A lot of people were wondering about which videocard they should chose for their heavy 2D-work. That is why we intentionally published the Athlon 850 and PIII-600 results in the same graph. If you are a 2D-artist or professional, get a cheaper videocard (like the TNT2 M64) but don't skimp on powerfull CPU. While some videocards still have a slower 2D-engine than others, it is crystal clear that the CPU determines the performance that you will experience. A cheap TNT2M64 paired with an Athlon 850 does a much better 2d-job than any of its expensive brothers (Geforce DDR, Geforce GTS2) with the PIII-600.
many people think they need a killer card to do 2D graphics work like CAD and DTP
however, in reality a more powerful CPU is better
but turns out all card can do it just as good (even the M64)
but the S3 cards sux in this sense