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Article #75309Re: A few questions about glQuake in Windows XP...
From: Bill M.
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:23
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 18:23
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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in news:oL3bf.73623$GQ.24723@tornado.texas.rr.com: > > "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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