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Brandon
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posted 07-03-2000 10:27 AM       Edit/Delete Post
Here are some FSAA (4x) pics from the Voodoo5. There are some non-Falcon4 pics here. One reason why I'm showing them is because there is more to a Voodoo5 than Falcon4... The visual in other programs are just as splended.

Asheron's Call : http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/ACscrn13.jpg http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/ACscrn15.jpg http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/ACscrn23.jpg

Everquest:
640x480 http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/EQ000005.jpg

Falcon4 :
1024x768 http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/06_09_2000-19_37_29.jpg
800x600 http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/06_11_2000-13_46_25.jpg http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/06_11_2000-15_08_51.jpg
and a BMP for hud clarity (reduced to 256 but still like 500k) http://www.visi.com/~brandonb/images/tb2/06_11_2000-13_46_41.bmp

Keep in mind, I have a P2-400 with 128 megs of RAM. All these screenshots are taken from CAMPAIGN... And near the FLOT etc... So the framerates are not because the card. Lol.

Also Asheron's Call is a direct3d game. Not glide. Everquest and Falcon4 are both running in Glide.

Also there is some color banding in the pics, this is not from the card. The real pictures have no banding... This is either an artifact from the screenshots (maybe reduce to 16 bit or something) or from JPEG compression, etc.

BTW, to answer some questions, FSAA does take away runway lights and stars during night flight. The framerate doesn't take a dip until you hit 800x600x32 bit (and above)... Then the fillrate hits the limit and you start to degrade in performance. In EQ, I probably run about 25fps, in Asheron's Call I probably run about 20fps, Falcon4 (in Instant Action) I run about 45fps...

They all run about the same as they did with my Vooodoo3 2000.

If anybody wants any other information, like Quake2 benchmarks (with FSAA off and on, etc) or some true color .BMP files for comparision, those can be provided.


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Panther
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posted 07-04-2000 05:06 AM     Profile for Panther   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Brandon,

I have a P2-400 with 128mg RAM aswell with a V3 2000. I have noticed so far the main difference between the V5 and V3 is smoother looking graphics. You said no gain in FPS for F4 so what do you think you've gained mostly from getting a V5? Is it worth upgrading? Could you try F4 in D3D for me and tell me if FPS is any better. My V3 runs faster in D3D. I usually get much better FPS than your screen shots show, but that can depend on F4 settings.

Thanks

Panther


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Toothpick
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posted 07-04-2000 10:50 AM     Profile for Toothpick   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Hi
This is on a P3-550, at 2X

[This message has been edited by Toothpick (edited 07-04-2000).]


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