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The Falcon SE Xentor installed like a dream and with the new and improved revisions of the Xentor 32 drivers, previous driver incompatibilities were non-existent. The Falcon SE Xentor is an AGP 4X part and I had absolutely no problems installing it on either the Intel or AMD platforms. Just to be thorough, I also installed it on a VIA Apollo Pro 133 motherboard and again it passed with flying colors. The drivers included with the Falcon SE Xentor are also straight from Guillemot, with only cosmetic differences from the standard set. The Guillemot PowerSprinter overclocking utility is also included, but this time around it's been customized to allow higher clock/memory settings and has a nifty Falcon Northwest SE logo. All in all, this graphical touch is another prime example of Falcon adding just that little bit extra to their products. All the kudos shouldn't got just to Falcon, since Guillemot obviously had a hand in there too.
Windows 98
Intel P3-450 & Celeron 366@550
Abit BX6R2 motherboard
128 meg 7.5 ns PC133 SDRAM
Seagate ST34321A HD
Windows 98
Athlon 600
Gigabyte GA-71X motherboard
128 meg 7.5 ns PC133 SDRAM
Seagate ST34321A HD
As you know, the 3D performance of a standard TNT2 Ultra board is excellent, and the Falcon SE Xentor is certainly no standard TNT2 Ultra. Clocking in at an amazing 195 MHz clock and 235 MHz memory speeds, it's one of the fastest 3D cards on the market. The already impressive specs of the TNT2 Ultra are enhanced even more with the Falcon SE Xentor. A standard 150 MHz TNT2 has a fill rate of 300 MPixels/sec. and the increase to 195 MHz raises this to a 390 MPixels/sec. rate. And this is at the SE's stock clock speeds, though I'll have more on overclocking a bit later.
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