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To: Obewon who wrote (11070)3/12/1999 3:19:00 PM
From: timbur  Read Replies (1) of 16960
 
I've estimated the benchmarks for Q2 32bit by taking a 36% hit modifier that Sharky showed for Forsaken when going from 16 to 32bit. It's probably more of a hit under Q2, but it gives us an idea:

massive1: 42.4
timedemo1: 48.6

Consistent 60 FPS? Not under Q2, and certainly not under Q3!


Another very interesting point to ponder is that I thought TNT scaled better than Voodoo architecture? On massive1 at 1024x768x16, Ultra TNT2 performed at 98.9% of V3 on the PII-450 and 95.6% on the PIII-500. So now V3 scales better? Interesting.

Still, if the Ultra TNT comes out in April at a $200 price point, I don't see how the V3-3500 can compete provided Sharky's benchmarks are correct. (Compete technically, I mean; 3dfx is still a very good retail marketing machine.) This is not to take away from the viability of the 2000 and 3000 parts.

Cheers,
Timbur
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