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#66dx2 and a weitek

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#40288From: MARTIN G FOSTERApr 12, 1993 10:38 PM
John, that's not right! Something's not working properly. Did you reinstall 3ds – the Intel version – in a different directory?
#40297From: John BenjaminApr 13, 1993 12:21 AM
I know it is not right!! Yes I re-installed the intel version. I set the dos variable DOSX=-1167 for the bios to recg. my Weitek. When I run Intel files, I unset this var. When I run the weitek exe's I must reset this variable or I get the Weitek not found error message. I have an idea (outof the blue…) Gateway/Micronics has sometimes had really flaky external cache schemes. I am going to disable it and see what happens…Maybe a real shot in the dark? Do you have any ideas of what to look for…
#40306From: John BenjaminApr 13, 1993 2:09 AM
I just ran more test files and you are not going to believe what happend…the weitek is still faster than a DX2/66. All numbers are in seconds. Using rdptargp.exp dated 03/20/91 (is this old?) My external Cache is enabled. 20megs ram v2.01a 70ns ram, 0wait state. Kenetic room Director1 Intel 257 162 95 Weitek 249 148 86 —– —– —- 96.89% 91.36% 90.53% (% of intel time) I will upload the files for thers to use. But…these are 'works in progress' so be considerite and delete when you are done with the benchmarks. Thanks, John
#40330From: Don LandisApr 13, 1993 10:24 AM
It may not make any difference but I thought you were rendering to null before. Also, M.Foster's suggestion about separate 3ds directories, one for intel one for weitek makes since to me; that's the way I did it. Wish I had the weitek again to see if I could replicate your results. I'll look for your files ( I got my new modem now–9600 CIS says they will soon go MNP too). This speed thing is really addicting.g
#40347From: John BenjaminApr 13, 1993 12:06 PM
I uploaded the BENCH.ZIP which contains all of the files I used. Look for it in this section of the library. Pls let me know what you come up with. -John