On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 12:42, David Z Maze wrote: > Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The monitors are samsungs 17" but the cards are > > different: one is a RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 and > > the other a GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x. > > > > I notice no difference between the 2 other than that I > > paid $25 more for the MX440. > > The last time I bought a video card, I bought an MX440 on the grounds > that the packaging claimed it was strictly superior to the other card > I bought, and even though it was $20 more expensive there was a $20 > rebate too. :-) > > > I would like to see the difference between the two > > with some application: but I am a no-gamer nurd. > > > > Anybody know of an app/game that would show clearly > > what the difference between these 2 cards is? > > Anything that does 3-D rendering. tuxracer is fun and > straightforward. You also might look at the plugins in the > xscreensaver-gl package, and run something like > '/usr/lib/xscreensaver/gears -fps' to get a frame rate from each. To > do these usefully, though, you'll need kernel support for your video > card, which for the NVidia card will involve a non-free driver; make > sure that, when you run 'glxinfo', it says "direct rendering: Yes" > towards the beginning of its output.
With the binary nvidia driver, my TNT2 M64 got to ~800fps in glxgears. It made tuxracer *very* playable. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning, but without understanding." Justice Louis Brandeis, dissenting, Olmstead v US (1928) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
