***Looking for 3D Benchmark Data
By John Latta
Check out the site http://www.specbench.org/ from the Graphics Performance
Characterization Group (GPC). It has the latest news on their OpenGL and
other benchmarks. At SIGGRAPH the GPC will announce GLperf, a benchmark
for measuring optimal performance of 2D and 3D graphics primitives. At
the same press event, on August 7th, the OpenGL port of the Picture-Level
Benchmark (PLB) will be demonstrated. It remains to be seen if this will
be adopted on Windows NT and the level of Microsoft's support, that is,
its integration into the OS.
3D Benchmarking continues to be a hot topic in the industry. Yet, it is a
complex issue and difficult to measure. For real time systems, key
parameters include image quality, frame rate and latency. The latter two
can be measured but IQ is subjective. For the industry to move forward
with quantitative comparisons between systems, chips and software the
measure of success must go beyond "my picture looks better than yours."
If WAVE readers have thoughts please feel free to pass them on to
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