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VIDBLITZ reads and writes data to your video card through the CPU window
located at address A0000. The data transfer is timed in "frames". A "frame"
is the time it takes for the raster beam of your monitor to scan from top
to bottom. In normal MCGA mode, the refresh rate of your monitor is set to
70 Hz. This means that 70 "frames" pass per second. This relationship,
together with the CPU clock speed, is used to calculate the various
statistics that appear on the screen when the program is run.
Note that VIDBLITZ is very accurate. You will achieve nearly identical
results on machines with the same video card, provided that the bus
type/speed is equal. CPU speed is only a minor factor in determining the
speed of your video card.
A typical run may look like this:
VIDBLITZ v1.30 - A MAGE Utility - (C) Fabian Gonzalez, 1994
1024 x 4096 doublewords = 16 megabytes were read from video memory
Timing results: 140 frames, 2.00 seconds
Megabytes per second : 8.00
Kilobytes per frame : 117.03
Frames per 16 kilobytes : 0.14
CPU clocks per read : 31.79
1024 x 16384 doublewords = 64 megabytes were written to video memory
Timing results: 177 frames, 2.53 seconds
Megabytes per second : 25.31
Kilobytes per frame : 370.26
Frames per 64 kilobytes : 0.17
CPU clocks per write : 10.05
The number of frames used in transferring the data is shown, together with its
equivalent in seconds. The throughput is shown in megabytes per second (the
amount of data that can be transferred to/from video memory in a second), as
kilobytes per frame (the amount of data that can be transferred in a single
frame) and as frames per 64 KB. Frames per 64 KB shows the number of frames
that pass in the amount of time it takes to transfer 64 KB to/from video
memory. The last entry shows the CPU clock cyles used to transfer one
doubleword (4 bytes) to/from video memory, when data is transferred at
maximum speed.
Reads from video memory generally are a lot slower than writes. This is the
reason for the reduced data transfer amount in reads contra writes.
VIDBLITZ accepts the following options:
-h Displays the help screen
-c[speed] Sets the CPU speed. This setting is used to calculate the number
of CPU clock cycles required per write/read. This setting defaults
to 66.67 MHz. Note that some motherboards are clocked at 66, others
at 66.67 MHz. The same applies to 33/33.33 Mhz and 99/100 Mhz
motherboards.
-w[frames] Shows full timing statistics for writes, based on the number of
frames used. This option is useful for getting the full statistics
from video cards listed in VIDCARDS.TXT.
-r[frames] Shows full timing statistics or reads, based on the number of
frames used. This option is useful for getting the full statistics
from video cards listed in VIDCARDS.TXT.
-m Tests the main memory of your computer instead of the video memory.
-v[mode] Selects the video mode to be tested. Valid video modes are:
13 - 320x200x256
100 - 640x400x256 [VESA]
101 - 640x480x256 [VESA]
103 - 800x600x256 [VESA]
105 - 1024x768x256 [VESA]
107 - 1280x1024x256 [VESA]
Mode 13 (MCGA) is the default. The VESA modes require the VESA Bios
Extensions v1.0 or higher.
-s Selects the short output format. Only the number of frames is
displayed.
NOTE: Options are processed in the order presented here. In the case of
a conflict, the first option to be processed is used.