On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Conor Wynne wrote:
> When it died (oh how I cried) I replaced it with the G200 I found
> in the attic & this gives me a "worse than useless" 500 odd fps.
> (enemy territory is unplayable at the lowest detail and lowest res)
glxgears is really simple, doesnt use textures, etc.. its not a good
indicator. Some systems (SGI IRIX most notable) lock FPS to refesh
rate, on those fps will always be <= refresh rate.
> I have found that glxgears is a good indication of whether your graphics
> card is pants or not.
Its a test of bus bandwidth more than anything else.
regards,
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