I have just finished testing 3 video cards on 2 pc's using Cyrix cpu's
at P150+, P166+, P168+! and P200+. The p150 and 166 tests were done on a
shuttle 553hx mobo with 512k of L2. The p168 and p200 tests were on an
FKI sl586 vt2 mobo with 512k of L2. I have included some other quick
b/marks to give some idea of how wide the card speed band is before GP2
goes up/down in frame rate.
DOS vid card tests using diamond 3d 2000 2meg, S3 64+ 2meg and the
ET6000 4.25meg
Speed 200 cpu fpu vid
at p150+
Dia3d 1425 1530 51738
s3 64+ 1425 1530 37809
ET6000 1425 1530 70217
at p166+
Dia3d 1575 1691 51738
s3 64+ 1575 1691 37809
ET6000 1575 1691 70217
at p200+
dia3d not tested
s3 64+ 1775 1907 28912
ET6000 1774 1907 29789
at p168+
dia3d not tested
s3 64+ 1618 1736 26568
ET6000 1618 1737 27307
Syschk
at p150+
dia3d cpu speed 638 vid char/sec 84920
s3 64+ 638 82574
ET6000 638 100308
at p168+
ET6000 653 111369
at p200+
ET6000 716 122989
Sorry some of the tests dont inc the diamond 3d 2000 and s3 card, but i
was running out of time and enthusiasum(sp) to keep swopping cards
around<G>
If you set it up GP2 gives info on vid speed in log txt...here it is for
the following cards. I have also given the fps estimate. Settings
were,...SVGA, manual with low track objects everything on but no smoke,
sky texture or mirror texture.
at p150+
dia3d speed 322 video 415 fps 21.3
s3 64+ 322 316 19.6
ET6000 322 416 21.3
at p166+
dia3d 356 423 23.2
s3 64+ 356 317 21.3
ET6000 356 460 23.2
New pc at both p200+ and p168+(136Mhz thats the clock default with no
jumpers fitted )
at p200+
ET6000 403 407 25.6
S3 64+ 402 312 25.6
at p168+
ET6000 367 371 23.2
S3 64+ 366 308 23.2
Notice how it seems to me anyway, the fki board cant throughput the
video as fast as the old hx shuttle can.
Now i seem to have misplaced the dia3d scores for the new pc on gp2!!
My conclusions are that if you have the cpu speed you can, for GP2
anyway get away with a 40:00 basic S3 card and still get good frame
rates.
Now to get back to the real hard work....practice time!
Mike.
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Mike.Turner at Herne Bay. Kent. UK. using OUI Pro Ver 1.5.0.2
17:10 on 03/01/97
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