V5-6000 benches at VE

[Marty]

Voodoo 5 6000 benchmarks at VE

Marty

 

[NFS4]

SWEET!!

 

[Noriaki]

How did you not post this first NFS4?

Your iPAQ broken?

 

[NFS4]

I'm keeping a low profile on the BBS...finals are coming up.

 

[thorin]

They tested on a Dual PIII 800 system. That's pretty realistic for consumers

Thorin

 

[Varborta]

the speed is on par or alittle faster than the geforce2 ultra with some driver tweaking would be not bad.

 

[Argo]

I don't get one thing, it got only 85fps and no FSAA at 1024x780x32, my GTS produces 100fps at that resolution.

 

[thorin]

"the speed is on par or alittle faster than the geforce2 ultra with some driver tweaking would be not bad. "

Is it time to say "I (we) told you so!" yet?

Thorin

 

[unionfredo]

to thorin


yeah, but it's running win98 so chuck the 2nd proc out the window

 

[snow patrol]

I don't know about anybody else, but I think, in terms of Quake 3 at least, the Voodoo 5 6000 has proven to be a bit of a let down.

I wouldn't call those results overly impressive, especially compared to what a lot of people's expectations were. Although in the card's defence, VE did state that the drivers 'clearly weren't optimised for Quake 3', which begs the question:

How will the 6000 perform in different games?

 

[thorin]

"yeah, but it's running win98 so chuck the 2nd proc out the window "

DOH you're right I missed that detial....sry

Thorin

 

[Oreo]

I wasn´t very impressed by it, it´s basically at GTSU speeds, just that it needs 4 CPU´s instead of one. Anyway, what was the purpose of the preview, I mean it´s not even gonna be sold to the consumers, so why tease us with it?

 

[IBMer]

I wasn´t very impressed by it, it´s basically at GTSU speeds, just that it needs 4 CPU´s instead of one.

I always hate this comparison. It is nothing but pure ignorance.

That is just like saying the Honda S2000 with a I-4 that does 0-60 in 5.5s is better than a LT-1 Trans AM with a V8 that does 0-60 in 5.5s. Is either better? No. They both cost the same and have around the same gas mileage so what does it matter?

 

[ElFenix]

actually, the v5 5.5k and the geforce have the same transistor count. so two chips, one chip, big deal. they're both 25 million transistors, give or take a million.

 

[Oreo]

I know it doesn´t really matter how the job gets done, but I sort of expected more from the 4 CPU monster. And besides, they don´t have the same "gas mileage", the V56K needed an external PS only for the card.

 

[fkloster]

8 months ago that would have been a cool component!

 

[BoberFett]

1024x768x32 w/ 4x FSAA would be my sweet spot, and that card can't quite cut it there. The first card that can do that and maintain 60+ FPS will end up in my machine.

 

[fkloster]

Even if it costs $500? (i.e. Geforce Ultra? Janes WW2 Fighters 4X FSAA 1024x768x32bit)

 

[BoberFett]

Let me amend my statement.

The games I want to play, at that res, color depth, and 4x FSAA.

An I'm willing to pay up to $250 for that card. Take into account the fact that I find $150 to be more than I wan to pay for any single component, I'm being pretty generous with that figure.

 

[MrGrim]

1024x768 x4FSAA is not playable and they expected someone to buy it?

 

[Deeko]

Is it on a GF2u?

 

[Remedy]

How come they couldn't use the HSR hack>?

 

[Soccerman]

can u imagine how fast it'd be with HSR? hehe.. I mean, HSR=1 would be pretty nice with 1024X768X32 with 4X FSAA!

they only had a limited time though, so that's probably why.

 

[JokerF15]

damn 8x fsaa!!! dat's freakin crazy!!!! i think i need one of em test boards =)

 

[Marty]

Wow, I even got a mention on the news page! Woohooo!

Marty