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- Gary Fenton <garygfx@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- wrote about Re: Real specs on rendering:
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- >>OK, So I've heard all the "my system is better than your system"
- >>arguments. Is there an independent testing facility that can actually
- >>prove any of these claims? Is there some sort of FAQ or info file
- >>that us
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- >Some companies use the "textures" example that comes with Lightwave as
- >a benchmark for quoting LW rendering speeds. I think this is a good
- >method because it's a practical one (not just a n MIPS quote) and it's
- >a universal example among LW users. eg:
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- >Amiga 4000/040 = 3:42m
- >Cyberstorm 040 = 1:32m
- >Cyberstorm 060 = 0:54m
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- The problem with this is that it takes so little time
- to render. When you get to Aplhas, Pentiums, and MIPs,
- you don't see an *extremely* dramatic increase in
- speed, since the setup time for the scene is basically
- the same on all platforms.
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- What we need is a rendering test that has more polygons
- and surface maps as a benchmark. Additionally, there
- should be a scene to benchmark ray-tracing which uses
- reflection, refraction, and shadows.
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- Kenneth Jennings -- kenneth@daffy.aatech.com
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