Insane

Anticrombie0909 · 06-3-2004, 03:29 PM

I was thinking about my video card and why I get lag with certain conditions and a good framerate with others- basically big distances and shadows kill my framerate. So, I did a little bit of math to find out just why that happens.

My Radeon 9600 SE has quad pixel pipelines. They essentially (correct me if I'm wrong here) 'draw' each pixel on the screen. So, if I run UT2004 at 1152x864, my card must 'draw' 995,328 pixels every frame. That means each pixel pipeline is drawing 248,832 pixels every frame. That's insane.

Then I thought, wait a second, that's not all, that's just for individual frames. If I average about 50 fps, that would mean that each second, my card would draw about 49,766,400 pixels, and each individual pixel pipeline would draw about 12,441,600 pixels. EACH. SECOND.

That's insane.

Privateer · 06-3-2004, 03:38 PM

Saddam has been captured!

:P

I love zooming in bigtime on my television with my digital camera.

RequiemofShadow · 06-3-2004, 05:39 PM

Don't worry, someday your abused card will rise and overthrow you.

The proletariat will rise!

Omeganitros · 06-3-2004, 08:54 PM

I hate and love my GeForce4 Ti4200.

It gives all the beauty I could ask for in C&C: Generals, but on UT2004, damn thing freezes up the computer in 5 minutes.

Oh, and one last thing.

Jam930 · 06-4-2004, 01:56 AM

Why did I have to click that damned link.

Unit000 · 06-4-2004, 04:30 AM

Radeon 9800, suckers.

altairian · 06-4-2004, 07:50 AM

Tip #1 to not get fps lag: don't jack up the resolution as hit as it can go. There's no point, the game looks no different on 1024x768 as it does on 1152x864

And you get lag looking over "long distances" because you're processing a larger visible 3d area, not because of the number of pixels it's processing.

RobbyZero · 06-4-2004, 07:54 AM

I use NVIDIA GeForce4 :O

06-3-2004, 03:38 PM	#2
Privateer FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 2,962	Saddam has been captured! :P I love zooming in bigtime on my television with my digital camera. __________________

06-4-2004, 01:56 AM	#5
Jam930 FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,069	Why did I have to click that damned link. __________________ -Jamie

06-4-2004, 04:30 AM	#6
Unit000 FFR Player Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 45	Radeon 9800, suckers. __________________ Heavy morals seem so light but when it comes to cash I\'m gonna die all right! The United States of The Hives

06-4-2004, 07:50 AM	#7
altairian FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Potsdam, NY Posts: 2,055	Tip #1 to not get fps lag: don't jack up the resolution as hit as it can go. There's no point, the game looks no different on 1024x768 as it does on 1152x864 And you get lag looking over "long distances" because you're processing a larger visible 3d area, not because of the number of pixels it's processing. __________________ Reach: there was this bee. i hate bee\'s...i tryed to kill it, but then it didn\'t die and it started making weird noises so i was like oh (#$% hes gonna sting me. i started running but i triped over some rock and rolled down a hill into the river.

06-3-2004, 03:29 PM	#1
Anticrombie0909 FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,683	Insane I was thinking about my video card and why I get lag with certain conditions and a good framerate with others- basically big distances and shadows kill my framerate. So, I did a little bit of math to find out just why that happens. My Radeon 9600 SE has quad pixel pipelines. They essentially (correct me if I'm wrong here) 'draw' each pixel on the screen. So, if I run UT2004 at 1152x864, my card must 'draw' 995,328 pixels every frame. That means each pixel pipeline is drawing 248,832 pixels every frame. That's insane. Then I thought, wait a second, that's not all, that's just for individual frames. If I average about 50 fps, that would mean that each second, my card would draw about 49,766,400 pixels, and each individual pixel pipeline would draw about 12,441,600 pixels. EACH. SECOND. That's insane.

06-3-2004, 05:39 PM	#3
RequiemofShadow FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 5	Don't worry, someday your abused card will rise and overthrow you. The proletariat will rise!

06-3-2004, 08:54 PM	#4
Omeganitros auauauau Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hee-Haw! Age: 36 Posts: 8,897	I hate and love my GeForce4 Ti4200. It gives all the beauty I could ask for in C&C: Generals, but on UT2004, damn thing freezes up the computer in 5 minutes. Oh, and one last thing.

06-4-2004, 07:54 AM	#8
RobbyZero FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Age: 38 Posts: 4,613	I use NVIDIA GeForce4 :O

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