How to use Final Reality
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How to use Final Reality |
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| How to compare different 3D cards? |
| When comparing one 3D accelerator to
another, you should only run the 3D tests. The overall
score is based on all the different areas Final Reality
tests, and on external accelerators the 2D parts are
based completely on the display adapter in the machine.
Basing a comparison between an onboard accelerator and an
external accelerator on the overall score will not give
you an accurate result. If at all possible, always use the same computer to test with and simply change the 3D accelerator. Even computers that should be the same (same CPU, same display adapter) may give different results with different motherboards. |
| How to compare Display Adapters? |
| Final reality was designed to be a 3D
benchmark, but you can use it for elementary 2D
benchmarking as well. The 2D bus speed tests are the
standard way to test a video adapter. Just like with 3D
accelerators, for accurate results always test using the
same computer. |
| How to evaluate CPU speed effect on results? |
| Almost every test in Final Reality is
affected by the speed of the CPU. If you want to know by
how much, do the reverse of what you did for 3D and 2D
testing - use the same 3D accelerator and display adapter
and change the machine (or just the CPU, if you are able
to). The 2D image processing tests rely almost completely
on the CPU speed and are ideal for this. Again, you
should be only looking at the results of these two tests
- all the others rely on the various other components of
the machine. The result you get can be used to compare different CPU's as well. |
| How to measure the overall performance of the system? |
| Run the whole benchmark and use the overall score. |