Here's a thought, something I've been thinking of for quite a while. (I however don't
have near the expertise required)
This is all under the assumption that a Java applet could get system information like
Video card make, memory, CPU speed, operating system, and browser info.
But it seems that some of you Java - Geniuses should be able to write a server based
program and applet that, when accessed by a client browser would record system
configurations and frame rates and anything else you can think of. The results could
be bench marked and posted in tables or graphs. The applet would have to do the
performance data gathering then transmit the results to the server app to eliminate
any noise factors like modem speed or network congestion.
I think that, if possible, this kind of "real" data would be helpfull to us all.
(P.S. if I'm completely out of my mind in suggesting this, be gentle in correcting me)
Jim Nolan wrote:
> Also, it appears as though the list I mention below was just updated today. It
> was almost a year out of date as of yesterday. I'll cc the list so that anyone
> else looking for a board can have it for reference.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Nolan wrote:
> >
> > After sifting through the literature, and getting some other info from
> > http://www.opengl.org , I determined that what your statement meant was that you
> > need a board that supports a "complete Installable Client Driver for OpenGL".
> > You can find a list of these at http://www.opengl.org/Products/Accelerators.html
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > "Price, Eric" wrote:
> > >
> > > Remember the one important thing that it hard to determine from these
> > > spects: Does the card support accelerated graphics in windowed mode (as
> > > opposed to full-screen.)
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jim Nolan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 5:21 AM
> > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > > Subject: Re: [java3d] Any hardware recommendations for NT?
> > >
> > > Eric,
> > > I recently surfed through the maze of video cards as well. There are some
> > > reviews on http://www.hardwarecentral.com , http://www.3dhardware.net , and
> > > PC
> > > Magazine just did a thorough review of video cards at http://www.pcmag.com .
> > >
> > > From these reviews, it appears that the nVidia RIVA TNT chipset is the way
> > > to go
> > > today. 3dLabs is supposed to be coming out w/ Permedia 3 in the next few
> > > months, but if you need one now.... After looking through all of that
> > > information, I narrowed it down to 3 nVidia chipset cards: The Elsa Erazor
> > > II,
> > > Creative Labs Graphics Blaster, and the STB Velocity 4400. I finally
> > > decided on
> > > the STB Velocity 4400 and ordered it just last night. It is worthy to note
> > > that
> > > my local CompUSA carried none of those cards in stock, and I ended up
> > > ordering
> > > it from http://www.buycomp.com .
> > >
> > > I'll let you know what I think when I get a chance to play with the card.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > "Price, Eric" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm interested in any recommendations anyone has for a video card. I am NT
> > > > 4.0/Java3D environment and of course want something that accelerates well
> > > in
> > > > windowed mode (as opposed to full screen.) This last point is a hard one
> > > to
> > > > get answered by looking at the documentation for the various cards.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > >
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