V5-6000 benches at VE

[DaLeroy]

mmmm, seems a bit slower than it should be...
oh well, always the Rampage!! 😀

Leroy

 

[Rudee]

<< mmmm, seems a bit slower than it should be... >>



I have a funny feeling that that's what many will be saying about the highly touted NV20 when it becomes available. I'm optimistic, but on the other hand I fallen victim to hype before.

Despite the so called &quot;leaked specs&quot; I'm not expecting more than a 10-15% improvement over the Ultra. And for $500, there's no way an extra 9 fps in Quake3 is worth it.

We'll see what happens.

 

[RoboTECH]

the performance of those benchmarks @ voodooextreme was WAYYYYYYYYYYY off

they're a good 10-20 fps slow in just about all the &quot;important&quot; stuff

just plain pitiful

 

[thorin]

IBMer
&quot;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? &quot;

Your analogy is incorrect because the v5 6k does require I substantial amount more electricity (gas mileage), and throws alot more heat into your system.

Thorin

 

[Oreo]

Thorin,
Thanks, but I´ve already said that 😉

 

[IBMer]

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 &quot;gas mileage&quot;, the V56K needed an external PS only for the card.

Actually it doesn't need a external PS. They made it with an external powersupply to allow for the installation in to a broader range of systems. There are AGP specs that provide for 50% more power than the V5 6000 needs. IF something gets the job done, I don't care.

 

[thorin]

AGP spec is 18 to 20watts. AGP50 allows for a 50watts provided through the bus. The power brick for the v5 6k is/was 100watts.

Thorin

 

[RoboTECH]

I emailed the author of the article and asked him if texture compression was enabled or disabled

here is his response:

&quot;Compression was set to 0 in the q3aconfig.cfg file. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to run benchmarks with compression enabled.&quot;

well, there you go! Huge difference!!!!!

this explains EVERYTHING.

 

[BFG10K]

The power brick for the v5 6k is/was 100watts

100 Watts? Aye Caramba! :Q

 

[Soccerman]

what power brick? what V5 6K?

 

[RoboTECH]

BUMP

it seems some people are still looking at the v5-6000 &quot;preview&quot; and forgetting that

TEXTURE COMPRESSION WAS DISABLED