#Ideal PC for 3DS Rel.3
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Scuse me – I think you should look into the 100MHz Pentiums now shipping and
the 150MHz beta's in testing due out next year or never…
I was under the impression the 100mhz P5's weren't shipping for another couple
of months. Have I been sleeping? <g>
John Tissavary (LUNA cie)
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I was under the impression the 100mhz P5's weren't shipping for another couple
of months. Have I been sleeping? <g>
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Not only that, but I've yet to get a confirmed delivery date for 90mhz Pentium
machines before the end of May. 100mhz machines are due to hit at the end of
June. We'll see. In the meantime, I'm buying more RAM in the anticipation of
the skin and vapor IPAS.
Andrew.
My original post asked for an opinion of a DX4-100MHz vs the Pentium for use
with 3DS rel. 3. I've read many reviews that would indicate the DX4 is every
bit as fast as the Pentium 60MHz and less money. Another question – 3DS hasn't
been compiled to take advantage of Pentium power has it? I would have to think
the DX4 should do as well and maybe better, but that's a guess. Anyone know
for sure?
The DX4's floating point unit is weaker than the Pentiums'. If you read PC
WEEK and other magazines that cater to the "boring" buisness applications
market, like Excel, Word for windows, etc… then I'm sure the DX4 is fine.
Naturally 99.99999999% of the computer market is these integer based apps.
But rendering in 3DS is an FPU intensive operation and I don't believe the DX4
will be as fast as the Pentium. Plus, P5's come in several flavors. I think
the 90mhz P5's are shipping now, and in another 2 months there will be a 100mhz
pentium. Both will surely blow the daylights out of the rickety ol' 486 DX
ANYTHING.
Even though 3DS is not optimized for the Pentium, the P5/60 should be at least
as fast as the DX4, the 66 should be a little faster, and the 90 and 100 should
be no comparison. I haven't benchmarked any of these myself, so this is pure
conjecture based on what I've seen and heard.
John Tissavary (LUNA cie)
I heard that Robert Taylor did a benchmark of a DX/4 against a Pentium 66mhz
chip, and the DX/4 came out 5-10% faster than the Pentium. You might want to
confirm that with him.
– G
very interesting. I'd love to find out what he use for a benchmark. Do you
happen to have his ID# handy?
thanks,
John Tissavary (LUNA cie)
74242,1711
– G