[ut2003io] radeon 9700 - all ATI users

[Paul Berger]

On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 15:25, David Hedbor wrote: 
> Paul Berger <sanepsycho at globaldialog.com> writes:
> 
> > I just installed the 2.9.6 fireGL drivers with my 9000 Pro and it went
> > from 4-8 FPS in areas of the IronDiety level to 18-34 in those same
> > areas now (worst is in the small room with the fans).
> >
> > Big improvement for the drivers, just make sure you specify the fireGL
> > version when downloading or else you will get the 2.5.1 version.
> 
> How does it compare to windows? Meaning, how good/bad are these
> drivers, really? I'm about to buy a new box and right now I'm leaning
> towards GeForce 4 Ti 4600. I am thinking about the Radeon 9700 too but
> alas, I run Linux almost exclusively, so good Linux GL performance is
> a must.

The following are the results for my system with the following detail
settings:
Texture Detail - Nomal
World Detail - High
Character Detail - Normal
Physics Detail - Normal

The following setting are enabled:
Character Shadows, Dynamic lighting, Detail Textures, Projectors,
Trileanear Filtering, Decals, Coronas, Foliage tuned on.

-- RedHat 9.0 with 2.9.6 XFree86 4.3.0 driver --

UT2003 Build UT2003_Build_[2003-02-13_18.53] 
No OS 
GenuineIntel Unknown processor @ 2400 MHz 
Radeon 9000/Mobility Fire GL 8800 Pro Prototype DDR Pentium 4 (SSE2)
(FireGL) 

dm-antalus?game=engine.gameinfo
exec=/usr/local/games/ut2003/Benchmark/Stuff/flybyexec.txt -benchmark
-seconds=77 -nosound 

24.139982 / 58.689373 / 171.863464 fps         rand[1894951759] 
Score = 58.182369 

-- Under Windows 2000 using OpenGL render --

UT2003 Build UT2003_Build_[2003-02-13_18.53]
Windows 2000 5.0 (Build: 2195)
GenuineIntel Unknown processor @ 2402 MHz with 511MB RAM
Radeon 9000 Pro DDR x86/SSE2

dm-antalus?game=engine.gameinfo exec=..\Benchmark\Stuff\flybyexec.txt
-benchmark -seconds=77 -nosound 

26.741957 / 54.554001 / 499.216431 fps         rand[7524]
Score = 54.593433

-- Under Windows 2000 using D3D render --

UT2003 Build UT2003_Build_[2003-02-13_18.53]
Windows 2000 5.0 (Build: 2195)
GenuineIntel Unknown processor @ 2402 MHz with 511MB RAM
RADEON 9000 SERIES (6307)

dm-antalus?game=engine.gameinfo exec=..\Benchmark\Stuff\flybyexec.txt
-benchmark -seconds=77 -nosound 

34.668800 / 54.517494 / 185.361099 fps         rand[7524]
Score = 54.547485



So it looks like the ATI 2.9.6 OpenGL driver for the 9000 Pro at least
is equivalent to their current shipping Windows 2000/XP driver.

Regards,
Paul Berger