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- January 1992
- SUPERSCAPE VIRTUAL REALITIES (R)
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- 3D BENCHMARK VGA V1.0C
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- A PUBLIC DOMAIN UTILITY FROM DIMENSION INTERNATIONAL
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- INTRODUCTION
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- This software has been placed into the public domain to establish a
- reference point for comparing the performance of PC compatible VGA
- systems.
- The 3D benchmark is arrived at by timing one cycle of a continuous
- 3-dimensional demonstration and then calculating the average number of
- screen updates the computer system has achieved in one second (frames
- per second - fps). The higher the benchmark, the greater the performance.
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- The benchmark is dependant on a number of factors. These include:
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- the processor type (eg 80286, 80386, 80486)
- the speed of the processor
- the speed of the memory
- the use of cache memory
- the internal architecture of the PC
- the bus size of the VGA card (8 or 16 bit)
- & the efficiency of the VGA card.
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- (The presence of a floating point co-processor will not affect the result)
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- Example results:
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- ICL M75 486 (25MHz), inbuilt VGA - 14.2 fps
- Solidisk 386 (25MHz), 16 bit Orchid Prodesigner+ VGA - 6.7 fps
- Apricot XEN-I 386 (16MHz), 8 bit Paradise VGA - 5.0 fps
- Samsung S500 286 (10MHz), 8 bit Video 7 VGA - 2.8 fps
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- This software can be used to compare the performance of similar VGA
- computer systems when making a buying decision. It can also be used by
- hardware manufacturers to provide a continuous display during exhibitions
- or for shop window displays. It may also be bundled with hardware
- purchases.
- The environment featured has been created using the Virtual Reality
- Toolkit. Customised demonstrations and environments can also be made to
- order.
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- LOADING
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- System Required - PC compatible with VGA
- Insert the disk into the current drive and type
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- 3DBENCH <RETURN>
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- The software will now load and run.
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- COPYRIGHT 1990,1991,1992 DIMENSION INTERNATIONAL
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- This disk is public domain. Free distribution is permitted and
- encouraged.
- This software and accompanying documentation relative thereto is
- supplied by New Dimension International Ltd as proprietors of all
- Intellectual Property Rights therein and may only be duplicated and
- freely distributed provided no charge is made and the software thereon
- is not altered or detached in any way. Public display is permitted.
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- SUPERSCAPE, DESKTOP VR and VIRTUAL REALITY TOOLKIT are trademarks of
- Dimension International.
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- SUPERSCAPE
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- This benchmark uses SUPERSCAPE Virtual Reality software. Environments
- run in real time and display walk-through 3D graphics, simulating the
- experience of actually being there. This particular demonstration has
- not been made interactive, so that the reference point used to create the
- benchmark is fixed.
- It should be noted that the Desktop VR, Superscape Visualiser and
- Virtual Reality Toolkit products are considerably superior to this
- demonstration in respect of screen resolution, degree of detail, control
- interface and speed of screen update.
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- INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATION
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- Also available is a Public Domain Demonstration Disk, for VGA PC
- compatibles, showing some of the interactive capabilities of the
- Superscape Virtual Reality system. This allows you to control the
- objects and viewpoints within a virtual world.
- Please send £2.50 (or US $5) to cover media, postage, handling etc.
- to our mail order department, specifying the disk size you require.
- (Payment by Access/Mastercard and Visa also accepted.)
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- THE PRODUCT RANGE
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- * The Desktop VR system is a turnkey solution complete with all hardware
- and Virtual Reality software - the Superscape Visualiser. This provides
- real time visualisation and interaction within virtual worlds. Several
- example worlds are supplied.
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- * The Virtual Reality Toolkit (VRT) is an interactive utility used for the
- creation and manipulation of virtual worlds. Although it is designed for
- use with the Desktop VR system, the created worlds can be run on any
- desktop or immersion virtual reality system.
- The integrated package includes the Shape Editor - a real time solid 3D
- shape modeller, the World Editor - a real time environment creation
- program, and several libraries of ready made shapes and objects.
- No programming experience is necessary to use VRT - it is typically being
- used by designers and artists.
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- * A Virtual World creation service is also available.
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- For an information pack on Superscape Virtual Reality products and
- services, please contact us at the address below:-
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- DIMENSION INTERNATIONAL
- New Dimension International Ltd
- Zephyr One
- Calleva Park
- Aldermaston
- Berkshire
- ENGLAND
- RG7 4QZ
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- UK Tel: (0734) 810077 International: + 44 734 810077
- Fax: (0734) 816940 Fax: + 44 734 816940
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- ANNOUNCEMENT
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- Territorial licences to market, distribute and support our product
- range worldwide are now available. For further information please
- contact Ian Andrew at the above address.