GigAHerZ wrote on 2020-12-29, 23:47:My PMMX-266 with GF2MX400 PCI 32MB. […]
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My PMMX-266 with GF2MX400 PCI 32MB.
Quake 2 v3.20
Software 640x480: 12,8fps
Default OpenGL 640x480: 33,2fps
Default OpenGL 1280x960: 30,2fps
Thanks! Did you disable VSYNC? If not, disable it, you should probably see an FPS improvement
Anyway, so it seems that even with help from Hardware T&L, when it comes to performance on the Pentium MMX, the Voodoo cards are still way ahead.
My results with a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI & a Pentium MMX 233 @ 266 MHz:
GLQuake 512x384: 103 FPS
GLQuake 640x480: 102 FPS
GLQuake 800x600: 102 FPS
GLQuake 1024x768: 84 FPS (at this resolution we are now GPU bound, even with a Voodoo 3)
Quake 2 512x384: 46 FPS
Quake 2 640x480: 46 FPS
Quake 2 800x600: 46 FPS
Quake 2 1024x768: 45 FPS (things are bit different in Quake 2, we are CPU bound at all these resolutions)
With a single Voodoo 2:
GLQuake 512x384: 103 FPS
GLQuake 640x480: 98 FPS (we are starting to hit a GPU bottleneck even at 640 x 480!)
GLQuake 800x600: 71 FPS (completely GPU bound)
Quake 2 512x384: 46 FPS
Quake 2 640x480: 45 FPS
Quake 2 800x600: 45 FPS
With a Voodoo Banshee PCI:
GLQuake 512x384: 101 FPS (apparently even at this low resolution, we're a bit GPU bottlenecked with the Banshee).
GLQuake 640x480: 64 FPS (completely GPU bound at 640 x 480 on a Banshee!)
GLQuake 800x600: 42 FPS
GLQuake 1024x768: 31 FPS
Quake 2 512x384: 46 FPS
Quake 2 640x480: 45 FPS
Quake 2 800x600: 42 FPS (starting to see a GPU bottleneck)
Quake 2 1024x768: 28 FPS (completely GPU bound)
Conclusions:
1. Voodoo cards manage to extract every last bit of performance out of these old platforms (that's why people loved them back in the day, and they still do!).
2. "Overkill" is a relative term - in some games at higher resolutions, you can be GPU bound even with a Voodoo 3.
3. The banshee quickly becomes a bottleneck, however it has other advantages going for it (such as image quality + 2D/3D on a single card), so I'll continue to prefer and recommend it for late Pentium MMX builds.
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