On Friday 31 January 2003 10:50 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 31 Jan 2003 2:59 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Okay, I've got 2 systems here I'm looking at: > > > > Shuttle MB Soyo MB > > 384 megs Ram 384 megs DDR Ram > > 900mhz Athlon CPU 1.3 ghz Duron CPU > > SB Live audio Onboard audio > > 56x IDE CD 56x IDE CD > > floppy floppy > > 20 Gig Seagate HD 30 Gig Maxtor HD > > Nvidia Geforce 2-32 megs Ram Nvidia Geforce 2-64 megs Ram > > (made by Verto-PNY) (made by MSI) > > 4191 drivers Drivers that come with v9.0 > > > > Now I know that GLXGears is not the best thing in the world to use for a > > comparison, but the results surprised me: > > > > 2600fps 2200fps > > > > Why would the system in column 1 outperform (video wise) the machine in > > the 2nd column? It seems like it would be the other way around? (could > > the drivers make that much of a difference?) > > Don't know about that, but a Duron is very throttled back compared with an > Athlon, so perhaps it's a case of what you gained in one place you lost in > another. > > Anne particulars about the Mobo chipset would be good here... also the model of the GeForce, and the type of memory in the geforce (ie; 32 megs ddr geforce ti4200 , vs 64 megs sdram 200 mx? I just made those up, I don't really think there is a 32 meg ti4200)
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