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SPECviewperf may seem like an odd benchmark
to run on a mainstream graphics card but let's face
facts, high end cards are often used in place of more
tailored pro cards like the Quadro on the basis that
they're cheaper and do a very nice job of gaming too.
Many of these results can be increased significantly
with the proper drivers but it still gives an interesting
glimpse at raw performance levels.
SPECviewperf®
7.0
SPECviewperf™ is a portable OpenGL performance
benchmark program written in C. It was developed by
IBM. Later updates and significant contributions were
made by SGI, Digital (Compaq, HP), 3Dlabs (Creative
Labs) and other SPECopcSM project group members. SPECviewperf
provides a vast amount of flexibility in benchmarking
OpenGL performance. Currently, the program runs on
most implementations of UNIX, Windows XP, Windows
2000, and Linux.
Tests Performed
3ds
max (3dsmax-01)
Unigraphics
(ugs-01)
Pro/Engineer
(proe-01)
DesignReview
(drv-08)
Data
Explorer (dx-07)
Lightscape
(light-05)
Firstly let's run the 5900 Ultra on
both sets of drivers to see if we're getting a worthwhile
increase from the 44.03 Detonators.
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5900U-Detonator 43.45
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5900U-Detonator 44.03
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3dsmax-01
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33dsmax-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 15.22
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3dsmax-01
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3dsmax-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 15.18
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light-05
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light-05 Weighted Geometric Mean = 12.68
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light-05
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light-05 Weighted Geometric Mean = 12.65
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drv-08
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drv-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 52.78
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drv-08
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drv-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 52.50
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proe-01
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proe-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 15.42
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proe-01
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proe-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 15.42
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dx-07
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dx-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 45.35
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dx-07
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dx-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 45.37
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ugs-01
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ugs-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.797
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ugs-01
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ugs-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.827
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Not this time. It seems both driver
sets are turning in identical numbers, allowing for
some error that is.
So how does the Radeon compete in this
extensive OpenGL test?
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FX5900 Ultra-44.03
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Radeon 9700 Pro
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3dsmax-01
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3dsmax-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 15.18
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3dsmax-01
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3dsmax-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 11.07
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light-05
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light-05 Weighted Geometric Mean = 12.65
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light-05
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light-05 Weighted Geometric Mean = 12.26
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drv-08
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drv-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 52.50
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drv-08
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drv-08 Weighted Geometric Mean = 33.04
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proe-01
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proe-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 15.42
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proe-01
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proe-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 12.44
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dx-07
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dx-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 45.37
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dx-07
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dx-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 56.39
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ugs-01
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ugs-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.827
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ugs-01
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ugs-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 13.06
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Surprisingly well is the answer to that
question, doing especially well in the Unigraphics
and Data Explorer tests and particularly badly under
the DesignReview tests.
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