On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, kLicK wrote:
> I was wondering if running Quake2 under Linux would give me better frame
> rates. Is 3Dfx fully supported?
>
> I have:
>
> K-6 200
> 32MB EDO RAM
> Pure 3D 6MB 3Dfx card
>
> Windows Q2:
>
> 640x480
> High quality sound
> About 15 fps w/ timedemo1 & demo1.dm2 (I let it cache in the HD a few times
> first)
>
> What kind of performance increase/decrease could I expect?
3dfx is slower under Linux because the Linux drivers is not yet fully
optimized. But the performanceloss are just 3-4%.
I have 24 frames per second on my P222MMX, 64MB, Diamond Monster 3D 4Mb
when I run timedemo1 and demo1.dm2/demo2.dm2.
Other stats are 640x480, low quality sound, no "HD caching".
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