rec.autos.simulators

# of cars on track    Voodoo2 12MB SLI (fps)    3Dfx Banshee (fps)
      5                       35-36                   35-36      
      10                      24-25                   35-36
      15                      24-25                   31-32
      19                      24-25                   29-30

Additional:
Lowest fps (19 cars, sitting at Monza while all cars drive away)
                              18.7                    23 fps

Hmmm...I thought the Voodoo2 SLI would blow away the Banshee but in my
experience, it's the other way around. These -are- just numbers but
gameplay is definitely smoother on the Banshee (as relected by the
numbers). Is anyone seeing approx the same results that I am, either
with the Voodoo2 SLI or the Banshee (or both)?

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Sergey Zakharov

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To clarify, "Voodoo2 12MB SLI" is 2 Voodoo2 12MB cards in SLI, in my
case two Creative Labs 3D Blaster Voodoo2 cards. A Quantum3D Obsidian is
*not* in the system. A Quantum 3D Raven (3Dfx Banshee) *is* in the
system and handles 2D/3D.
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Sergey Zakharov

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Voodoo2 will surpass Banshee in games that use multi-texturing because of
it's extra texture unit.  (Voodoo2 can do it in 1 pass compared to banshees
2 passes)

GPL doesn't use multitexturing so therefore...

Someone posted a little while ago, that when running in SLI mode, the
clock rate actually lowers to about 80MHz instead of 90 or whatever
the default is. So if you're running a game, which doesnt fully
utilise the power of the SLI mode, then it will run slower. Heavily
mulit-textured games like UNreal/Quake2 will tax the SLI rig a lot
more than single texture games like GPL.

Wow I am getting better frame rate without sli too. On my 333 it went
from 36fps 800x600 in a training lap to around 36fps without sli. This is
not good. Now I have to figure out which games to turn sli off for.
YUCK!!!!!

Vamp

Wow I am getting better frame rate without sli too. On my 333 it went
from 30fps 800x600 in a training lap to around 36fps without sli. This is
not good. Now I have to figure out which games to turn sli off for.
YUCK!!!!!

Vamp