"Should I put a Voodoo2 in my iMac B
or buy a 333Mhz closeout?"

I don't have extensive results on all iMac models but I have enough stats to shed light on the what constitutes the ultimate iMac for gamers:

 

Conclusion
Gamers who have an iMac A or B, take heart. Adding a Voodoo2 iWizard will give you every bit as much speed as the newest iMac, especially if you max out the RAM. The only downside is lack of support and warranty since the company is defunct that created the card.

Gamers trying to decide between the newest 400MHz iMac DV, the iBook, and the closeout iMac 333, spend the extra dough and get the 400MHz model.

The iBook was hampered by limited memory and only 4MB of VRAM (unexpandable), but take my word for it, this is not a gamers machine.

Get the iMac DV 400 -- the ultimate iMac for gamers -- at least for a few months.

But seriously. Real, hard core gamers will opt for a G4 minitower with a Voodoo3 board!

 

Related Reviews

Bare Feats complete test results on the iMac DV

XLR8YourMac's review of the iMac DV SE

 

Test Configurations & Procedures

Chart Name	CPU and Graphics	Physical RAM/Virtual RAM
iBook	G3/300 with ATI RAGE Mobility with 2X AGP (4M)	32M/128M
iMac DV 400	G3/400 with RAGE 128 VR with AGP 2X support (8M)	64M/128M
iMac 333	G3/333 with RAGE Pro (6M)	96M/128M
iMac B Voodoo2	G3/233 with Voodoo2 iWizard (8M)	96M/128M
iMac B	G3/233 with RAGE Pro (6M)	96M/128M
iMac A	G3/233 with RAGE IIc (2M)	96M/128M

• Mac OS 8.6 was used the iMac A & B and iBook. Mac OS 9 was used on the others.
• The iBook was hampered by limited memory and only 4MB of VRAM. I hope to do a better test in the future with at least more memory, but this is not a gamers machine.
• Quake 1 -- All effects on; Started game; Pressed "~"; Entered "timedemo 1" and "~" again. When sequence completed, noted Frames per Second displayed at bottom of screen.
• Quake II -- TimeDemo 1 was run. Press "~" and enter "timedemo 1" and "~" again. Then press "~" as soon as you "die." Frames per second are displayed at the bottom of the screen .
• Unreal 3D test used the Castle Flyby that comes up at startup. To get the average and minimum frames per second with version 2.2.x of Unreal, you press "~" and enter "timedemo 1." Then press "~" to open up the full screen again. It begins the fly sequence at the castle entrance. After one trip around it displays an average, along with minimum and maximum. Standard unreal.ini doc modified so ViewportX = 640 or 800, ViewportY = 480 or 600, skipping = FALSE, doubled = FALSE, GameRenderDevice and RenderDevice = "RaveDrv.RaveRenderDevice." Ran in 16 bit mode. (Get the latest latest UNREAL Beta from Westlake's Site.)

   

  BIG MAHALO TO...

  ...CompUSA for the use of the iMac A. iMac G3/400 and iBook

  ...The now defunct MicroConversions for the use of the iWizard

  ...My friend, Cecil, for letting me pry open his iMac B to install and test the iWizard

  ...My daughter, Stephanie, for the use of her iMac G3/333