Serious Sam is a new style FPS
(first person shooter) that is very benchmark friendly. The Dunes demo is an
open field full of bad guys that is more of a performance map, while the suburbs
demo has many more objects, houses, trees, and enemies (much more
stressful).
Serious
Sam |
Motherboard: |
Setting: |
Score: |
KK266Plus |
9x168 |
149.1 fps |
KK266Plus |
10x152 |
143.5 fps |
|
|
|
KK266-R |
9x168 |
147.5 fps |
KK266-R |
10x152 |
141.2 fps |
Max 1024x768 Dune Demo
Serious
Sam |
Motherboard: |
Setting: |
Score: |
KK266Plus |
9x168 |
121.4 fps |
KK266Plus |
10x152 |
115.9 fps |
|
|
|
KK266-R |
9x168 |
120.1 fps |
KK266-R |
10x152 |
115.2 fps |
Max 1024x768 Suburbs Demo
The KK266Plus is just able to
edge out the KK266-R. Seems like Serious Sam can't really take advantage of the
bus speed increase like Quake 3 did. Still, you wouldn't be able to notice the
difference between the 2 systems.
MDK2 is an aging OpenGL, 3rd
person shooter that has many FPS characteristics. It's use is a little outdated,
however many hardware sites still use it to compare hardware. When looking
at the latest hardware it provides a good indication on how things have
advanced.
MDK2 |
Motherboard: |
Setting: |
Score: |
KK266Plus |
9x168 |
171.5 fps |
KK266Plus |
10x152 |
166.7 fps |
|
|
|
KK266-R |
9x168 |
170.6 fps |
KK266-R |
10x152 |
166.8 fps |
Max 1024x768
MDK2 like Serious Sam really
can't differentiate between the 2 systems. Both are extremely fast, and it's
impossible for a person to differentiate between the slowest to the
fastest.