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more V2 & Rendition

rick sweene

more V2 & Rendition

by rick sweene » Sat, 24 Oct 1998 04:00:00

rendition 2200 v. 3Dfx

We have just completed a speed test on a Pentium 350 and 400 running
Rendition 2200 and 3Dfx cards.
The software used in the test was GP Legends which has a handy frame
counter.
The software was set on Monza with all graphics on, detail bias set at
1/2 , in a race,19 cars and our car at the rear of the grid.
CPU RAM CARD FRAMES / SEC
300 64 3Dfx 24
300 64 Rendition 31
400 64 3Dfx 27
400 64 Rendition 35
400 124 3Dfx 27
400 124 3Dfx x 2 invalid reading in legends but looks like 30
SUMMARY - For Papyrus games;
3Dfx graphics cleaner at 640 x 480
Rendition graphics grainy at 640 x 480 (even at 600 x 800 better but
still not quite as good as 3Dfx)
Rendition has a momentry freeze problem when pit board comes out and on
the odd occasion at random during a race.
Rendition much much faster. Even faster than 2 x 3Dfx's.
CONCLUSION - For Papyrus games - Rendition 2200 by a country mile.

Juergen Pils

more V2 & Rendition

by Juergen Pils » Mon, 26 Oct 1998 03:00:00

IMHO the voodoo grafics are too filtered, too softened.
I prefer the V2200, which I got yesterday.It seems to take load from the
CPU. On my P233MMX/48 RAM the framerate increased from an average of 20
fps to 30 fps !!!(Training mode)

> rendition 2200 v. 3Dfx

> We have just completed a speed test on a Pentium 350 and 400 running
> Rendition 2200 and 3Dfx cards.
> The software used in the test was GP Legends which has a handy frame
> counter.
> The software was set on Monza with all graphics on, detail bias set at
> 1/2 , in a race,19 cars and our car at the rear of the grid.
> CPU RAM CARD FRAMES / SEC
> 300 64 3Dfx 24
> 300 64 Rendition 31
> 400 64 3Dfx 27
> 400 64 Rendition 35
> 400 124 3Dfx 27
> 400 124 3Dfx x 2 invalid reading in legends but looks like 30
> SUMMARY - For Papyrus games;
> 3Dfx graphics cleaner at 640 x 480
> Rendition graphics grainy at 640 x 480 (even at 600 x 800 better but
> still not quite as good as 3Dfx)
> Rendition has a momentry freeze problem when pit board comes out and on
> the odd occasion at random during a race.
> Rendition much much faster. Even faster than 2 x 3Dfx's.
> CONCLUSION - For Papyrus games - Rendition 2200 by a country mile.


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