How to benchmark using Half-Life 2 demo?

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How does one benchmark their graphics card using the Half-Life
2 Demo?

 

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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:18:51 -0500, Larry Roberts <skin-e@juno.com>
wrote:

> How does one benchmark their graphics card using the Half-Life
>2 Demo?

Use the video test in CS:S.
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:38:25 GMT, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:18:51 -0500, Larry Roberts <skin-e@juno.com>
>wrote:
>
>> How does one benchmark their graphics card using the Half-Life
>>2 Demo?
>
>Use the video test in CS:S.

I thought it would be apparent that I don't own Half-Life 2
when I asked "How to benchmark using Half-Life 2 demo?". Demo being
the catch word. So, since there is only CS:S when you own the original
HL2, or pirate it, I am stuck with the demo.

 

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On 4/26/2005 7:35 PM Larry Roberts brightened our day with:

>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:38:25 GMT, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote:
>
>
>
>>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:18:51 -0500, Larry Roberts <skin-e@juno.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> How does one benchmark their graphics card using the Half-Life
>>>2 Demo?
>>>
>>>
>>Use the video test in CS:S.
>>
>>
>
> I thought it would be apparent that I don't own Half-Life 2
>when I asked "How to benchmark using Half-Life 2 demo?". Demo being
>the catch word. So, since there is only CS:S when you own the original
>HL2, or pirate it, I am stuck with the demo.
>
>

Benchmarking usually requires something for comparison. To actually do
a comparison you need to benchmark with standard recorded game demos,
all of the ones I'm aware of are for the full game.
You could use Fraps (http://fraps.com/) to give you you're average
framerate during a period of gameplay. You hit a key while you're
playing, it keeps a log of your fps for a chosen amount of time, you
open up the log later and see the average.
If you want to know your fps while your playing enter in cl_showfps 1 in
the console, if the console is available in the demo.

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On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 02:46:27 GMT, Inglo <ioo@??.¿¿¿> wrote:

>On 4/26/2005 7:35 PM Larry Roberts brightened our day with:
>
>>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 22:38:25 GMT, Andrew <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:18:51 -0500, Larry Roberts <skin-e@juno.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> How does one benchmark their graphics card using the Half-Life
>>>>2 Demo?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Use the video test in CS:S.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I thought it would be apparent that I don't own Half-Life 2
>>when I asked "How to benchmark using Half-Life 2 demo?". Demo being
>>the catch word. So, since there is only CS:S when you own the original
>>HL2, or pirate it, I am stuck with the demo.
>>
>>
>
>Benchmarking usually requires something for comparison. To actually do
>a comparison you need to benchmark with standard recorded game demos,
>all of the ones I'm aware of are for the full game.
>You could use Fraps (http://fraps.com/) to give you you're average
>framerate during a period of gameplay. You hit a key while you're
>playing, it keeps a log of your fps for a chosen amount of time, you
>open up the log later and see the average.
>If you want to know your fps while your playing enter in cl_showfps 1 in
>the console, if the console is available in the demo.

Thanks for the info.