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- September 1990
- 3D BENCHMARK VGA V1.0
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- A PUBLIC DOMAIN UTILITY BY NEW DIMENSION INTERNATIONAL LTD
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-
- INTRODUCTION
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- This software has been placed into the public domain to establish a
- reference point for comparing the performance of PC compatible VGA
- systems.
- The 3D benchmark is arrived at by timing one cycle of a continuous
- 3-dimensional demonstration and then calculating the average number of
- screen updates the computer system has achieved in one second (frames
- per second - fps). The higher the benchmark, the greater the performance.
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- The benchmark is dependant on a number of factors. These include:
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- the processor type (eg 80286, 80386, 80486)
- the speed of the processor
- the use of cache memory
- the internal architecture of the PC
- the bus size of the VGA card (8 or 16 bit)
- & the efficiency of the VGA card.
-
- (The presence of a floating point co-processor will not affect the result)
-
- Example results:
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- Viglen 386SX (16MHz), Paradise 1024 VGA - 4.9 fps
- Viglen 386 (33MHz), VGA on Hercules Graphics Station card - 6.5 fps
- HM Systems 486 (25MHz), VGA on motherboard - 10.9 fps
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- This software can be used to compare the performance of similar VGA
- computer systems when making a buying decision. It can also be used by
- hardware manufacturers to provide a continuous display during exhibitions
- or for shop window displays. It may also be bundled with hardware
- purchases (customised demonstrations and environments can be made to
- order).
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- LOADING
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- System Required - PC compatible with VGA
- Insert the diskette into the current drive and type
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- 3DBENCH <RETURN>
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- The software will now load and run.
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- NOTICE
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- This disk is public domain. Free distribution is permitted and
- encouraged.
- This software and accompanying documentation relative thereto is
- supplied by New Dimension International Ltd as proprietors of all
- Intellectual Property Rights therein and may only be duplicated and
- freely distributed provided no charge is made and the software thereon
- is not altered or detached in any way. Public display is permitted.
-
- SUPERSCAPE is a trademark of New Dimension International Ltd.
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-
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- THE 3D SYSTEM
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- This benchmark disk has been created using the SUPERSCAPE Alternate
- Realities System. Environments run in real time and display walk-
- through 3D graphics, simulating the experience of actually being there.
- This particular demonstration has not been made interactive, so that
- the reference point used to create the benchmark is fixed.
-
-
-
- For further information, please contact Ian Andrew or Andy Tait at :-
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- NEW DIMENSION INTERNATIONAL LTD
- Zephyr One
- Calleva Park
- Aldermaston
- Berkshire
- RG7 4QW
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- UK Tel: (0734) 810077 International: + 44 734 810077
- Fax: (0734) 816940 Fax: + 44 734 816940
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