Ok, enough with synthetics, here's an older game, MDK2. Let's see what it thinks as it is good at taxing a computers subsystem.

MDK2 640x480-16bit
Frequency	FPS
170 MHz	204.0
150 MHz	192.6
MDK2 1024x768-32bit
Frequency	FPS
170 MHz	193.5
150 MHz	185.7

The difference wasn't noticeable while benchmarking; however it's still almost 6% on the first set of benchmarks at 16bit. As the resolution is turned up, there isn't any noticeable difference, but the numbers still favor the higher bus speeds

Quake III Arena Benchmarks

Quake III has always craved high bus speeds. Judging by the other previous benchmarks, it's obvious that the system with the faster bus will win, but by how much?

At these settings, again, the faster bus wins out. Not by much, but still, it's "free" performance. Let's take a look at what happens when the resolution is turned up to 1024x768.

Quake III Arena HQ: Fastest Setting Demo001
Frequency	FPS
170 MHz	204.6
150 MHz	195.5
Quake III Arena HQ: Fastest Setting nV15Demo
Frequency	FPS
170 MHz	53.0
150 MHz	49.8

Quake III Arena MAX: Fastest Setting Demo001
Frequency	FPS
170 MHz	161.7
150 MHz	157.1
Quake III Arena MAX: Fastest Setting nV15Demo
Frequency	FPS
170 MHz	50.0
150 MHz	47.0

Again, I wasn't able to see the performance difference, but the numbers don't lie. Hey, it's free performance, why not take it?