Any performance loss from AGP 2X to 1X?

[ugh]

As message title. Anyone knows anything about this?

Thanks.

 

[Rand]

A mild loss in performance but nothing terribly significant. Approximately 5% in most cases in my experience.

 

[Avalanche007]

All I can say is what I experienced. I once tried this Geforce256 on a mobo with 1X and it was no faster than my TNT2. I then tried it in another computer (equivalent in specs) and the FPS picked up. I would say there is a little bit of differace...

 

[Packet]

doubtfully

every time I have tested, at most I have lost 1fps

this been done on several systems

PII-400 with G400Max
" " with voodoo3
P3-600 with voodoo3
p3-600 with SDR
p3-800EB with SDR
p3-800EB with GF2

 

[Rand]

<< All I can say is what I experienced. I once tried this Geforce256 on a mobo with 1X and it was no faster than my TNT2. I then tried it in another computer (equivalent in specs) and the FPS picked up. I would say there is a little bit of differace... >>



Something must have been configured differently, even a PCI GeForce 256 would be faster then a TNT2.

 

[ugh]

Thanks for the feedback guys. ONe more thing, how often do games use the system memory to store data anyway?

 

[jobberd]

not much. When they do, you often see a dramatic decline in system performance because the memory bottleneck increases by alot. I believe when FSAA is used or when running at very high resolutions is the only times when system memory is used often

 

[ugh]

<< not much. When they do, you often see a dramatic decline in system performance because the memory bottleneck increases by alot. I believe when FSAA is used or when running at very high resolutions is the only times when system memory is used often >>


Thanks for the info. I guess I'm a bit safe since I only run at 8x6 😉

 

[BFG10K]

You'll see a difference when running T&amp;L games such as Quake 3 in CPU limited situations. You'll also see a difference when performing texture swaps.