From: et262tut@credit.erin.utoronto.ca (Jagtar Singh)
Subject: 3D-Bench results and what to do with them
Organization: University of Toronto, Erindale Campus
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:51:10 GMT

In article <7277281988-31787@beauty> rcbear@beauty (Rupert C. Young) writes:
>Here is the updated list.
>P5/100 ATI Mach128 VLB                                      308.4 FPS
>^^ I don't believe it but someone posted it.
>486DX2/66 Gateway 2000 VESA VLB (ATI PRO Mach32)             47.4 FPS
>486DX2/66 with 256k cache, VESA local bus Cirrus Logic card  43.4 FPS
>486DX2/50 0k , VLB Zeos NCR77C22E+                           33.3 FPS
>486DX/50 w/ ET4000 ISA card (8 bit)                          28.3 FPS
>486DX/50 Diamond Stealth                                     27.4 FPS
>486/33 ET4000-based Local Bus (no-name):                     26.6 FPS
>486DX/50 256k EISA Orchid Prodesigner II (32 bit)            26.3 FPS
>486DX/50 256k cache ATI Ultra (ISA)                          25.6 FPS
>486DX2/50, 0k L2 cache, Diamond SS24X ISA 16-bit:            24.3 FPS
>486DX/33 128K OAK 512k                                       18.1 FPS
>486SX/25 256K with 8Meg, Iris ET4000 card 1M                 17.8 FPS
>^^ my machine
>486/50 256k cache, Fahrenheit 1280-1M                        17.5 FPS
>486SX/25 ET4000 16 Bit                                       17.1 FPS
>386/40 with 16-bit ET4000 card                               16.3 FPS
>486SX/33 ATI VGA Wonder                                      15.1 FPS
>386/40 128k cache  Trident 8900C SVGA  (1Mb)                 14.2 FPS
>386/40 64k cache Trident 8900 1Mb                            13.8 FPS
>386DX/33, 64k cache, Orchid Prodesigner II (16 bit)          12.8 FPS
>486SX/C, NEC Prospeed, 25 Mhz, VGA on m-board, LCD Color VGA 12.0 FPS
>386DX/33 MHz, 256k cache, ATI VGA Wonder, Rapid Cad chip set 11.3 FPS
>386DX/33 with 128k cache, Trident-9000 card                  10.6 FPS
>486SX/25 ET4000 8bit                                         10.1 FPS
>486/33 with 256k cache, Paradise VGA (8-bit)                  9.8 FPS
>Sparc10/OS 4.1.3/SoftPC                                       9.4 FPS
>386/33 with 64k cache, Trident VGA-1M                         8.2 FPS
>386DX/25 no Cache Trident 8900C                               7.8 FPS
>386-25 w/ 512k Western Digital-Paradis VGA & Software cache:  7.4 FPS
>386SX-20 NEC Powermate, 0k cache, Paradise VGA                6.4 FPS
>386/25 NEC Powermate, Nec Graphics Engine                     5.5 FPS
>Sparcstation2(40Mhz) Soft-Pc                                  5.2 FPS
>286/12 NEC Powermate, VGA on m-board                          4.7 FPS
>Dec 5000/200 SoftPC                                           3.7 FPS
>IBM PS/2 Model 55 SX (80386 SX/16 MHz) with Ahead VGA         3.6 FPS
>IBM PS/2 Model 50 (286 system, I think)                       2.6 FPS
>8088 with 8-bit ATI Integra (16-bit, 8-bit slot) ;)           0.5 FPS
>
>I think people should include video card memory and cache size.
>
>
>Rupert
>
	This list is all fine and dandy, but for those of us looking to
upgrade from an Apple ][+ clone (it's the truth) to the near state-of-
the-art how many FPS are we going to need, not just to play but to, enjoy
the latest and greatest games?  Like is 17 FPS good or do we need 25?
These are the questions that should be addressed with this data.

	Perhaps when Ross gets back to Game Bytes (take care of your wife
first, Ross) someone will interview some companies and see what they're
working on and what they're planning in the way of software so that we can
get ahead of the game for once.  For instance, maybe they're planning on
getting on the local bus, rather than staying on public transit, by which
I mean that games are going into the realm of 800*600 256 colours, or more.

	I hope that this generates some thought and I look forward to the
discussion and/or flames.

PS>   	As a courtesy if you have more 3D-Bench data maybe you could mail it
to Rupert and he could compile a list every three days or so and post it.
It would be more efficient.  What do you say Rupert?

	Thank you for your attention, you may now stand at ease.
-- 
   Jagtar Singh <===> et262tut@credit.erin.utoronto.ca
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