Frame rates

JohnN

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Hi All,

New user alert! :)

I have a wee question on frame rates.
When playing 2 recent games (hey, doesn't graphics cards = games? ;-) ), namely Alice & Undying, the FPS often drops to single figures.
Is this normal?
Or is my config way out?(I don't expect a detailed answer to this one just yet!)
Is there a recommended benchmark? (3D mark(?) sorta rings a bell)

System:
Tbird 800MHz
KT7A RAID
256M generic RAM
Radeon 32M DDR
SB Live

BR
JN
 

ajmcgarry

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Are you talking about a long period (10 secs) or just for a second or 2.

The fps in games sometimes drops for a second if some other device on a lower IRQ generates an interupt. E.g. Harddrive.


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AEboy128

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A benchmark that is commonly used is madonion's 3dmark2000 and 3dmark 2001. Here you can download it. How do u like your ABIT mobo?? im getting the KT7 Raid and im just kinda curious.


http://gamershq.madonion.com/download/



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JohnN

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Hi All,

Answering all...

Yes, it only happens for 1 or 2 secs when things get v.busy on screen - although I do see a sustained low rate (<20) in some large open areas. I kinda expect this to be "par for the course" but I just wanted confirmation!

I'll trip off right now for 3Dmark...ta!

Re mobo - I've no complaints other than the major hiccup they had with the large file xfer crashes. I think a new BIOS has fixed this. There was (is) also a driver fix available, but while this fixes the large file problem, it buggered up my audio something rotten!

BR
JN