Reply 40 of 45, by mwdmeyer
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Unfortunately I only have the Quake 2 demo, so I cannot seem to run the benchmarks 🙁
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Unfortunately I only have the Quake 2 demo, so I cannot seem to run the benchmarks 🙁
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If you are comparing the Quake3 benchmark of a Cyrix MII at 266 MHz to a Pentium 166MMX, you should really be consistant with which graphics card you are using.
From my work on the Ultimate 686 Benchmark Comparison (in progress), I noticed that a Cyrix MII @ 233 Mhz yields about the same results of a Pentium 166MMX in Quake 2.
Pentium 166MMX
Quake2 - OpenGL - 17.9 fps
Quake2 - Software - 10.1 fps
Cyrix MII 233 MHz
Quake2 - OpenGL - 17.7 fps
Quake2 - Software - 9.9 fps
For added comparison,
Cyrix MII 292 MHz (83.3 x 3.5)
Quake2 - OpenGL - 22.6 fps
Quake2 - Software - 12.5 fps
which is a little bit faster than a Pentium 233MMX,
Pentium 233MMX
Quake2 - OpenGL - 22.7 fps
Quake2 - Software - 11.9 fps
If Quake2 is a good approximation for most games of the time (1998-1999), then the fastest, and last, Cyrix CPU (MII-433GP) was about as good as a Pentium 233MMX. For office/internet applications, the Cyrix MII-433GP would be a much better choice than a P233.
The 292 MHz Cyrix MII was tested using an 83 MHz FSB, so perhaps running the MII at 100 MHz x 3.0 would equate to about a Pentium 262MMX in Quake2?
For your interest,
Pentium 262MMX
Quake2 - OpenGL - 25.1 fps
Quake2 - Software - 13.7 fps
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Alright. Got a benchmark working in quake 2 demo.
Software 640x480 9.6fps
OpenGL 1024x768 32fps
This was with the demo benchmark so not sure if the results are comparable.
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