This is a major term going through high-end gamers right now. Well we all know what Nvidia does.. but it times to know what the real SLI inventors did.
Ya you guessed it right. Its Voodo's benchmarks from 1997
Flyby Using Timedemo02 from Planetunreal, Default install with MTMU DLL (GlideDrv.DLL) obtained from 3Fingers. Vsync disabled, high quality textures, high quality sound.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 55.07 55.28 55.23
800x600 52.02 52.39 52.20
1024x768 46.25 46.46 46.35
Note that the high/low FPS figures are for the overall result, not that reported by Timedemo. As Unreal is frame capped, the max FPS rate during timing will always be 64.0 (Unless you have a slower set-up). This frame capping has a major affect on benchmarking an SLI set-up, the timedemo runs at least 2/3 of the flyby at 64fps and therefore none of these results are a good performance indicator. The MTMU DLL improves my 800x600 performance by up to 8fps.Scores were taken from the 'last cycle' display. Note: it is very important when using the Timedemo utility to issue commands from the command line (default is on the TAB key) rather than the console. With the console open, frame rate can double. I have also tried Unreal using the Celeron clocked at 464 with 2nd Level Cache disabled. This results in a drop of 3fps at 800x600 over cache enabled at 450.
GLQuake
Demo1 Using GLQuake 0.97 default install, Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
512x384 203.5 203.8 203.7
640x480 185.0 185.4 185.2
800x600 139.5 139.5 139.5
1024x768 91.4 91.5 91.4
Note: I've put in the 512x384 resolution result just to show how quick this can go!! In fact the console screen has hardly reached the top of the screen by the time the demo has ended. With a single Voodoo 2 card this resolution achieves around 160 fps.
Demo2 Using GLQuake 0.97 default install, Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 186.5 186.8 186.6
800x600 137.2 137.3 137.3
1024x768 88.5 88.5 88.5
Quake2
Demo1 Using default install and patched all the way to 3.19. Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 101.2 101.5 101.3
800x600 97.8 98.1 98.0
1024x768 76.0 76.1 76.1
Massive1 Using default install and patched all the way to 3.19. Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 83.2 83.2 83.2
800x600 82.6 82.7 82.7
1024x768 72.1 72.3 72.1
Note: These are without any tweaks. Much higher figures can be reached using 3Fingers tweak guide.
Please compromise with the formatting and make it out.
Ya you guessed it right. Its Voodo's benchmarks from 1997
Flyby Using Timedemo02 from Planetunreal, Default install with MTMU DLL (GlideDrv.DLL) obtained from 3Fingers. Vsync disabled, high quality textures, high quality sound.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 55.07 55.28 55.23
800x600 52.02 52.39 52.20
1024x768 46.25 46.46 46.35
Note that the high/low FPS figures are for the overall result, not that reported by Timedemo. As Unreal is frame capped, the max FPS rate during timing will always be 64.0 (Unless you have a slower set-up). This frame capping has a major affect on benchmarking an SLI set-up, the timedemo runs at least 2/3 of the flyby at 64fps and therefore none of these results are a good performance indicator. The MTMU DLL improves my 800x600 performance by up to 8fps.Scores were taken from the 'last cycle' display. Note: it is very important when using the Timedemo utility to issue commands from the command line (default is on the TAB key) rather than the console. With the console open, frame rate can double. I have also tried Unreal using the Celeron clocked at 464 with 2nd Level Cache disabled. This results in a drop of 3fps at 800x600 over cache enabled at 450.
GLQuake
Demo1 Using GLQuake 0.97 default install, Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
512x384 203.5 203.8 203.7
640x480 185.0 185.4 185.2
800x600 139.5 139.5 139.5
1024x768 91.4 91.5 91.4
Note: I've put in the 512x384 resolution result just to show how quick this can go!! In fact the console screen has hardly reached the top of the screen by the time the demo has ended. With a single Voodoo 2 card this resolution achieves around 160 fps.
Demo2 Using GLQuake 0.97 default install, Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 186.5 186.8 186.6
800x600 137.2 137.3 137.3
1024x768 88.5 88.5 88.5
Quake2
Demo1 Using default install and patched all the way to 3.19. Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 101.2 101.5 101.3
800x600 97.8 98.1 98.0
1024x768 76.0 76.1 76.1
Massive1 Using default install and patched all the way to 3.19. Vsync disabled.
Resolution Low FPS High FPS Average FPS
640x480 83.2 83.2 83.2
800x600 82.6 82.7 82.7
1024x768 72.1 72.3 72.1
Note: These are without any tweaks. Much higher figures can be reached using 3Fingers tweak guide.
Please compromise with the formatting and make it out.
. That and the current SLI are not even the same tech.... the only thing same are the acronyms.