what do you get with the video stress test?

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"Luke Curtis" <mfll78@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:15:47 GMT, "McGrandpa"
> <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
> <SNIP>
>>It's kinda boggling to see the modern games whizzing along at over 100 fps
>>less than a year after i bought them. It took me 4 years to get that with
>>Q3!
> LOL! I bought Q3 the day it was released and remember struggling to
> get 40FPS at 800x600, now I get 247fps at 1280x1024!
>
> I dare say we will be saying the same of Doom 3 in a couple of years
> time. <G>

Less than that, if they'd just rewrite the code for 64 bit then change
some stuff up to take advantage of dual cores. I used to get 247fps in
1280x1024 too. But that was on the p4. I just installed it on the A64 X2,
so i'll reboot and see what i get
McG.

 

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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Luke Curtis" <mfll78@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:15:47 GMT, "McGrandpa"
>> <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>> <SNIP>
>>>It's kinda boggling to see the modern games whizzing along at over 100
>>>fps
>>>less than a year after i bought them. It took me 4 years to get that
>>>with
>>>Q3!
>> LOL! I bought Q3 the day it was released and remember struggling to
>> get 40FPS at 800x600, now I get 247fps at 1280x1024!
>>
>> I dare say we will be saying the same of Doom 3 in a couple of years
>> time. <G>
>
> Less than that, if they'd just rewrite the code for 64 bit then change
> some stuff up to take advantage of dual cores. I used to get 247fps in
> 1280x1024 too. But that was on the p4. I just installed it on the A64
> X2, so i'll reboot and see what i get
> McG.
>
>
>
Ha! demo Four, 4.2 seconds, 299.3 fps LOL! 1280x1024, lightmap, trilinear,
all settings up high. Demo Four is just a few seconds of kaliedoscopic
noises

C'mon Inglo, you wanna show me how rotten the X2 is, just takes a couple
mins to install Q3A and point release 1.32
McG.

 

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On 9/4/2005 1:35 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:

>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>"Luke Curtis" <mfll78@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>>
>>
>>>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:15:47 GMT, "McGrandpa"
>>><McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>><SNIP>
>>>
>>>
>>>>It's kinda boggling to see the modern games whizzing along at over 100
>>>>fps
>>>>less than a year after i bought them. It took me 4 years to get that
>>>>with
>>>>Q3!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>LOL! I bought Q3 the day it was released and remember struggling to
>>>get 40FPS at 800x600, now I get 247fps at 1280x1024!
>>>
>>>I dare say we will be saying the same of Doom 3 in a couple of years
>>>time. <G>
>>>
>>>
>>Less than that, if they'd just rewrite the code for 64 bit then change
>>some stuff up to take advantage of dual cores. I used to get 247fps in
>>1280x1024 too. But that was on the p4. I just installed it on the A64
>>X2, so i'll reboot and see what i get
>>McG.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Ha! demo Four, 4.2 seconds, 299.3 fps LOL! 1280x1024, lightmap, trilinear,
>all settings up high. Demo Four is just a few seconds of kaliedoscopic
>noises
>
>C'mon Inglo, you wanna show me how rotten the X2 is, just takes a couple
>mins to install Q3A and point release 1.32
>McG.
>
>
>
>
249 fps. Find me something that shows the 4800 is "2300" better than my
XP2500 then you've got something to crow about. I don't think there's
anything wrong with the X2 4800, just that there isn't anything out
there that makes it worthwhile... yet.

--
Dudley Moore: "You're a bleeding nutcase!" Peter Cook: "Hah! They said that about Galileo."
Moore: "They also said it about a lot of nutcases."

Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote
> I used to get 247fps in 1280x1024 too. But that was
> on the p4. I just installed it on the A64 X2, so i'll reboot
> and see what i get

What's it matter anyway? The human eye can't see beyond 30FPS.
- -
David
davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com.

 

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"LymanAlpha" <ioo@??.¿¿¿> wrote in message
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> On 9/4/2005 1:35 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
>
>>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:NlHSe.216051$0f.29745@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>
>>>"Luke Curtis" <mfll78@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:15:47 GMT, "McGrandpa"
>>>><McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>><SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>>It's kinda boggling to see the modern games whizzing along at over 100
>>>>>fps
>>>>>less than a year after i bought them. It took me 4 years to get that
>>>>>with
>>>>>Q3!
>>>>>
>>>>LOL! I bought Q3 the day it was released and remember struggling to
>>>>get 40FPS at 800x600, now I get 247fps at 1280x1024!
>>>>
>>>>I dare say we will be saying the same of Doom 3 in a couple of years
>>>>time. <G>
>>>>
>>>Less than that, if they'd just rewrite the code for 64 bit then
>>>change some stuff up to take advantage of dual cores. I used to get
>>>247fps in 1280x1024 too. But that was on the p4. I just installed it on
>>>the A64 X2, so i'll reboot and see what i get
>>>McG.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Ha! demo Four, 4.2 seconds, 299.3 fps LOL! 1280x1024, lightmap,
>>trilinear, all settings up high. Demo Four is just a few seconds of
>>kaliedoscopic noises
>>
>>C'mon Inglo, you wanna show me how rotten the X2 is, just takes a couple
>>mins to install Q3A and point release 1.32
>>McG.
>>
>>
> 249 fps. Find me something that shows the 4800 is "2300" better than my
> XP2500 then you've got something to crow about. I don't think there's
> anything wrong with the X2 4800, just that there isn't anything out there
> that makes it worthwhile... yet.

