clutch 1 Posted November 3, 2001 I finally installed WinXP Pro on my main workstation at home, and I must say that I am surprised by its speed. Now, I do have a question regarding performance improvements in games. I just ran my normal Q3 check, and using the demo in release 1.30, I now get 102.5 fps vs. my 85fps using the exact same system but with Win2K. Is this kind of increase normal? Here are my system specs: WinXP Pro P3 933@1085, 1.75v (155x7, runs at 29*C at idle, and 41*C while gaming) Vantec CCK-7035D HSF ASUS CUSL2 i815 512MB Crucial CAS2 PC133 RAM WD 40GB ATA-100 HD Samsung 5x DVD/32x CD Drive Hercules Geforce 2 Pro, 64MB (Detonator 21.83) Creative Audigy Platinum with Audigy Drive Intel Pro/100 Mgmt Adapter Radius 19" Monitor (Trinitron AG CRT) MS Natural Keyboard Pro MS Intellimouse Explorer SanDisk USB Compact Flash Reader And I am running q3 at 1024x768x32x32, Trilinear Filtering, High Geometry, High Sound quality. Now, the individual metrics aren't so important, as the difference between OSs is what I am wondering about. Are there any others seeing huge jumps like this? Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted November 3, 2001 Hmmmm, No speed change for me and our processors are the same. This is with my GF3 and all updates installed for 2k/XP. Don't have my 1024X768 scores handy but I get about 60fps with my GF3 in 2048X1536. Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted November 4, 2001 Ok did the 1024X768 check. 124fps in both OS's and my duallie is currently running at 1160. See get yourself a GF3 and get a 20+fps increase in 1024+! You little GF2 wimp. Share this post Link to post
HarU 0 Posted November 7, 2001 Clutch, the new XP drivers (optimized for XP) drastically increase performance for the majority of its users. Both myself and a friend of mine jumped 12-17 fps in Q3 and about 500 marks in 3dmark2001. Kinda nice for us gamers eh? Share this post Link to post