On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, David Becker wrote: > Tim wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:13 +0200, David Becker wrote: > >> 250 fps is kinda low. I'm working on a desktop with a (somewhat > >> ancient) Matrox G400 with a mere 16MB SDRAM and get around 450fps. > > > > Though what good does that do you? No monitor runs anywhere near as > > fast as either of those speeds. > > The fps in this context is a poor man's graphics benchmark. glxgears > running at 450fps probably translates to an unacceptable frame rate for > current day games. 250fps is likely to be worse and aforementioned > 2275fps is likely to give a good fps for a full blown openGL game/app. Thanks. I was wondering the same thing. How does one measure such numbers? Attach the "null monitor" and let it rip, perhaps? -- Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* ONLY TURN UP ONCE." -- Death
