British Understatement: 3Dlabs' Wildcat VP Put To The Performance Test
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Page 1:Nouvelle Cuisine: Small Is Beautiful
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Page 2:Hors D'oeuvres: Features And Drivers
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Page 3:Driver Similarities
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Page 4:Driver Similarities, Continued
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Page 5:Differences Between The VP760, VP870 And VP970
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Page 6:Ingredients: The Test Configuration
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Page 7:The Benchmarks
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Page 8:Viewperf 7.0 Charts
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Page 9:Viewperf 7.0 Charts (cont'd)
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Page 10:Solidworks 2001 Plus (application)
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Page 11:Solidedge V11 (application)
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Page 12:3D Studio Max 4.2 (application)
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Page 13:For Reference: The Settings For 3DSM
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Page 14:Dessert: Chef's Surprise
Ingredients: The Test Configuration
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| Workstation | Dell Precision 340 |
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4 2.53 GHz |
| Front Side Bus | 133 MHz Quad Pumped |
| Motherboard | Dell Precision 340 Motherboard |
| Chipset | Intel 850E / Tehama (Dual Channel) |
| Memory | PC800 RDRAM 40ns Samsung |
| Hard Drive | Maxtor 4D040H2 (5400rpm) für OS
Fujitsu MAN3184MC/MP (18.4 GB 10,025rpm) for Benchmark-Applications |
| SCSI-Controller | Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra160/m PCI SCSI card |
| Network | Integrated 3Com 10/100mbps 3C905C |
| Drivers and Software | |
| 3Dlabs Wildcat VP Cards | v0392 for Standard-Apps, v0402 for 3ds max |
| ATI FireGL 8800/8700 | v3036 |
| PNY NVIDIA Quadro4 & QuadroDCC series | v2980, Maxtreme v6.02 (3ds max) |
| Desktop Resolution | 1280x1024x32, Vsync=off für alle OpenGL-Tests |
| OS | Windows 2000 Professional SP2 |
| Benchmarks | |
| Viewperf (synthetisch) | 512 MB SPECopc Viewperf 7.0 |
| Solidworks (Application) | 512 MB SPECapc Solidworks 2001Plus benchmark |
| 3D Studio Max (Application) | 1024 MB SPECapc 3DSMAX 4.2 Benchmark |
| Solidedge (Application) | 1024 MB SPECapc Solidedge V11 benchmark |
Because the application benchmarks 3D Studio Max and Solidedge gobble up resources, we tested them with 1024 MB main memory. The synthetic benchmark Viewperf 7.0 and the application benchmark Solidworks, on the other hand, were run with 512 MB system memory.
Summary
- Nouvelle Cuisine: Small Is Beautiful
- Hors D'oeuvres: Features And Drivers
- Driver Similarities
- Driver Similarities, Continued
- Differences Between The VP760, VP870 And VP970
- Ingredients: The Test Configuration
- The Benchmarks
- Viewperf 7.0 Charts
- Viewperf 7.0 Charts (cont'd)
- Solidworks 2001 Plus (application)
- Solidedge V11 (application)
- 3D Studio Max 4.2 (application)
- For Reference: The Settings For 3DSM
- Dessert: Chef's Surprise
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