I think we are agreed on that. That it does run some stuff faster is nice.
Far Cry 64 and Riddick EFBB 64 bit are the only things I've tried that show
me anything about *fast*. I was a little disappointed at the general
lack of 64 bit support at first. I should have expected that though
McG.

>
> --
> Dudley Moore: "You're a bleeding nutcase!" Peter Cook: "Hah! They said
> that about Galileo." Moore: "They also said it about a lot of nutcases."
>
> Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
> www.inglostadt.com

 

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"David Firewater" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote
>> I used to get 247fps in 1280x1024 too. But that was
>> on the p4. I just installed it on the A64 X2, so i'll reboot
>> and see what i get
>
> What's it matter anyway? The human eye can't see beyond 30FPS.
> - -
> David
> davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com.
>
>
>
*groan* ... naw, I ain't goin thar wit cha!
McG.

 

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On 9/4/2005 3:53 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:

>"LymanAlpha" <ioo@??.¿¿¿> wrote in message
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>
>>On 9/4/2005 1:35 PM McGrandpa brightened our day with:
>>
>>
>>
>>>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>>
>>>>"Luke Curtis" <mfll78@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:15:47 GMT, "McGrandpa"
>>>>><McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>><SNIP>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>It's kinda boggling to see the modern games whizzing along at over 100
>>>>>>fps
>>>>>>less than a year after i bought them. It took me 4 years to get that
>>>>>>with
>>>>>>Q3!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>LOL! I bought Q3 the day it was released and remember struggling to
>>>>>get 40FPS at 800x600, now I get 247fps at 1280x1024!
>>>>>
>>>>>I dare say we will be saying the same of Doom 3 in a couple of years
>>>>>time. <G>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Less than that, if they'd just rewrite the code for 64 bit then
>>>>change some stuff up to take advantage of dual cores. I used to get
>>>>247fps in 1280x1024 too. But that was on the p4. I just installed it on
>>>>the A64 X2, so i'll reboot and see what i get
>>>>McG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Ha! demo Four, 4.2 seconds, 299.3 fps LOL! 1280x1024, lightmap,
>>>trilinear, all settings up high. Demo Four is just a few seconds of
>>>kaliedoscopic noises
>>>
>>>C'mon Inglo, you wanna show me how rotten the X2 is, just takes a couple
>>>mins to install Q3A and point release 1.32
>>>McG.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>249 fps. Find me something that shows the 4800 is "2300" better than my
>>XP2500 then you've got something to crow about. I don't think there's
>>anything wrong with the X2 4800, just that there isn't anything out there
>>that makes it worthwhile... yet.
>>
>>
>
>I think we are agreed on that. That it does run some stuff faster is nice.
>Far Cry 64 and Riddick EFBB 64 bit are the only things I've tried that show
>me anything about *fast*. I was a little disappointed at the general
>lack of 64 bit support at first. I should have expected that though
>McG.
>
>
>
You should try running BF2 with 64 bots. Or some other game that you
can add a lot of bots to, like UT2K4. I bet you get just about the
same FPS in quake 3 no matter what resolution you run at.
Try some other programs that depend on cpu horsepower. Like PiFast, see
how fast your computer can compute pi to several billion places.

--
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Moore: "They also said it about a lot of nutcases."

Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
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David Firewater wrote:
>> I used to get 247fps in 1280x1024 too. But that was
>> on the p4. I just installed it on the A64 X2, so i'll reboot
>> and see what i get
>
>
> What's it matter anyway? The human eye can't see beyond 30FPS.

Hey Dave, did we ever renew that initiation tattoo of yours..?



--
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"LymanAlpha"
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>>me anything about *fast*. I was a little disappointed at the general
>>lack of 64 bit support at first. I should have expected that though
>>McG.
>>
>>
> You should try running BF2 with 64 bots. Or some other game that you can
> add a lot of bots to, like UT2K4. I bet you get just about the same FPS
> in quake 3 no matter what resolution you run at.
> Try some other programs that depend on cpu horsepower. Like PiFast, see
> how fast your computer can compute pi to several billion places.

Hm. A run for curiositys sake. Might do that. I'm sure you realize that
all I want is for things like games to *go fast!*, right? There have been
some advantages to the OS and 2D/3D desktop stuff though. PSP9 opens in
half the time, all the images load faster even the big ones I work with from
neg scans. Operations ON the images go a LOT faster than with the P4 rig.
So I see real benefits to having the A64 X2. BUT, what I'm wondering now is
if i'd be seeing pretty much the same thing with say an A64 3800+? In
other words, what good am I seeing from 64 bit and what from dual core?
Having skipped from my sons XP3000+ Barton to x2 4800 I seem to have missed
some good stuff
McG.
>
> --
> Dudley Moore: "You're a bleeding nutcase!" Peter Cook: "Hah! They said
> that about Galileo." Moore: "They also said it about a lot of nutcases."
>
> Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
> www.inglostadt.com

 

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"LymanAlpha"
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>>me anything about *fast*. I was a little disappointed at the general
>>lack of 64 bit support at first. I should have expected that though
>>McG.
>>
>>
> You should try running BF2 with 64 bots. Or some other game that you can
> add a lot of bots to, like UT2K4. I bet you get just about the same FPS
> in quake 3 no matter what resolution you run at.
> Try some other programs that depend on cpu horsepower. Like PiFast, see
> how fast your computer can compute pi to several billion places.
>
I'll try some of that stuff. I'll install Ut2004, patch it, then get a
bunch of bots in a level and see what that's like. Thought there was a
limit on the number of bots in a match? Facing Worlds ought to be a good
proving ground
McG.

>
> Steve ¤»Inglo«¤
> www.inglostadt.com