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From: larrys@swcp.com (Larry Shultz)
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Subject: Re: Millenium, OpenGL..Tris per second??
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>> Hmm let's see...my usual model is about 60,000 polygons or 120,000
>>triangles...Just how many quads/triangles can it render per second..anyone
>>got a manual handy??
>>
>I have, but nothing is mentioned about its 3D capabilities. I remember
>reading something about 120,000 p/s. Although I also heard that it doesn't
>reach this performance at all. In any case, it also soesn't reach the
>refreshrate that was promised; on my Iiyama Pro 17 it stops at 75Hz @
>1280x1024x24 while in the 100Hz is promised. Since at this resolution the 3D
>acceleration is disabled, I can't give you any experimental advice.
I have to say that you have to take the performance claims of a lot of these 3d cards with a little
salt. They claim x number of polys/sec. Is this flat or gourand shaded? Textured or non textured and
most importantly how many pixels are in each of these polys? If they claim 160,000 polys per second,
is that 160,000 3 pixel polys per second in a 160x120 area? As with everything else in this industry
once you sift out the chaff whats left is a lot less than was expected.
