Re: OT: 3dfx voodoo 5 errata
It was my understanding that you didn't need device3dfx at all when running X4.
I thought tdfx replaced it's functionality.
-Rob
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 04:38:11PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> i made an astonishing discovery:
>
> device-3dfx (3dfx.o) is only needed for glide applications. and then, only
> if you want to play the glide game as non-root. quake3 plays just dandy as
> non-root.
>
> in fact, i have a question about this. i do a lot of benchmarking, and i've
> found that quake3 plays FASTER as non-root than as root.
>
>
> timedemo 1 voodoo 5/5500
> ---------- xfree86 4.0.1
> root: 34.6 fps dual celery 550
> p: 39.0 fps
>
>
> these benchmark numbers are the fastest out of a trial of 3. i didn't
> fiddle with mtrr's or runlevels. i rebooted the system after each trial of
> 3 was done. the timedemos were run without a window manager, via xinitrc.
>
>
> to be honest, the 39fps is an improvement over the voodoo3, but not by much.
> i was expecting something much, much faster. is there anyone else on this
> list with a voodoo5 or voodoo4 and quake3? can you email me your benchmarks
> for timedemo1? i'd like to compare numbers.
>
> maybe the lack of speed increase is a result of the v4/v5 driver not being
> finished?
>
> in any event, the speed difference between root and p is very strange. does
> anyone have an explanation for such a thing to happen?
>
> pete
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