Sample Values for 3D Accelerated Graphics Cards

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This article serves as complement to the article "3D under SuSE Linux" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_3d.html) and provides a list of 3D accelerated graphics cards and their values generated with the program gears. However, because gears depends on the CPU performance in addition to the used color depth, we have also included the CPU specification on the corresponding test system.

During the test with gears, make sure the text window from which gears starts does not cover the actual gears window. For this purpose, leave the window size as it is when gears starts, so you can establish a comparison with our sample values.

For further information about your graphics card's 3D configuration, refer to "3D under SuSE Linux" (http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/wessels_3d.html).

To start gears, open a text console and enter the command "gears".

Sample Values

System Configuration Values
Pentium II, 400 Mhz, 24-Bit color depth
FireGL 1	ca. 1200 fps
FireGL 2	ca. 2900 fps
FireGL 8800	ca. 1300 fps
Pentium III, 500 Mhz, 3Dfx Voodoo3 PCI, 16-Bit color depth
4593 frames in  5.000 seconds = 918.600 FPS
4583 frames in  5.000 seconds = 916.600 FPS
4589 frames in  5.000 seconds = 917.800 FPS
4559 frames in  5.000 seconds = 911.800 FPS
4585 frames in  5.000 seconds = 917.000 FPS
Pentium III, 500 Mhz, 3Dfx Voodoo3 PCI, 24-Bit color depth
549 frames in  5.008 seconds = 109.625 FPS
513 frames in  5.006 seconds = 102.477 FPS
521 frames in  5.002 seconds = 104.158 FPS
521 frames in  5.005 seconds = 104.096 FPS
521 frames in  5.005 seconds = 104.096 FPS
521 frames in  5.004 seconds = 104.117 FPS

This shows that 3DFX cards have no 3D acceleration support with 24-Bit color depth.

Pentium III, 500 Mhz, Kyro 2, 16-Bit color depth
2625 frames in  5.000 seconds = 525.000 FPS
2636 frames in  5.001 seconds = 527.095 FPS
2627 frames in  5.000 seconds = 525.400 FPS
2637 frames in  5.000 seconds = 527.400 FPS
2625 frames in  5.001 seconds = 524.895 FPS
Pentium III, 500 Mhz, Kyro 2, 24-Bit color depth
2831 frames in  5.000 seconds = 566.200 FPS
2978 frames in  5.001 seconds = 595.481 FPS
2977 frames in  5.000 seconds = 595.400 FPS
2977 frames in  5.000 seconds = 595.400 FPS
2975 frames in  5.000 seconds = 595.000 FPS
Athlon XP 1700+, Matrox G400, 16-Bit color depth
5391 frames in  5.000 seconds = 1078.200 FPS
5912 frames in  5.000 seconds = 1182.400 FPS
5909 frames in  5.000 seconds = 1181.800 FPS
5910 frames in  5.000 seconds = 1182.000 FPS
5900 frames in  5.000 seconds = 1180.000 FPS
Athlon XP 1900+, GeForce4 TI 4400, 16-Bit color depth
34632 frames in  5.000 seconds = 6926.400 FPS
35488 frames in  5.000 seconds = 7097.600 FPS
35489 frames in  5.000 seconds = 7097.800 FPS
35491 frames in  5.000 seconds = 7098.200 FPS
35490 frames in  5.000 seconds = 7098.000 FPS
35482 frames in  5.000 seconds = 7096.400 FPS
Athlon XP 1900+, GeForce4 TI 4400, 24-Bit color depth
20220 frames in  5.000 seconds = 4044.000 FPS
20588 frames in  5.000 seconds = 4117.600 FPS
21231 frames in  5.000 seconds = 4246.200 FPS
21063 frames in  5.000 seconds = 4212.600 FPS
20912 frames in  5.000 seconds = 4182.400 FPS
21259 frames in  5.000 seconds = 4251.800 FPS

Keywords: 3D, GRAPHICS CARD, NVIDIA, ATI, MATROX, OPENGL, KYRO, KYRO2, GEFORCE, MX, RADEON, G200, G400, G450, G550, RAGE128

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