On Apr 30, 2009, at 8:32 PM, insightinmind wrote:
> The ATI Radeon 7000 gives around 54 frames/sec versus 39 frames/sec > for "Spinning Squares" ... > > I've read somewhere on barefeats.com that 2D is pretty much equal for > the Radeon 7000 and 9200 ... its with 3D that you'll see a change in > scores: > > http://www.barefeats.com/rad9200.html > > Quoting from them: One caution: upgrading will help with 3D animation > and gaming, not with 2D graphics including Quartz 2D and Quartz > Extreme. When we ran tests like Let1KWindowsBloom and Quartz Window > Bench (which draws various shapes and sizes of transparent, shadowed > windows as fast as possible), the Rage 128 scored virtually identical > times to the other cards. > > I believe XBench tests mostly in 2D? On my Yikes! ... Is Xbench 1.3's "Spinning Squares" a 3D test? If so, when I get 54 frames/sec for my ATI Radeon 7000ME and 39 frames/sec with my ATI Radeon 9200ME ... should I be questioning the 9200? (couldn't find an Xbench Forum to ask this question, so I thought I'd try you guys/gals). Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
