Q3 in WinXP; is this par for the course?
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.
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?
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?
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