Yeah that sounds like the same tests we had. Higher spec machines appear to just bottom out and we're trying to over come it becasue we coudl really use particles instead of sprites for a certain weapon we're planning on having. But surely i can't be a driver issue for Gforce cards unless there's a bug in HL which doesn't work well with the most recent or last recent detonator drivers. The funny thing is that the gforce chipsets are widely used, and come to think of it I don't know of any mods that use particles much. Perhaps triAPI simply has a bug relating to the chipset.
----- Original Message ----- From: Kuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] Re: triApi speed problems > I have a nasty feeling you arnt going to like these results. > > I tested your mod on three machines over two operating systems and 3 types > of rendering. > I created a custom map for testing, you can get it here: > http://www.planethalflife.com/kuja/testmap.bsp > > ------------ > Test bed one: > 1.5ghz Athlon tb > Radeon 8500DV / 128 > 4gb Ram > Win2k Advanced Server / Win98 > > OpenGL Results: 100fps constant, when exploded, 99.6 fps > > D3d Results: 48-50fps, when exploded, dropped to 46fps > > Software: 32-28 fps. when exploded, dropped to 6-7fps > > Conclusion: It didnt even hiccup, except for software mode. > I like the way your explosion looks ;). Possible reasons for > software slowdown include the fact that software doesnt us > any video card memory or anything like that. > ----------- > > ------------ > Test Bed TWO: > 800mhz Athlon (not tb) > ATI XPert98 (based off the rage3d chipset) > 96mb ram > WinMe > > OpenGL Results: DNR (xpert98 wont run gl for some reason) > > D3d Results: 33-36 fps, when exploded, dropped to 27-28 fps > > Software: 20-22fps, when exploded, 0-1 fps (ouch) > > Conclusion: This computer is my sisters, and its a piece of crap. > However, in 3d accellerated mode, it did quite nicely, with only > about a 5-6 fps drop. > ------------ > > ------------- > Test Bed THREE: > 1.4ghz Athlon TB > GeForce 3 TI200 > 320mb Ram > Windows XP > > Open GL Results: 70-80 fps, when exploded, dropped to 30-40 fps > > D3d results: 40-48 fps, when exploded, dropped to 18-20 fps > > Software: 32-28 fps. when exploded, dropped to 12-15 fps > > Conclusion: OUCH! This thing really took a whallup. Its a nice machine, and > it > couldnt take your measly 5 explosions. > -------------- > > > Overall Conclusions: > > It appears that the ATI cards handle your explosions quite nicely, whereas > the GF3 just totally died. I think its related to a driver issue with > refresh rates or something as I mentioned earlier. BTW - Nice damn > explosions ;) > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
