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Title: Weird benchmarks
Post by oldskool on 06.04.10 at 23:16:21

I was doing some quake 2 benchmarks today witha 4500 pci and a 5500PCI and a 5500 agp.

Tested PCI cards in an ABIT NF7 nforce motherboard with amd 2500+ 1gB ram 2x 512mb (dual channel)
Tested PCI and Agp card in my a7a266 motherboard with amd 1700+ 1gB ram 1x1gb

Agp card was the fastest with the slowest processor, the 4500 pci was faster with 2xAA with the slowest processor and faster at higher resolutions. The 5500 pci was faster with the slower processor at 2xAA and 4xAA.

Testing was done at:
640x480
800x600
1024x768
1280x960
No sound and with no AA, 2AA and 4AA (5500 only),same memory type used in both boards.

Strange results ?

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by Narmounet on 07.04.10 at 08:41:05

Same OS ? Drivers ?

Was Quake II a multitexturing game ?

But definitively these benchs seems weird for my :o

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by Thandor on 07.04.10 at 09:43:27

In other words: the PCI-cards in the nForce2 system are slower than the AGP/PCI-cards with ALi M1647 chipset? Maybe the PCI/AGP-bus is faster in that motherboard :).

I've also seen a Pentium III-S 1400 with i815 which scores better with Aquamark 3 than a Pentium 4 3.8GHz with i865PE :). It's not always a matter of CPU-speed ;).

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by oldskool on 07.04.10 at 14:01:03

There wasn't a huge difference in speed but it was enough to make me ponder.

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by oldskool on 11.04.10 at 14:18:50

Well, I've done some more benchmarking with quake 2. I think in the higher resolutions I have found the maximum fps the card will do regardless of the CPU., with little difference between the PCI and th AGP cards.
In lower resolution there is a larger difference between AGP and PCI with improvements using a faster CPU as well.

All tests done with same drivers, OS ect

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by oldskool on 12.04.10 at 15:14:04

Asus A7A266 amd 1700+ 1gb pc2700. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 4500 PCI Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2) fps
Resolution No AA 2xAA
640x480 164.8 101.5
800x600 125.2 70.2
1024x768 87.2 45.0
1280x960 58.6 29.0

Abit NF-7 amd 2500+ 1gb pc3200 400mhz dual channel. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 4500 PCI Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2) fps
Resolution No AA 2xAA
640x480 175.6 101.4
800x600 127.0 69.3
1024x768 85.3 44.1
1280x960 54.9 20.5

Epox 8K3A+ 1gb pc3200@333mhz single channel. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 4500 PCI Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2) fps
Resolution No AA 2xAA
640x480 171.1 100.3
800x600 125.0 69.0
1024x768 82.9 44.1
1280x960 54.6 28.5

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by oldskool on 12.04.10 at 15:14:11

Asus A7A266 amd 1700+ 1gb pc2700. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 5500 PCI Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2)
Resolution No AA 2xAA 4xAA
640x480 252    171.2 103.5
800x600 208    130.2 70.4
1024x768 153.5 88.6 44.7
1280x960 108.4 59.3 28.6

Abit NF-7 amd 2500+ 1gb pc3200 400mhz dual channel. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 5500 PCI Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2)
Resolution No AA 2xAA 4xAA
640x480 246    161.7 92.9
800x600 196    117.8 64.3
1024x768 145.5 79.9 41.9
1280x960 103.1 53.1 27.1

Epox 8K3A+ 1gb pc3200@333mhz single channel. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 5500 PCI Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2)
Resolution No AA 2xAA 4xAA
640x480 228.2 158.0 92.0
800x600 189.6 116.6 63.9
1024x768 145.5 79.3 41.8
1280x960 101.7 59.0 27.1

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by oldskool on 12.04.10 at 15:14:17

Asus A7A266 amd 1700+ 1gb pc2700. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 5500 AGP Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2)
Resolution No AA 2xAA 4xAA
640x480 228.2 158.0 92.0
800x600 189.6 116.6 63.9
1024x768 145.5 79.3 41.8
1280x960 101.7 59.0 27.1
Epox 8K3A+ 1gb pc3200@333mhz single channel. Windows 98se
3dfx voodoo 5500 AGP Amergamerlin 2.9, Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2)
Resolution No AA 2xAA 4xAA
640x480 290.6 178.9 98.2
800x600 220.0 126.4 67.2
1024x768 156.6 83.9 43.4
1280x960 107.8 55.3 28.1

Title: Re: Weird benchmarks
Post by oldskool on 21.03.12 at 21:26:49

Epox 8K3A+ 1gb pc3200@333mhz single channel. Windows 98se
ATI Rage Fury Maxx Quake 2 (3.2) (demo1.dm2)
Resolution    No AA    2xAA    4xAA
640x480    220.1       n/a       n/a
800x600    165.7       n/a       n/a
1024x768    113.8       n/a       n/a
1280x960     n/a          n/a       n/a
1600x1200 48.9       n/a       n/a :o