Ok: recently i've seen the Kyro II appear multiple times in Toms Hardware articles as well as at other publications. This is a good thing. However, i am appalled at the results it gets.
As a faithful Kyro II user i feel that i should point out that THE KYRO II SCORES MUCH BETTER THAN THG HAS REPORTED.
I would like to point out that in a recent article THG reported the Kyro II to have achieved 84.9 fps on Quake III (1024x768 etc..). First off i would like to say that i am perplexed by the lack of further details about the settings. Are we to assume that this everything is on High Quality?
Now: The score i have been getting at this resolution (1024x768x32) is 101 fps this is unoverclocked. I admit: i have a 1466mhz AXP system. But that does not account for a 15% fps drop? (I would try this at 1200mhz but i can't since my multiplier is not unlocked; i support fsb overclocking).
So i ran some tests @ 1024x768etc... MAX settings
GL Driver: Default
GL Extensions: On
Video Mode: 1024x768
Color Depth: 32 bit
Fullscreen: On
Lighting: Lightmap
Geometric Detail: High
Texture Detail: Max
Texture Quality: 32 bit
Texture Filter: Trilinear
Result 97.2 fps (I'm running version 1.30, it seems that it has brought a slight drop from my usuall in 1.27, although this could be caused by any number of things).
I ran the tests four times thereafter for a total of 5 and the fps never deviated. This seems very strange given the fact that THG reports 1.30 to have wildly inaccurate results.
So is this a matter of my cpu? Simply put: NO. I ran some cpu scaling tests. At 1650Mhz (150x11) the score rose to 97.4fps a measly .2fps increase that can hardly be called a gain. I ran this test 5 times and no change.
But these are the lowest scores i have ever seen. By simply disabling lightmap the score jumps to 150fps and i have seen scores in the 160's-170's quite often.
Let me also say that the Quake III fps scales very well with the Kyro II clock settings. Let me mention here that the Kyro II's clock/mem speed is locked therfore i will only use one number when refferring to the overclock.
At 1466mhz(standard speed for AXP1700) MAX settings:
175Mhz(Base)- 97.2 fps
180Mhz - 100.0fps
185Mhz - 102.2fps
I ran the tests at each resolution 5 times and the results were within .1fps each time.
If you would not the Kyro II scales very linearly- Gaining about 2.5 fps each time. I did not raise the card above this point because it can't handle it very well. These cards are already pushed to the max.
Here are my computer specs (for your entertainment)-
AXP 1466 [/w PAL8045 heatsink
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, it has nothing to do with performance, but who the hell cares?]
Gigabyte 7Vtxe motherboard (which has been getting bad press, although it overclocks very well)
512MB DDR Ram (2x256MB OCZ 2400)
Hercules 3d Prophet 4500 (Kyro II)
Western Digital 40BB
Netgear FA311 (why did i even put that in there?)
Enermax 450Watt power supply (bored yet?)
CTX 1565 monitor (you get off on this don't you?)
BTW, My 3dmark 2000 score is 71xx (fluctuates)
3dmark 2001 35xx
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