DriverHeaven Source Benchmark...holy moly.....

Re: Pino and Mono

I'm running the video stress test.

 

BTW, I have SSE2 (and SSE) enabled in the CS:S cvars. I had to set r_sse2 to "1" myself, and that either set r_sse automatically or it enabled on install. Perhaps something to consider.

 

Where fo I find this setting to check whether its enabled or not?

 

VST

Is the VST not a seperate entinty from CS:S? I wouldn't think that the CS:S cvars would affect the VST at all. Of course, I don't even have it, so I don't really know.

 

Here's another set of benches of the stress test. Different yet again.

http://www.gamers-depot.com/hardware/video_cards/source/001.htm

 

In Options, under the "Keyboard" Tab, there is an "Advanced" button. When you click on it, there is a check box for enabling the "developer console". Check the box.

Bring down the console (default key "~", as shown in the above configuation window), begin to type "r_sse2". As you go along, it will show the matches underneath the console (and for certain cvars, the value as well). The ones relevant to my P4 are "r_sse" and "r_sse2". Not sure which would be fastest for different Athlon chips (there is an "r_3dnow" as well).

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To set a cvar, type in its name and the value to set, like "r_sse2 1", and then it will give you feedback on the resulting status of the cvar (should say something like "SSE2 enabled" for this).

To check a cvar, type in its name, like "r_sse", and it will also give you the feedback on the cvar.
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BTW, the stress test is accessed from the same vgui that handles the CS:S game and the console where you set the cvars, and is affected by the other settings set for CS:S.

 

SSE, SSE2, MMX and 3dnow were all already enabled for my CPU.

I took some more benchies, but I'll post them in the thread under the graphics card forum, rather than watch several threads on the same topic.

 

One thread is more than sufficient on this topic:

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=351373#351373