Monday, May 12, 2003

tin can internet for free in australia. none of this capitalism mumbo jumbo down under!

also, have a look at doom3 benchmarks at http://www.hardocp.com (site seems a bit slow today) on the fastest equipment available, a P4-3GHz, 800mhz FSB, 1GB Dual DDR ram, and the latest graphics cards, the NVIDIA GeForce FX5900 Ultra, and the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb, at 1024x768 (no AA/AF etc), you're getting about tops 80fps, at 1280 x 1024 (again, no AA/AF) you're getting tops 50fps, and at 1600 x 1200 (no AA/AF) you're getting at max 40fps! compare that to an average PC, (XP2400, with a Radeon 9000 - a "budget" card) where you get 60fps at 1600 x 1200 in Quake 3. Next, look at the shear SIZE of the latest NVidia Graphics Card over at the Hexus review (page 3 and 4).

To summarise, the PC they're testing with Doom3, has a very fast CPU, and the fastest graphics cards available (WAY faster than a Radeon 9000) and it struggles hugely with Doom3!

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