeon A9600XT	117
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	104.4
6.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	237.6
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	143.9
8.	MSI G4Ti4600-VT2D8X	137.5
9.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D	117
10.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D (587/327)	129.8

Quake III Arena MAX 1600x1200 nv15demo
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800XT	86.5
2.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	86.7
3.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	85.9
4.	Asus Radeon A9600XT	68.6
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	65.7
6.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	92.6
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	79.1
8.	MSI G4Ti4600-VT2D8X	76.2
9.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D	68.7
10.	Gigabyte GV-R96X128D (587/327)	73.3

While the difference between cards is much higher, I doubt you'd notice between any of the videocards.