Re: Dual 900s for Doom III?

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From: JK
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:49

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Stephen Gordon wrote:

> JK wrote:
> >
> > Try turning on all the extras.
> >
>
> Your beloved athlon 64s dropped ~20fps each

That shows that the cpu is not a bottleneck.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=1

> when they cranked the
> resolution up from 800x600 to 1280x1024, in contrast the 2.4C from intel
> that you are so keen to bag dropped .1 of a frame.

That proves that the 2.4C IS a bottleneck for that graphics card.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=1

>
>
> It would appear as soon as you 'turn on all the extras' the 64 has a
> blowout.
>
> -Steve

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