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Re: A few questions about glQuake in Windows XP...

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From: Bill M.
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:23
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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in
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> 
> "Bill M." <wbmcl@removexcite.com> wrote in message 
> news:Xns97051BCA6FAD9wbmclexcitecom@216.196.97.131...
>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in news:SwUaf.62569
>> $Bf7.21713@tornado.texas.rr.com:
>>
>>> http://qw.fragzone.se/
>>
>> What timedemo do you get with your computer? I too have an AMD 64 2
>> gigahertz, 512 DDR, GeForce 6800. At 1280, I get 59.8fps.
>>
>> Bill M.
> 
> Timedemo in Quake 1???    If you're running a DEMO file for Q1 then I
> also need to run the same one.   Um, hang on (this will be a bit of
> fun! )  )........
> 
> [still hangin on there?]
> 
> 
> OK, on both running systems, using GLQuake 0.97 (Quake 1.09), in 
> 1280x1024-16 bpps (32bpp is not available in high resolutions
> evidently). Here's what I have done since the release of Quake Full
> version.   I run the game, select New Game (you will be in the start
> room with shotgun and facing the 3 halls of difficulty levels), drop
> the console, type in TIMEREFRESH [enter], the view spins around, and
> here are the figures: 
> 
> The P4 got 244.126574 fps.
> 
> The X2 got 754.654071 fps.
> 
> 
> Specs:
> 
> P4= 478fc2 P4 3.0E (Prescott, 1m L2, 800fsb, HT), GA8-IPE1000-G (ICH5 
> chipset),  4 x 512meg PC3200 in dual channel,  PNY GF4-Ti4600-128
> w/nvidia 53.03 drivers,  TB Santa Cruz,  XP Pro SP2.
> 
> X2= AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+,  ( E6,Toledo,90nm,L2-1MBx2, 2000mHz system
> bus), GA K8NS Ultra-939 (nForce3 Ultra chipset),  2 x 1gig PC3200 in
> dual channel, eVGA 6800GT (AGP8X) w/nvidia 77.77 drivers,  onboard
> nVidia 8ch sound, XP Pro SP2.
> 
> The fastest the P4 did even with the 6800GT was 247 fps, and I was
> kinda proud of that.  Now, I have the X2 but haven't run Quake on it
> yet.  I almost crapped myself a few minutes ago when I actually ran
> GLQuake for the first time on the X2.  Over 750fps!!!!!!!!!  :o)))  
> LOL!  WOW! 
> 
> Your TIMEREFRESH results should be fairly high also.  Turn off VSYNC
> in the nvidia driver control panel.
> 
> McG. 
> 
> 

Yeah just pop in:

timedemo demo1

in the console. That was the default benchmark back in 1996-1997.

Bill M.
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Subject: Re: A few questions about glQuake in Windows XP...
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